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==Info==
==Info==
Developed by Nazi Germany in 1942 it was known as the MP-43, MP-44 (despite it being a full-sized rifle, not a submachine gun as the 'MP' designation would indicate), as well as the StG-44 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]].  
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|Sturmgewehr MKB42(H) - 7.92x33mm]]
[[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]]


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=== 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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Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm
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Haenel MKb 42(H) - 7.92x33mm

Film

  • 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.
  • Rebel Alliance soldiers in the original Star Wars trilogy (as the "BlasTech A280" and "A295" blaster rifles)

Television

Video Games

Anime

Animation