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@keithmoore5306
Жыл бұрын
a few mistakes one the Dreyese didn't use metal cartridges it used a combustible paper cartridge which burnt up completely the bolt action was solely doable due to not having to stand to load through the muzzle! and Dreyese is pronounced dry- sah! two the 98K used an internal magazine fed by stripper clips not clips!!
@jjt1881
Жыл бұрын
So, in reality, the term assault weapon is correct to describe those hellish weapons, despite the far-right cries that no such weapon exists. Those are weapons that don't belong to civilians. Ban them all!
@chrisburckhard9122
Жыл бұрын
Imo, the Sturmgewer 44 was probably one of the greatest small arms designs in modern history. It is the grandfather of all modern assault weapons, and doesn't get nearly as much credit as it deserves.
@Swellington_
Жыл бұрын
thats what the video said
@BHuang92
Жыл бұрын
And surprisingly, it is still seeing action today in insurgencies in Africa and the Middle East!
@visassess8607
Жыл бұрын
It's like you didn't even read the title
@visassess8607
Жыл бұрын
@@Swellington_ Exactly, it says literally that in the title
@Swellington_
Жыл бұрын
@@visassess8607 me? i didnt ask the question
@SlipdeGarcondeJour
Жыл бұрын
The paratroops' FG42 was probably worth a mention in the mid-section of the video.
@Eric-kn4yn
10 ай бұрын
Produced in very small numbers
@timdiddy9914
Жыл бұрын
The Sturmgewehr 44 was not only the first Assault Rifle. It was a milestone. A weapon years ahead of the time.
@kiwigrunt330
Жыл бұрын
Why was it years ahead of its time? Its time had clearly come...
@abstractapproach634
Жыл бұрын
Ahead of a long long time, in galaxies far far away even
@ApexAlphaFoxtrot
7 ай бұрын
It's like 'the Father of All Modern Assault Rifles' Look at all assault rifles in WWII like Tommy, Sten, MP40, etc. None of it resembles any modern assault rifles except StG 44 (Designed between 1938-1943) It's a masterpiece you'll want to bring back home unlike MP40 or Kar98k AK47 (1946 - 1st prototype) adopted the bolt action then added the gas system for faster reloading AR15 style (1963 - production started) adopted the gas system, but take away the upper bolt and put gas tube instead You may oppose these arguments, but you can't deny StG 44 is a game-changer in rifle designs after its emergence Not Tommy, Not M1 Carbine, Not MP40, Not Lee Enfield, Yes, it is StG 44 😆
@alecblunden8615
Жыл бұрын
Two points, The Dreyse needle gun had a paper cartridge - there was nothing to extract. Plus, I suspect the red pantaloons of French soldiers of 1914 were more of a give away than their blue coatsi
@rotwang2000
Жыл бұрын
Casualties in the early period of WWI are roughly the same for each side, artillery being the main killer, colour didn't matter that much overall.
@darren8576
Жыл бұрын
Also, if your going to talk needle guns and then bolt guns, you might consider talking about the most famous and influential bolt gun, the Mauser. Most bolt guns especially the 1903 Springfield we nearly excat copies of the Mauser bolt action. The Ruger 77 Hawkeye base its desire on the Mauser since the 1950s until today. Z
@allangibson8494
Жыл бұрын
Before the Dreyse needle gun there was the Pauli double rifle. In 1812 it was trialed by the French Army but tuned down due to logistical issues with the brass cartridges and centerfire primers. It was basically a 12 gauge rifled shotgun that was 75 years early. Dreyse was one of his employees.
@allangibson8494
Жыл бұрын
@@darren8576 The Lee system (as in Lee Medford, Lee Enfield and Remington Lee) predates the Mauser by quite a margin. The Mauser’s front locking lugs require smokeless powder which only became available in 1888.
@petergarrett6151
Жыл бұрын
"Les pantalons rouges, c'est la France!"
@Redheadlaughs
Жыл бұрын
your videos are unreal. the atmosphere u create w the way u get it all across. genuinely talented man. thought this was gonna be like just stats and oooh look how far it can shoot but holy shit you really blew my expectations out of the fucking water with this. unreal
@julianxe
Жыл бұрын
100% agreed
@Viper6-MotoVlogger
Жыл бұрын
Great video. The STG44 still an awesome weapon.
@michaelg.1786
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Good background history. It likely could have been even more influential had the STG44 showed up in '40 or '41. At least forced the allies to have adjusted their weapon production.
@gratefulguy4130
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelg.1786 they wouldn't have been able to respond in time. The Russians wound up dropping an M1 bolt & gas system into it so they could claim they made their own design, but everyone else took at least 20 years to get to the same point. So we could figure at least probably 5. They also built the best battle rifle ever. Another feat everyone kept trying & failing to recreate.
@Viper6-MotoVlogger
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelg.1786 completely agree.
@gunfisher4661
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelg.1786 If it had showed up earlier it would have made a bit of a difference in many areas, the fire power of the semi-auto M-1 garand won the war for us
@williamzk9083
6 ай бұрын
@@gratefulguy4130The M1 Carbine, which also used an intermediate cartridge, was widely used in the Pacific as the M2 with full selective auto-fire and a 30 round magazine. M1 could be converted to M2 in the field with a kit. -The Germans actually evaluated two guns in 1942 (about 15000 of each fielded and many captured by the Russians) both used long stroke piston like the Ak47 and Garand. There was the Walther MKB42(W) which used a long stroke piston and rotating bolt (like the Garand & AK47) and the Hanel MKB42(H) which used a long stroke piston and a tilting bolt (like the FN FAL did) . -So the Germans were already using the rotating bolt and long stroke piston on the MBB42(W). The MKB42(H) won that competition for production reasons. The tilting bolt has more wear and tear but they didn't care because it was going to be lost in combat by then anyway. The tilting bolt was a little heavier because the recoil was transferred into the receiver instead of the barrel but again the Germans didn't care because their receiver had to be heavy anyway since it was stamped instead of finely machined. -The MKB42(W) was a little unusual in that the long stroke piston was annular around the barrel instead of separate.
