The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 stock is made from laminated wood and the pistol grip is ribbed. There is a spring loaded heel butt trap containing an instruction booklet and a bolt stripping pin. It is marked on the left side of the action with MP43, the serial number and /44. 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. Complete with a curved pressed steel magazine that has reinforcement ribs down the sides. Overall metal parts blued. Missing the foresight hood.
The MP43 was the first of the German mass produced assault rifles developed for use during the Second World War. This was followed by the MP44 and the StG44 which are all virtually identical in appearance. 426,000 examples of all three weapons were manufactured by war's end.
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
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 machined stee
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
