The Volkssturmgewehr ("People's Storm - Rifle") is the name of several rifle designs developed by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II (February...
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prototype only. HIW VSK: a carbine intended for use by the Volkssturm. Volkssturmgewehr 1-5: a semi-automatic rifle intended for use by the Volkssturm. Wimmersperg...
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gas-delayed blowback system based on the Barnitzke system, first used in the Volkssturmgewehr 1-5, and subsequently in the Swiss Pistole 47 W+F (Waffenfabrik Bern)...
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prototype pistol (and ultimately on the Barnitzke system first used in the Volkssturmgewehr 1-5), which used gas pressures from the ignited cartridge and fed them...
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cylinder with a piston that delays the opening of the bolt. It is used by Volkssturmgewehr 1-5 rifle, the Heckler & Koch P7, Steyr GB and Walther CCP pistols...
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rifle is commonly pictured with the 10-round magazine designed for the Volkssturmgewehr. The shorter magazine was used by Mauser engineers during testing,...
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Holding AG Waffenfabrik Bern 10.4×38mm Swiss Rimfire Switzerland 1869 Volkssturmgewehr 7.92×33mm Kurz Germany 1944 vz. 24 Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod 7×57mm...
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magazine Volkssturmgewehr VG-2 Gustloff-Werke 7.92x57mm Mauser Volkssturm A bolt action rifle with a 10 round detachable box magazine. - Volkssturmgewehr VG-3...
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widespread service and put into mass production – and the Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr. A number of weapons in development at the time also used the cartridge...
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Steyr Mannlicher 9×19mm Parabellum Austria Semi-automatic pistol 1968 Volkssturmgewehr Gustloff-Werke 7.92×33mm Kurz Germany Semi-automatic rifle 1944 Walther...
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