@davenotdoug8394
Жыл бұрын
I read a book which said the German designer of the STG44 just happened to be living (captive?) in the Russian city where the AK47 was developed. But Mikhail Kalashnikov was such a genius that he designed the AK47 without any prior small arms experience. Go figure!
@joebush1663
Жыл бұрын
Like the Soviet and US space programs - both were German designed programs.
@davenotdoug8394
Жыл бұрын
@@joebush1663 We are probably very lucky that the German WW2 developments, such as jet engines and rockets, were a bit too late to matter.
@muchomail9086
Жыл бұрын
M. Kalashnikov was said to be a drunkard who couldn't find his thumb in a broad daylight. Hugo Schmeisser instead was taken to Iszhevsk with 16 other experts from where he returned back to Germany in 1952 and died 1953. Needless to say that the similarities between AK-47 and STG-44 speak in volumes. On the top of this, recent statue for the honor of Kalashnikov presented STG-44 as the first version of Kalashnikov until they realised what it really was - a German assault rifle. The thing was welded off the statue the next day.
@davidcolley7714
Жыл бұрын
@@muchomail9086 liar
@davenotdoug8394
Жыл бұрын
@@davidcolley7714 Nothing like a reasoned, logical argument to overcome an incorrect statement.
@americanpatriot2422
Жыл бұрын
My favorite rifle of all time..
@firstcitytraveler
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video on an excellent weapon that is overlooked as it was only used in limited numbers towards the end of the war. I first saw the STG 44 at the Eisenhower Presidential Center years ago. I have not been back since the recent renovation, and I hope the STG 44 is still on display.
@kiwigrunt330
Жыл бұрын
It was only overlooked by the US with their insistence on a full power cartridge and the M14. The rest of NATO was forced to follow. Didn't take the US long to wake up though, with the help of a little jungle skirmish...
@eksbocks9438
Жыл бұрын
@@kiwigrunt330 Which is a shame. Because they did have the opportunity to develop their own assault rifle before the Soviets did. It's really as simple as re-chambering their M1 Carbines for 8mm Kurz. Imagine that kind of a weapon being used in the Korean War.
@eksbocks9438
Жыл бұрын
The AK-47 really isn't a copy of the Sturmgewehr. The receivers are different, the bolt is different. And so is the disassembly process. The Sturmgewehr is actually more closely related to the HK-G3 family. And to some extent, the FN FAL.
@sirnoname6943
10 ай бұрын
It’s really just the assault rifle shape that’s the same
@evila9076
9 ай бұрын
it's a copy of the concept. the stg 44's system is nothing special
@Xindet
Күн бұрын
Could id be that some certain people fled to franco and developed a assault rifle that just by coincidence closly resembles the g3 :D
@centurian318
Жыл бұрын
I’m not saying that Kalashnikov is full of shit about being influenced by the StG 44, during his time on the eastern front but, it’s awfully convenient that Hugo Schmeisser and Zella-Mehlis Thur, where Walther, C. G. Haenel and other munitions and arms factories in that area were in the Soviet occupation zone. It’s also inconvenient that Hugo Schmeisser, who designed the Mp 40 and Stg 44, which both used sheet metal stamping, welding, and early polymers in their fabrication, wasent repatriated back to Germany until after the AKM fixed. The stg44 served in the Eastern Bloc countries long into the Cold War and were given out as aid to terrorists. Crates of them turn up to this day and 7.92 Kurtz is still in production.
@gratefulguy4130
Жыл бұрын
bUt He PuT aN m1 gArAnD gAs SyStEm In iT!!! 🤪
@abstractapproach634
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like your saying kalishnikov was full of shit
@dariuswilliams7509
11 ай бұрын
STG44: So am I the father Maury: When it comes to the AK47 you are...NOT the Father but in the case of the HK G3 you...ARE THE FATHER 😂😂😂
@mussnasir8587
Жыл бұрын
Really love your doco's they are so informative & gives us the backgrounds & perspectives of that time.....only one point i did notice when talking about 8:19 in regarding the k-98 sniper rifle having a range of 4.7km i thought that must be one hell of a scope on the old 98😎😂🇦🇺🙏
@armija
29 күн бұрын
It also took my attention. 4.7km is plain ridiculous claim.
@abrahamedelstein4806
2 ай бұрын
8:15 At 4.7km you'd be lucky to hit the literal broadside of a barn because it's practically indirect fire at that point. 10:58 Hitler was opposed to the then Mkb-42 because a non-standard cartridge would have been a logistical nightmare, and hey, it was, even after the rifle was adopted widely it was always held back by the lack of ammunition, because hey, cartridges are actually kind of expensive, precision made products that require new factories and production lines. And yes, Hitler did change his mind after extensive and covert field trials that proved that its upsides outweighed its downsides and sure you could make the argument that if an earlier investment had been made in the Kurtz-cartridge the logistical problems could have been solved, but in 1942, the concept of an assault rifle was purely theoretical, it's a huge investment for perhaps a marginal improvement compared to a mixture of sub-machine guns and semi-automatic rifles, there was literally no way of telling without pure conjecture.
