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==Info== | ==Info== | ||
Developed by Nazi Germany in 1942 | Developed by Nazi Germany in 1942, based on Haenel MKb 42(H) prototype. It was known as the MP43, MP44 (despite it being a full-sized rifle, not a submachine gun as the 'MP' designation would indicate), and finally as the StG 44 (Sturmgewehr = assault rifle) as development on the rifle progressed. The rifle is the first "assault rifle" developed which can shoot medium power "intermediate" ammunition, and was the precursor of all the world's major assault rifles, most notably the [[AK-47]]. | ||
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'''The Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle appears in the following movies, video games, and anime used by the following actors:''' | '''The Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle appears in the following movies, video games, and anime used by the following actors:''' | ||
[[Image:Sturmgewehr 44.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm]] | [[Image:Sturmgewehr 44.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm]] | ||
[[Image:German WW2 MP-44 copy Sport-Systeme Dittrich 'BD42(H)' designed from the MKB42(H).jpg|thumb|450px|right| | [[Image:German WW2 MP-44 copy Sport-Systeme Dittrich 'BD42(H)' designed from the MKB42(H).jpg|thumb|450px|right|Haenel MKb 42(H) - 7.92x33mm]] | ||
=== Film === | === Film === | ||
Revision as of 13:02, 20 November 2010
Specifications
Type: Assault Rifle
Caliber: 7.92x33mm Kurz
Capacity: 25, 30 round box magazines
Fire Modes: Safe/Semi/FullAuto
Info
Developed by Nazi Germany in 1942, based on Haenel MKb 42(H) prototype. It was known as the MP43, MP44 (despite it being a full-sized rifle, not a submachine gun as the 'MP' designation would indicate), and finally as the StG 44 (Sturmgewehr = assault rifle) as development on the rifle progressed. The rifle is the first "assault rifle" developed which can shoot medium power "intermediate" ammunition, and was the precursor of all the world's major assault rifles, most notably the AK-47.
The Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle appears in the following movies, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
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Film
- Frank Glaubrecht in Die Brücke
- Battle of the Bulge. This is the rifle that Henry Fonda examined from a captured German patrol while he was checking the personnel in a bunker in the early scenes of the movie.
- Tino Struckmann as Capt. Klaus Mueller in Brother's War (2009)
- Telly Savalas as Zeno and German soldiers in Escape to Athena
- Various German soldiers in Downfall aka "Der Untergang"
- Manfred Karge as Gilbert Wolzow and Klaus-Peter Thiele as Werner Holt in Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt
- German soldiers in Ich War Neunzehn
- Zolo's Men & Ira's Men in Romancing the Stone
- Rebel Alliance soldiers in the original Star Wars trilogy (as the "BlasTech A280" and "A295" blaster rifles)
- Pirates and crew members in Piraty XX veka (modified to resemble M16 rifles)
- U.S Army soldiers in Solo Voyage (modified to resemble M16 rifles)
Television
Video Games
- Medal of Honor: Frontline (as the "Stg44")
- Call of Duty (as the "MP44")
- Call of Duty: United Offensive (as the "MP44")
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (available only in online play)
- Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts (as the "MP44")
- Silent Storm (as the "STG43"]
Anime
- Hellsing used by Nazi's