The Volkssturmgewehr ("People's Storm - Rifle") is the name of several rifle designs developed by Nazi Germany during the final months of World War II...
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with a piston that delays the opening of the bolt. It is used by Volkssturmgewehr 1-5 rifle, the Heckler & Koch P7, Steyr GB and Walther CCP pistols. To...
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pistol (and ultimately on the Barnitzke system first used in the Volkssturmgewehr 1-5), which used gas pressures from the ignited cartridge and fed them...
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prototype only. HIW VSK: a carbine intended for use by the Volkssturm. Volkssturmgewehr 1-5: a semi-automatic rifle intended for use by the Volkssturm. Wimmersperg...
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Roller-delayed blowback: SIG 510, HK MP5, HK P9, HK G3 Gas-delayed blowback: Volkssturmgewehr 1-5, HK P7, Steyr GB Toggle-delayed blowback: Schwarzlose MG M.07/12...
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blowback system based on the Barnitzke system, first used in the Volkssturmgewehr 1-5, and subsequently in the Swiss Pistole 47 W+F (Waffenfabrik Bern)...
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rifle is commonly pictured with the 10-round magazine designed for the Volkssturmgewehr. The shorter magazine was used by Mauser engineers during testing,...
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designed a successful firearm (their only other major designs being the Volkssturmgewehr and the first pistol), and their only contribution to firearms mainly...
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widespread service and put into mass production – and the Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr. A number of weapons in development at the time also used the cartridge...
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Marksman Rifle 7.62×51mm NATO United States 2001 Volkssturmgewehr 7.92×33mm Kurz Germany 1944 Vulcan V18 5.56×45mm NATO United States 1991 Vz. 52 rifle...
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developed cheap Volkssturm weapons, such as MP 3008 machine pistols and Volkssturmgewehr rifles. These were completely stamped and machine-pressed constructions...
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NATO firearms List of 7.62×54mmR firearms .30-06 Springfield .303 British 7.5×54mm Venturino, Mike (2022). "THE 8MM MAUSER: A ROSE — OR CARTRIDGE — BY ANY...
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Encyclopedia of Small Arms and Artillery. Grange Books. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-1-84013-910-5. Hogg & Weeks (2000), p. 16. Fowler & Stronge (2007), p. 179. McNab...
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rifle – 7.92×33mm Kurz) Volkssturmgewehr VG 2 (Nazi Germany – 1944 – semi-automatic rifle – 7.92×33mm Kurz) Volkssturmgewehr VG 5 (Nazi Germany – 1944 –...
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Volksgewehr rifles in the 7.92×33mm caliber. One of these, the Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr, used a gas-delayed blowback action based on the Barnitzke system,...
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II German designs for the 7.92×33mm Kurz cartridge, including the Volkssturmgewehr rifle (with little effectiveness) and the Grossfuss Sturmgewehr (with...
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Semi-Auto rifle with 10-feed magazine. Made by Walther) Gewehr 41 Volkssturmgewehr (Low cost weapons used to arm the Volkssturm in 1945) Mauser Model...
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