The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
StG (Sturmgewehr) 44 assault rifle. The weapon is a gas operated, select fire, magazine fed weapon made primarily from metal stampings with the exception of the operating parts which are machined steel. The butt stock is made from laminated wood and the pistol grip is ribbed. There is a spring loaded heel butt trap containing a small instruction manual and a bolt stripping pin. It is marked on the left side of the action with StG44, the serial number and /45. The sights are a hooded post front and an adjustable ramp at the rear. There is a spring loaded cover plate on the ejector port and a ball ended gas adjustment rod at the fore end near the muzzle which has a threaded end cap for a grenade launcher. Complete with a curved pressed steel magazine marked StG44 that has reinforcement ribs down the sides. Overall metal parts blued except for the trigger housing which has a phosphate finish.
The StG 44 was an assault rifle fielded by the German Army during the final phase of the Second World War. It followed on from two almost identical weapons, the MP43 and the MP44. The Stg 44's barrel was slightly modified to allow the installation of a Gewehrgranatgerat 42 grenade launcher. Light and with a high rate of fire, by war's end 426,000 examples of all three had been manufactured.. They were arguably the first of the mass produced assault rifles. Over 426,000 were manufactured by the end of World War Two
StG (Sturmgewehr) 44 assault rifle. The weapon is a gas operated, select fire, magazine fed weapon made primarily from metal stampings with the exception of the operating parts which are manufactured
StG (Sturmgewehr) 44 assault rifle. The weapon is a gas operated, select fire, magazine fed weapon made primarily from metal stampings with the exception of the operating parts which are manufactured
MP44 assault rifle. The weapon is a gas operated, select fire, magazine fed weapon made primarily from metal stampings with the exception of the operating parts which are machined steel. The butt stoc
MP43 assault rifle. The weapon is a gas operated, select fire, magazine fed weapon made primarily from metal stampings with the exception of the operating parts which are machined steel. The butt stoc
Type 56 Assault Rifle. Pressed metal construction with a wooden butt, chequered pistol grip and two-piece fore end. Hooded foresight. The left side of the receiver is marked with M22 and the serial n
North Korean Type 68 Assault Rifle. Pressed metal construction with a wooden butt, plain pistol grip and two piece fore end. The left side of the receiver is marked with a five pointed star in a circl
Type 56 Assault Rifle. Pressed metal construction with a wooden butt, plain pistol grip and two piece fore end. The left side of the receiver is marked with 66 in a triangle, three Chinese characters