@dual5ivese7ens
Жыл бұрын
Mr Kalashnikov can say all he wants but it is undeniable and indisputable that the based the AK47 from the STG 44..its the stg that is the father of all assault rifles.
@quyha3234
Жыл бұрын
It true but to say the ak is a copy of the stg is the same as saying the fal or g3 a copy of the stg While they have the roots in the stg the Allies have something close to it the m2 carbine while not fiting the Requirement it sever the better gun to Expane the allies Knowledge Early on
@XtreeM_FaiL
Жыл бұрын
AK share only one similarities with STG. Every other AR has a lot more similar features.
@hairydogstail
Жыл бұрын
The MK42 fired from an open bolt, which the Germans changed to fire from a closed bolt, the MP-43 which became the STG-44 (Sturmgewehr 44) or Storm Gun. Assault rifle is our translation of Storm Gun. The recoil spring in the stock failed because the wood would swell and pinch the recoil spring, not because it was a bad design. The M-16 uses the same layout. The MP-44 was the first place Eugene Stoner and Jim Sullivan saw constant recoil, which they adopted in their Stoner 86 and Sullivan's Ultimax 100.. The 30 round magazine failed because the spring was not strong enough to reliably feed 30 rounds, which is why they loaded to only 25 rounds.. The soldiers did not like the 30 round magazine because it was too high when firing prone, not because it failed..
@davidschaadt3460
Жыл бұрын
The closed bolt first shot is much more accurate than the open bolt.
@hairydogstail
Жыл бұрын
@@davidschaadt3460 All shots are more accurate from a closed bolt. The open bolt will sustain fire longer than a closed bolt before cook offs occur...
@macobuzi
Жыл бұрын
I believe M16 also suffered the same magazine issue since the GIs only loaded 18 rounds into their 20-round magazine.
@chuckcribbs3398
Жыл бұрын
Palmetto State Armory is going to be manufacturing new StG 44s very soon this year. They took over production from a boutique firearms manufacturer, Hill & Mac Gunworks, when they couldn't get the rifles out the door. And it's coming in 5.56, 7.62x39, .300 Blackout and original 8mm Kurz! Going to get one for sure. I can't believe the Russians then designed the AK-47 shortly afterwards, and even 20 years later we still thought a long rifle firing a large round was better, in the M14, because of American military ordnance. Thankfully Eugene Stoner convinced the army to adopt the M16.
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Жыл бұрын
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@cutekrizu8214
Жыл бұрын
more videos such as this about individual weapon's systems would be highly welcome. More into the nitty-gritty nerdy details that we love
@franktreppiedi2208
Жыл бұрын
I always wondered how Brad Pitt got one in Fury. Oh yea, he told the prop guy give me the coolest gun in WW2.
@gunfisher4661
Жыл бұрын
Heck I would have done the same with him being a big star he could have luxuries like that.
@Muschelschubs3r
Жыл бұрын
Since it was already around in 1944, chances are he took it from some poor schmuck's cowuld dayud hayunds....
@BadWolf762
Жыл бұрын
Good thing Awic Baween was not in that movie.
@davidschaadt3460
Жыл бұрын
I've seen photos of German troops carrying M-1 carbines.
@kaneda956
Жыл бұрын
Prolly found it on the ground somewhere.
@Yodelinthegully-d7r
Жыл бұрын
The Russians held Hugo Schmeisser and Werner Gruner (MG 42) captive for several months and the Ak-47 magically appeared. Not hard to figure that out.
@joseraulmiguens6699
Жыл бұрын
And?
@Yodelinthegully-d7r
Жыл бұрын
@@joseraulmiguens6699 Take a guess.
@Yodelinthegully-d7r
Жыл бұрын
@@joseraulmiguens6699 Two of the the best gun inventors of Germany made ruskie’s AK-47 and never got credit. The winners write history.
@dariuswilliams7509
11 ай бұрын
@@Yodelinthegully-d7r Brandon Herrera has a video on this yes some of the design influenced the AK but the HK G3 has more in common design with the STG than the AK 😂
@jontheno3213
11 ай бұрын
Necroposting but would you really think German gun designers from the 40's would make a gun as simple as an AK?
@Cephas_13
2 ай бұрын
13:40 I don’t know why, but finding out Hitler was responsible for the name “Sturmgewehr” or “assault rifle” gave me chills.
@eloiseharbeson2483
Жыл бұрын
Like so many of the German "superweapons" the STG might have had much more effect if deployed early enough that the Germans still had the resources produce it in numbers.
@Crashed131963
Жыл бұрын
The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) was made in ww1 and fired high powered .30-06 Springfield cartridge. The true first assault rifle.
@eloiseharbeson2483
Жыл бұрын
@@Crashed131963 "I'm the Queen and what I say means exactly what I intend it to mean and nothing more" So tell me which weapons, if any are based on the BAR? Just because you don't agree with the way everyone else uses a term doesn't make everyone else wrong and you right.
@gratefulguy4130
Жыл бұрын
@@Crashed131963 lol you keep saying that but it's not even the first battle rifle. I love the BAR but it's completely outclassed in modern combat by the STG-44 in every regard. Also by every other battle rifle. Also also, the Germans had the FG42.
