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History of assault rifle :)
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05-28-2018, 04:30 PM
grayfox Wrote:I always thought the Stg 44 (SturmGewehr 44) was the first assault rifle and so-named, sturm means to storm or assault, rifle, "storm" as in, storm the battlements.
Yes and no. Yes, the StG44 was the first rifle so named, but it was originally called a machine pistol, the MP44.
And there was a predecessor classified as machine carbine, the MKb42(H), made in very small numbers in 1942.

MKb42(H)
[Image: Haenel_Mkb_42%28H%29.jpg]

StG44
[Image: 0022B2-JPG633536158716464325.jpg]
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History of assault rifle :) - by montana - 03-29-2018, 06:47 AM
History of assault rifle :) - by bj139 - 03-29-2018, 12:27 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by montana - 03-29-2018, 02:17 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by sneaky one - 03-29-2018, 10:44 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by stanc - 05-27-2018, 08:22 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by montana - 05-27-2018, 10:34 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by grayfox - 05-28-2018, 01:14 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by stanc - 05-28-2018, 04:30 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by montana - 05-28-2018, 06:50 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by VASCAR2 - 05-29-2018, 09:27 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by montana - 05-29-2018, 11:43 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by stanc - 05-30-2018, 02:01 AM
History of assault rifle :) - by stanc - 05-30-2018, 02:23 AM
History of assault rifle :) - by montana - 05-30-2018, 05:17 AM
History of assault rifle :) - by stanc - 05-30-2018, 06:44 AM
History of assault rifle :) - by montana - 05-30-2018, 12:16 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by stanc - 05-30-2018, 04:43 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by montana - 05-30-2018, 08:22 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by stanc - 05-30-2018, 09:17 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by montana - 05-30-2018, 09:39 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by stanc - 05-30-2018, 11:18 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by montana - 05-30-2018, 11:36 PM
History of assault rifle :) - by stanc - 05-31-2018, 12:47 AM

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