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| [[Image:Volkssturmgewehr1-5left.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr MP507 - 7.92x33mm Kurz]]
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| [[Image:Volkssturmgewehr1-5.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr MP507 - 7.92x33mm Kurz]]
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| The '''Volkssturmgewehr''' was designed by Karl Barnitzke of the Gustloff-Werke during the final stages of World War II. It was a part of the Primitiv-Waffen-Programm, and was intended to provide a semi-automatic rifle to the ''Volksstrum'' - the militia raised to defend German cities from the allied forces. The rifle was hastily designed and constructed, and was meant to provide a crude but relatively cheap rifle that could be manufactured quickly and easily. The result was a gas-blowback operated rifle firing the 7.92×33mm Kurz, and utilizing [[Sturmgewehr 44]] 30-round magazines. The weapon featured fixed front and rear iron sights. The first production model was designated as the MP507. A second model, designated as MP508, added a semi-pistol stock and forward grip, but apparently it was produced only in very small quantities.
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| The weapon is also sometimes known as the "Volkssturmgewehr 1-5" (or "VG 1-5"), a name that was believed to have originated as a misnomer. The [[Volksgewehr|Primitiv-Waffen-Programm]] resulted in five other bolt action rifle designs, VG 1 from Walther (VG in these cases standing for Volksgewehr), VG 2 from Spreewerk Berlin, VG 3 from Rheinmetall, VG 4 from Mauser, and VG 5 from Steyr. Collectively, they become VG 1-5, and a few misconceptions later the name was stuck to the Gustloff weapon.
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| Rumors claimed that an automatic assault rifle version of the Volkssturmgewehr exists; there does not appear to be any actual evidence supporting this claim however, and this claim may have been a misinterpretation of the name ''Volkssturmgewehr'' as representing "Volks-sturmgewehr" (lit. "people-assault rifle") rather than "Volkssturm-gewehr" (lit. "''Volkssturm''-rifle")
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| ==Specifications==
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| (1945)
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| * '''Type:''' Semi-Automatic Rifle, Assault Rifle (experimental models of disputed existence)
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| * '''Caliber:''' 7.92x33mm Kurz
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| * '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|4.6}}
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| * '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|885}}
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| * '''Barrel Length:''' {{convert|mm|378}}
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| * '''Feed System:''' 30-round detachable box magazine
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| * '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto (Select fire on experimental models of disputed existence)
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| ===Video Games===
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| !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
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| !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Mods'''
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| !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Notation'''
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| !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
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| | ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || "Volksgewehr 45" || || || 2007
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| | ''[[Fallout 4]]'' || "Radium Rifle" || || Customizable with several, mostly fictional mods || 2015
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| | ''[[Call of Duty: WWII]] || "Volkssturmgewehr" || || Fires in full-auto; added in an update "The Resistance" in 2018 || 2017
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| | ''[[Battlefield V]] || "Gewehr 1-5" / "Sturmgewehr 1-5" || || Semi-auto only and select fire variants, respectively || 2018
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| | ''[[Call of Duty: Vanguard]]'' || "Volkssturmgewehr" || || M91/30 || 2021
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