@oceanhome2023
Жыл бұрын
Great video that shows more previously unseen STG44s in many different settings , I also had not seen the pic of Hitler and some of his Generals checking out these rifles. One of the stop gap measures to bridge the gap of the MP40 was boosting the 9mm round 9mm +++p that took advantage of the longer barrel length of the MP40 this experiment was stopped very quickly when it became dangerous to shoot these rounds out of a pistol
@JB-rt4mx
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely...The 1st Assult Rifle 🇩🇪
@454FatJack
Жыл бұрын
Some say Feodrov 6,5mm Jap cal. Battle Rifle or Assault with small /intermediate lighter round. Instead of fullP Mil rifle ammo.. even BAR?
@Crashed131963
Жыл бұрын
The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) was made in ww1 and fired high powered .30-06 Springfield cartridge. The true first assault rifle.
@sonnysantana5454
Жыл бұрын
i still feel and believe that the STG/44 is the basis for the ivan-47' the reds just simplified it and dumbed it down the pig farmming ivans could get the gist of it
@fortnex9972
11 ай бұрын
@@Crashed131963Nope! By definition an assault rifle uses an intermediate power cartridge.
@tB3o3tR9o9
Жыл бұрын
the STG not only inspired the AK, Hugo Schmeisser was directly involved in the design of the AK...so far i know
@rm5902
Жыл бұрын
True
@Yodelinthegully-d7r
Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the Russians also had help from Werner Gruner. MP 42
@markmonse5285
Жыл бұрын
I'm looking forward to the release of PSA's version of the StG-44 come 1Q2034. I reportedly will be available in the original 8mm Kurz, 300 blackout, 5.56, and 7.62x39.
@VikingTeddy
Жыл бұрын
The PPSh was NOT cheaply made. Quite the contrary. After experiencing Finns using the Suomi M31, captured Suomi SMG's where copied, modified and made in to the Papasha. It was however expensive and heavy. they were produced only until a cheaper, stamped smg became available.
@quyha3234
Жыл бұрын
That the ppd 40 the ppsh 41 is the simple version of that and the pps43 is the next one that is to Supplement the 41 not replace it the thing that replace it is the ak funny enough Back to it the 41 was cheaper than you think and is better than the sten the two born from the same Desperation but the ppsh is better in General
@XtreeM_FaiL
Жыл бұрын
PPSh was cheap (wasn't cheap enough, but then they made PPS) and it is not a copy of KP-31.
@macobuzi
Жыл бұрын
PPSH WAS CHEAPLY MADE. It was so cheap that each soldier could only use 2 drum magazines produced by the same factory which produced the gun, any drum produced by a different place wouldn't fit. Its design was good, but just like any Soviet weapon in that era, always cheaply made in order to quickly arm its mass of cannon fodder.
@espada9
Жыл бұрын
No mention of the FG 42?
@alancranford3398
Жыл бұрын
Want to hear a funny one? There were fewer Browning Automatic Rifles produced by the USA than there were MP-44/StG-44 made by Germany despite the BAR being produced from 1917 through the end of WW2.
@centurian318
Жыл бұрын
Well only in America can you get a BAR made by Royal Typewriter, an 03 Springfield made by Smith Corona, an M-1 Carbine made by Underwood Elliot &Fisher, and a 1911A1 by Remington Rand.
@rotwang2000
Жыл бұрын
Due to logistics issue less than a third of the STG's made reached the front and some units had to ditch them because they never received ammo for them.
@krugmeister7301
Жыл бұрын
That is why HK came to the Rescue...And Made the G3 what the MP 44 Missed out on..
@woltews
Жыл бұрын
1- the french developed the idea for the assault rifle but didnt have the money to rearm after WWI the US had the same problem but adapted there design to still use the large stocks of 30-06 but originally have used an intermediate round 2- the AK dos not use the same system as the STG43 at all and is more inspired by the M1 gurand then the STG43 ( see the bolt lock mechanism at the heart of the design )
@gratefulguy4130
Жыл бұрын
You're thinking of "battle rifle". They also didn't come up with the concept, just an early adopter. It also had a 3 round clip, so not that useful. Battle rifles like the RSC use full power rifle cartriges, making follow-up shots slower & full auto practically useless. Assault rifles use intermediate cartriges that make full auto fire controllable & follow-up shots quick and easy.
@woltews
Жыл бұрын
@@gratefulguy4130 the original design for example on the gurand was for an intermediate cartridge that would have offered fast follow up shots but they didnt have the money to convert from the 30-06 so designed the rifle around the full power cartridge instead. They knew the rounds were to powerful but dint have the resources to throw away hundreds of millions of rounds of amo they already had . They had the idea just not the money to follow through with it fully .Only one nation even had the money for a general issue of self loading rifles in WWII and into the 50s most army's still did not have them for all troops .The battle rifle is really only a western phenomenon caused by an American instance on using full power cartridges for all troops ( which the US army still wants to do ) and foisting the 7.62X51 on all of NATO and SATO .
@BadWolf762
Жыл бұрын
The SKS uses the same type tilting block as the STG-44.
@RussianThunderrr
7 ай бұрын
-- Since StG-1944 had very lackluster reviews from both Americans and British, and as history have, StG-1943/44 did not ended up standing in any military as main weapon. The only reason Soviets jumped all over 7.92x33 Kurtz, because they for years already had Fedorov of 1916 with intermediate round, and a new class of weapon was created nearly 1/4 century before StG-1944 appeared, and its belong to "Avtomat" class of weapons.
