User:Sergeant Simpleton

It's difficult for me to write a 'biography' for myself besides credentials, but if the effort is needed then it will be given. To start, I am a person who has a high-level of interest in firearms. While I am not of legal age to OWN a firearm in my home country; the United States, I have had experience in the use of them on multiple occasions. I do mild level scripting and modding for games like Half-Life or Fallout and their respective engines. As a person, I attempt to be as respectful and patient as possible, and care to pay attention (And likewise follow) what is expected of myself. Although it is of my own opinion, I thoroughly believe that I am a valuable contributor to what I am a part of and try my best to maintain such positions.

Conflict Aeternum

A war that has spanned for over 200 years (1814 - 2015, and continuing)

Third Reich

Rifles

In Service/Active

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Service Years	Used By:	Image	Info
Karabiner 98k	7.92x57mm Mauser	5	1935 - 1962 (Duty Rifle)	All Branches	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Main line usage ended in the early 1960s, with some militias retaining them longer. The KAR-98 is still retained as a ceremonial weapon.

Out of Service/Obsolete

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Service Years	Used By:	Image	Info
Gewehr 98	7.92x57mm Mauser	5	1898–1935 (Deutsches Heer) 1944–1949 (Volkssturm)	Deutsches Heer (World War I) Volkssturm	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Aging Gewehr 98 rifles were briefly brought to Volkssturm service during the late defensive period and continued until the Truce of Minsk agreement was reached in 1949. They were quickly pulled afterwards.
Fusil Modèle 1916 Carabine	8x50R mm	5	1948 - 1950	Waffen-SS (limited)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	The only Fusil rifle to see any real combat use with German regiments, several captured carbines saw limited combat use in North Africa unlike their larger counterparts.
Lebel 1886	8x50R mm	8	1941 - 1950	Waffen-SS (limited) Wehrmacht (extremely limited)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Standard rifle of Vichy France until its full annexation - some rifles were used by German occupation forces - additional captured ones were used in limited numbers in North Africa.
MAS-36	7.5x54mm French	5	1941 - 1950	Waffen-SS(limited)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Waffen-SS troops used these rifles to an extent in North Africa.
MAS-36 CR39	7.5x54mm French	5	1941 - 1955	Luftwaffe Waffen-SS(limited)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Many captured rifles were used by Luftwaffe troops during the Invasion of Britain and retained afterwards for several years. Additionally, Waffen-SS troops experimented with the rifles in North Africa.
Gewehr 41(M)	7.92x57mm Mauser	10	1941 - 1949	Wehrmacht Volkssturm	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Limited usage due to introduction of Gewehr 43 - finally removed from Volkssturm militias in 1949.
Gewehr 41(W)	7.92x57mm Mauser	10	1941 - 1949	Wehrmacht Volkssturm	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Limited usage due to introduction of Gewehr 43 - finally removed from Volkssturm militias in 1949.
Gewehr 43	7.92x57mm Mauser	10	(Officially)1943 - 1962	Wehrmacht Waffen-SS Volkssturm	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Pulled from service alongside KAR-98 rifles in 1962, but many active field units retained their rifles well into the 1970s.
MKb 42(H)	7.92x33mm Kurz	30	1942 - 1962	Wehrmacht	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Removed from service alongside the KAR-98 - newer StG-44s served much longer.
Sturmgewehr 44	7.92x33mm Kurz	30	1943 – 1980	Wehrmacht Waffen-SS Volkssturm Luftwaffe	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Many were passed onto the Luftwaffe in 1962 during the mainline upgrade programs, but they continued to serve in SS, Wehrmacht, and Volkssturm battalions as well, until all remaining (aging) rifles were pulled in 1980.
Sturmgewehr 45(M)	7.92×33mm Kurz	10 30	1945 - 1949	Wehrmacht Volkssturm	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Implemented as a late defensive period emergency rifle modernized over the StG-44, the rifles were ultimately a failure and given to second line units. They were finally pulled following the Truce of Minsk.
FG 42	7.92x57mm Mauser	10 20	1942 – 1995	Luftwaffe	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Standard issue of Luftwaffe paratroopers beginning in the 1950s - retained until the mid-90s.

Experimental

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Service Years	Used By:	Image	Info
Fusil Modèle 1907-15 Rifle	8x50R mm	3	1948 - 1949	Waffen-SS	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Stocks of these were captured from French Foreign Legion remnants in 1948. However, the old rifles were field tested and found not to be useful, with most being destroyed. Examples were sent back to war museums.
Fusil Modèle 1907-16 Rifle	8x50R mm	5	1948 - 1949	Waffen-SS	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Suffered the same fate as the Fusil 1907-15 - found to be obsolete and scrapped, with some being sent to museums.