@michaelarmbruster586
Жыл бұрын
Just read Otto Skorzenys auto biography that part of the delay in production was the fear that to much ammo would be used up
@gunfisher4661
Жыл бұрын
Even though it was known that the one who fires the most bullets usually wins. Sticking with the bolt action rifles was a big factor that helped in the defeat of the Axis powers
@ericdulyon4601
Жыл бұрын
14:23 effective range 500 meters for a 7.9mmx33mm is Laughable for such a short and small cartridge. A 7.62x39 range is not effective at 500 meters
@ivanmiranda5290
Жыл бұрын
This a awesome story on the history of firearms
@laf43777
Жыл бұрын
Germans were great. Every time I hold my Walther P38 1943 I get a tingling sensation
@davidschaadt3460
Жыл бұрын
They are wonderful.I like to think about who got it when it was new and the people who made them.
@-John-Doe-
7 ай бұрын
It wasn’t the inspiration for the AR15. The AR15 was a product of the light rifle and SCHV programs, to provide M2 ball external ballistics in the existing Carbine. The US never developed a cartridge like 7.92x33 Kurz or 7.62x39. The Soviets would abandon that design and follow the SCHV concept.
@psforos
Жыл бұрын
Excellent overview and presentation, thanks mate.
@benjaminrobinson3104
Жыл бұрын
brilliant video, very informative. thank you!
@davidthefirst6195
Жыл бұрын
The Grandfather of them all
@tjmsarasota1064
Жыл бұрын
awesome video the STG44 is one of My favorite battle rifles of all time
@gunfisher4661
Жыл бұрын
Mine too but I don`t have $50.000 to buy one right now of and not willing to fork out $15.000 for a repop in .22
@julianxe
Жыл бұрын
This is one of the best channels on KZitem, love your content!
@user-gm3rl7on4t
Жыл бұрын
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@blakdrifterok2147
Жыл бұрын
The first time I laid eyes on this rifle I fell in love with it is there a company that sells the STG44.
@patgray5402
Жыл бұрын
Hill Mac Gunworks has been trying to produce a semi auto version for the past decade.
@guydespatie6881
Жыл бұрын
There used to be a German co. called Sports System Dittriech (SSD) that made them... They're out of business... Research the web you'll come across photos... Original mags fit the SSD weapons as it fires the same «Kurz» ammo as the original rifles
@gunfisher4661
Жыл бұрын
So far it`s only been advertised that repops were only made in .22 I would love to have a repop at least in the original cal. There were 4 of them that went up for sale on gun broker last week sure they are gone now. One was WWII original in full auto and three in repop .22 If I remember right the repop was going for like $15.000 new
@mrspin3315
Жыл бұрын
Palmetto state armory is planning to release the STG-44 this year, 2023. I will come in different calibers, like 556. Oh yes it was shown at shot show a couple of days ago. It also allows you to suppress it and has a changeable gas system and a threaded barrel.
@SturmGewehr1944x
Жыл бұрын
Jackson Arms in Dallas used to have one for sale. It also had the curved barrel attachment for shooting around corners. Don't remember how much it cost, but I bought a car instead.
@je25ff
7 ай бұрын
The K98's maximum range is about 4,700 meters (5,000 yards) or 2.8 miles...but no human is going to hit a target with that rifle at 2.8 miles. The longest recorded sniper shot was a Canadian in Iraq at 3,079 yards and that's with modern equipment. Maybe 1,000 yards in WW1/2 in those conditions. Maybe.
@Pompomgrenade
Жыл бұрын
Innovation in the pursuit of domination creates impressive tooling...
@garryhynds4870
Жыл бұрын
Thanks was a really good video
@jonmcclane7433
8 ай бұрын
Great video and awesome pictures. Side note, it’s amazing just how many things Hitler messed up in WW2.
@UnSengorX
Жыл бұрын
K98 can hit 4.7km away? that's a mistake
@garykubodera9528
Жыл бұрын
Most actions occur withing 300yrds or less. That's why most soldiers are trained to shoot out to that distance and the reason why the stg44 is considered an assult rifle and not a sniper weapon. A disabled US Army Veteran
@joec5268
Жыл бұрын
What's an "assault rifle"
@Xindet
Күн бұрын
The AK-47 / AKM uses a gas design based on the m1 garand
@cw7legionofpewrights596
Жыл бұрын
Forgot about the USA bar & French chau choaut, if they got this rifle out sooner it’d change the war, it’d suck to be a guy with a 8 round garand vs a stg 44 equipped force just in firepower
@adriannarobeson4758
Жыл бұрын
The STG44 looks similar to my AR-15, which is totally awesome that the Germans were ahead of their time with their weapons .
@augustmoon0004
Жыл бұрын
Totally awesome they designed a weapon that killed so many people! 🤬
@adriannarobeson4758
Жыл бұрын
@augustmoon0004 no different than getting behind a wheel of a vehicle and running a bunch a people over hitting the gas that's what happens when you have goofy ass liberal politicians who don't believe in prosecuting repeated violent offenders our violent Democratic run city's are a fine example because of some stupid ass excuses 🙄 like oh they ate lead paint while growing up , or they didn't know who there father was .. I'm sure with the stupid comment you posted, you're for all that, so GTFOH with that simple ass 💩 I'll keep my guns. Thank you , MAGA STRONG 🇺🇲 💪🏻
@alexsandermc9794
11 ай бұрын
@@augustmoon0004 That's what a weapon is made to do, kill people, just realize now?
@Qigate
Жыл бұрын
Nicely done !
@allgood6760
4 ай бұрын
Awesome weapon.. I seen them in museums.👍
@EPFForsyth
Жыл бұрын
Like drones have changed allot now.
@peterparsons7141
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic photos!
@dylanbennett958
Жыл бұрын
Shotshow this year just released this. You’ll now be able to buy your own in tons of different calibers including the original which I wouldn’t cause it’s expensive but 9mm? 5.7mm? I think I even heard them making a 5.56. Not sure. But either way I know they’re making 22 and up literally like 10-15 different calibers.
@oif3vetk9
Жыл бұрын
No, 4 calibers. 5.56, 7.62x39, 300 blackout and the original 7.92x33. Different company makes the 22 lr version.
@swampybman7741
Жыл бұрын
Please follow up this report with how this weapon changed tactics, and what they were. From waves to fire and support. Excellent work!
@kiwigrunt330
Жыл бұрын
MGs and LMGs had already facilitated these changes.
@swampybman7741
Жыл бұрын
@@kiwigrunt330 Wasn't aware that there were Helos and other vehicles later on built for combat that used such weapons.
@joe-bang8501
Жыл бұрын
Brad Pitt's character in Fury uses one...liberated from a dead German I assume. Pitt's character also speaks fluent German
@tB3o3tR9o9
Жыл бұрын
rubbish movie
@brandondavis4306
16 күн бұрын
yeah the en-bloc clip myth is just that a myth, you can't tell me in a major battle that the enemy is gonna hear the ping when both sides are firing at each other. Plus sturmgewehr doesn't mean assault rifle it means storm rifle.
@zillsburyy1
Жыл бұрын
THE VAMP
@bryanparkhurst17
Жыл бұрын
Great video. Little lackluster on the development, but overall a good history. It's a shame Hitler coined the label "assault rifle", had he not, it might not be so mis-used today in the attacks on our 2nd Amendment here in the U.S.
@parvizdeamer
Жыл бұрын
Trust me it’s not the name that’s the issue, but the rate of fire and lethality, as well as shear number of gun deaths in a developed country that raise questions about the validity of the 2 Amendment in modern times. Given that all other modern western democracies have relatively strict gun control and hence significantly few death by guns and also therefore fewer deaths from violent crime… the USA is the outlier in this one. But also most other western democracies treat our constitutions as ongoing and evolving legal documents that help us to effectively govern a country, which are regularly added to and updated, where in the USA the constitution is treated like more like a religious document static and unchanging and dogmatic in its interpretation.
@gratefulguy4130
Жыл бұрын
@@parvizdeamer lol it's funny when people who don't understand guns try to defend assault rifle bans
@gratefulguy4130
Жыл бұрын
@@parvizdeamer first of all, the AR-15 catridge (5.56) is probably the most surviveable round in the world outside of "plinking" calibers not used for actual defense. Especially with modern barrel lengths. Second, there are almost no deaths caused by "assault rifles" at all. Almost all gun homicides are caused by handguns.
@parvizdeamer
Жыл бұрын
@@gratefulguy4130 I’m actually not making a case of an assaults rifle ban, but a more wider scope ban of guns, like you see in places like the UK or Australia for example. Yes assault rifles account for 3% of guns homicides (59% are handguns, 36% unknown or “type unstated”- FBI data from 2020) and yes technically technically the 5.56 does less damage than say a 7.62x51 but the point of such weapons is to place multiple rounds on target, which you can do with greater accuracy due to the lower recoil of the 5.56. Tests of the round show that it allows the shooter to engage with multiple targets with more efficiently and accuracy and lethality than the larger round in say the AR-10. It makes someone, esp one that’s less trained, who is attempting a mass shooting a lot more lethal. But my point is that the issue isn’t assault rifles, but the fact that weapons now (even handguns) now have a higher rate of fire and lethality (esp in urban setting) and the USA has 45,222 people die from gun related deaths in 2020, 10.6 per 100,000 people, compared to the 1.0/100,000 in Australia and 0.6/100,000 in Germany. So… you’re killing your population with guns 10x faster than most other developed countries. Ya’ll have a problem my friend.
@chadplow824
Жыл бұрын
@@parvizdeamer The problem is in our demographics. The homicide rate among White Americans is similar or slightly lower than current rates in many Western European countries. It’s the other races that drive our homicide rates up. Black Americans are responsible for over 50% of murders even though they’re only 13% of the population.
@JB-rt4mx
Жыл бұрын
The AK 47 is a direct copy of the STG 44 with loose tolerances and an elimination of milled parts that consumed time and money...The Ruski's had just made the SKS series so the Ammo spec was implemented for the AK 47 with its compact (STG 44) Design to support the SKS and its Ammo
@engiturtle65
Жыл бұрын
lol no the ak47 ain't a copy of the stg 44
@XtreeM_FaiL
Жыл бұрын
Direct copy that is nothing a like? Interesting point of view.
@ok-pj4eu
5 ай бұрын
GREAT VIDEO BUT PLEASE GET RID OF THE FRIGHTENING SCARY BACKGROUND MUSIC.
@joelex7966
Жыл бұрын
Leave it to the British. When preparing for WWII they felt that sub machine guns were well suited only for gangsters only to rethink that after encountering the MP-38 in France. Then claiming that the assault rifle concept will never catch on.
@HitachiTRQ-225
8 ай бұрын
„STG-44 is the first assault rifle“ Fedrov Avtomat : 👀
@engiturtle65
7 ай бұрын
the fedorov ain't an assault rifle mate
@landongsi
Жыл бұрын
What's the first epsiode of the weapon files series? The Me262?
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Жыл бұрын
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@jon9021
Жыл бұрын
6:41 picture number 4 looks like an SKS!
@dankim7488
Жыл бұрын
The STG 44 not only revolutionized and set a standard for many small arms designs after the war, it also changed the face of infantry doctrine entirely. Theres no doubt that this is the most significant small arms design in the last 100 years.
@Crashed131963
Жыл бұрын
The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) was made in ww1 and fired high powered .30-06 Springfield cartridge. The true first assault rifle.
@romaliop
Жыл бұрын
@@Crashed131963 Assault rifle is defined by the use of an intermediate cartridge. The BAR uses a full-power rifle cartridge and is thus a battle rifle.
@Crashed131963
Жыл бұрын
@@romaliop On a one on one would the battle rifle guy beat the assault rifle guy?
@romaliop
Жыл бұрын
@@Crashed131963 Depends on the situation. Battle rifle guy has the advantage at a distance, assault rifle guy up close.
@gratefulguy4130
Жыл бұрын
@@Crashed131963 within 3-400 yards that guy with the BAR is getting his ass whooped.
@odanewilson
Жыл бұрын
I need 4 boxes of those to buy
@jayfelsberg1931
Жыл бұрын
Elements pf the German military looked into the issue of the modern battle rifle well before the war. They recognized hat the full-powered cartridge was in fact overpowered for the range of the average infantry combat in WWI, which turned out to be 400 yards or less. The Germans had in fact begun using more light, portable firepower as early as late 1915, increasingly using pistols with a high capacity magazine, grenades, and entrenching tools for close attacks against the French. Pioneers employed special weapons like the minenwerfer (sp) for close firepower. The old Mauser was unsuited for such work. The MP 18 was a natural development. Polite developed the 7.92mmx33 round in 1938, leading to work by Haenel and Walther on what would become the first modern assault rifle.
@michaeljames1857
Жыл бұрын
Nice
@JamesPowell-jc4mo
7 ай бұрын
As a leader, did he ever pick up a rifle like you see others doing? In photos he seems to just look at displays of weaponry..
@richardmcgowan1651
Жыл бұрын
Tbh though people claim it had a big impact allied countries were slow to develop thier own versions. Mainly because after WW2 the allies were done with war. The UK was fallen apart with the Empire and broke. France had tock piles of dis-used German and allied weapons. Then America was going into a downturn as the "war money" wasn't around anymore. America went to was in Korea with all ex-WW2 gear. The actual same gear they had stored away. It wasnt till after and the possiblty they would be fighting the USSR in Europe that they started to develop assault weapons.
@lavoz7456
Жыл бұрын
I think you are wrong saying the AK 47 didn’t come as a result of it it was not an inspiration it was a direct and improved STG
@engiturtle65
7 ай бұрын
lol no it wasn't, they are quite different
@Xindet
Күн бұрын
The AK plattform does not work like a Stg44 its gas action is basically that of an m1 garand but flipped over. it did not even copy the mag release or the fire selector switch.
@OasisTypeZaku
Жыл бұрын
The STG-44 reminds me more of the our American AR platform due to how both guns open on a hinge toward the front of the weapon. Their long-stroke gas piston is like the AK. I believe Hugo Schmeisser had more to do with the AK platform than Russians would like to think. Nobody, no matter how genius they are, would be capable of designing a complicated machine like a gun without prior knowledge of how such machines work.
@rebeccabagley5530
Жыл бұрын
you can buy a stg 44 from gsg guns in 22 cal. for around $350 gsg is planning on making the real stg 44 in differant callibers soon so good
@garysparks-td5pz
8 ай бұрын
Crazy to think they didn’t want it but didn’t ask the soldiers bout it that’s crazy asf
@GuardDog42
Жыл бұрын
Small arms design really hasn't made a jump like this again ever, at least not a jump that feels economical. Here's to smart weapons and next generation CQB hardware.
@ShitterMcGavin
Жыл бұрын
Bravo!! Brilliant 👏
@Matt-xm7ee
Жыл бұрын
"Assault" rifle isn't a real term, it's used as a scare tactic to refer to semi automatic and fully automatic guns
@hairydogstail
Жыл бұрын
You are wrong. You are confusing assault weapon with assault rifle. Hitler gave the MP-44 the name STG-44 (Sturmgewehr 44) storm gun or our translation assault rifle. Assault weapon is a made up term to confuse the ignorant public with the select fire assault rifle ..
@kiwigrunt330
Жыл бұрын
Adolf would disagree.
@GhostRecon64
Жыл бұрын
Do you have a story about this weapon being para drop to a surrounded German unit and that unit was able to escape the enchantment because of the STG44?
@urlichwichmann6456
Жыл бұрын
Hi, I'm new here. Your video is definitely informative, while still in a popcorn style, so that's a win-win. If I'm to make a suggestion is to improve the pronunciation of foreign terminology, because it's bad in this video. Good luck in the future.
@danielgreen3715
Жыл бұрын
Warfare seems to be the Mother of Invention!
@davidcolley7714
Жыл бұрын
“War is the locomotive of history,” Leon Trotsky
@The_Conspiracy_Analyst
Жыл бұрын
Yes, the AK-47 is derived from the StG44, but not its direct decendent. Most people are simple minded and get confused when this is mentioned, and think the fact that it's not a bolt for bolt copy disproves the claim. AS-44 was more or less a copy of the StG44, and the AK-47 was a refinement of that. They even had the same papa, Hugo Schmiesser. Yes, Mikhail was around there somewhere in the plant getting blind drunk and showing up in the office now and then to give Hugo the slave beatings, but that doesn't mean he "created" anything at all. Too many people fall for Soviet propaganda.
@engiturtle65
Жыл бұрын
no
@mitchellculberson9336
Жыл бұрын
The concept worked out great as most military & a few civilians models have proven.The German version was decades ahead of everyone else's military.Glad Hitler did not have these rifles at the start of WW2.
@gunfisher4661
Жыл бұрын
He may have started and engineered the hell but he actually was a major factor of why they lost
@mitchellculberson9336
Жыл бұрын
@@gunfisher4661 Would you believe that I can prove Hiler didn't lose the war his generals did.
@TallDude73
Жыл бұрын
I'll paraphrase a quote: "The best of weapons for the worst of people."
@mhpjii
8 ай бұрын
So who actually invented the system of using the gas from a fired cartridge to do work in a rifle?
@XtreeM_FaiL
7 ай бұрын
Google say Karel Krnka.
@mhpjii
7 ай бұрын
@@XtreeM_FaiL Thanks. I always thought this was genius. I'll look him up.
@luigiaqua2263
Жыл бұрын
The AK 47 couldn’t be a 100% copy of the StG44 because the Soviet industry couldn’t produce high quality stamped steel receivers or the same bolt system as well, so they had to change the design. Decades later they managed to make the pressed steel receiver, making it cheaper and quicker to be produced as milled ones.
@hairydogstail
Жыл бұрын
The part about the stamping teleology is correct. The tiltaiting bolt is not. The Germans copied it from Russian designs..
@pweter351
Жыл бұрын
Did you say 14km for effective range of the k98k? The main reason Hitler wasn't keen was that he didn't want to produce another cartridge size, they were already making many.
@petergarrett6151
Жыл бұрын
They could not even keep up production with the calibers they already had. They had to produce lacquered steel casings which were sub-par to brass.
@TexasTeaHTX
Жыл бұрын
I just bought a .22lr version of the STG 44 and I’d sell off my girl friend to a chance to shoot a real one.
@holly52ful
Жыл бұрын
What does she look like?? 😅
@TexasTeaHTX
Жыл бұрын
@@holly52ful She’s a Blonde with blue eyes and she’s rather thicc.
@bobwilliamson5574
Жыл бұрын
How much do you want for your girlfriend ?
@TexasTeaHTX
Жыл бұрын
@@bobwilliamson5574 I’ll trade you a mint condition STG 44 for her and I think I should warn you about how much a pain in the ass she is.
@drroidhammer3218
Жыл бұрын
guttentag…We can provide you the ability to fire this weapon please post said girlfriend to PO Box 123 Mannheim Düsseldorf Germany Zip 2012
@christopherthrawn1333
Жыл бұрын
Game changer. Too bad Hitler and Generals failed to see the potential for this advanced weapon. Excellent work here Sir.
@macobuzi
Жыл бұрын
His Generals actually LOVED the idea of STG-44 and tried to promote it to Hitler several times as MKb-42, Hitler turned them down 3 times but his Generals still secretly produced it anyway until Hitler found out how much his troops loved the gun that he changed his mind and officially adopted the gun. I also heard the SS generals loved the idea of intermediate cartridges so much that they demanded a version of Mkb-42 that used belt-fed, specially made for the SS, but the idea was turned down because it was too crazy.
@dancortes3062
Жыл бұрын
I want to meet the guy who can hit a target 4.7 Kilometers away with a Kar98k no matter what scope is on it.
@abstractapproach634
Жыл бұрын
These rifles really weren't anything to write home about. You should probably just give it to me if you have one.
@454FatJack
Жыл бұрын
Garand and Simonov, Tokarev Semi+ FA rifle too
@johnschultz8906
Жыл бұрын
It might be the most influential in that the most recognizable and arguably the most famous gun of all time the ak 47 was influenced by the stg design
@visassess8607
Жыл бұрын
Kalashnikov was influenced more by the M1 Garand than the STG44 when making the AK.
@XtreeM_FaiL
Жыл бұрын
STG influenced every country and every AR.
@RussianThunderrr
7 ай бұрын
@@XtreeM_FaiL wrote: "STG influenced every country and every AR." -- Nah, V. Fedorov - the creator of first production Avtomat/Assault rifle did more to promote this class of fire arms, then anyone else, if would not been for him, like the fellow who created this video said, Americans and British did not like this weapon, nor Germans created anything that used 7.92x33 Kurtz round - so it was distant to oblivion as a class of weapons.
@XtreeM_FaiL
7 ай бұрын
@@RussianThunderrr I've never heard country of Fedorov. Where is it?
@RussianThunderrr
7 ай бұрын
@@XtreeM_FaiL wrote: "I've never heard country of Fedorov. Where is it?" -- Are you drunk or "on drugs"? What makes you think that Vladimir Fedorov is a country?
@granitejeepc3651
Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah let's forget the Federov Avtomat which was combat used 20 years before the STG-44. intermediate cartridge magazine fed carbine.
@yarp123123123123123
Жыл бұрын
has to be, changed warfare forever and intruduced a new style of weapon (assault rifle)
@XtreeM_FaiL
Жыл бұрын
Only 400k rifles wasn't the problem, since most of them were never shipped anywhere because they didn't have nowhere near enough ammo.
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