Assault Rifles
- Paul Timms
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Assault Rifles
I have just purchased a squad of wargames figures armed with the assault rifle. My questions are:
Were they widely issued ?
Did they only go to elite units ?
When issued would a whole squad be armed with them or just 1 or 2 men to beef up squad firepower ?
Thanks
Paul
Were they widely issued ?
Did they only go to elite units ?
When issued would a whole squad be armed with them or just 1 or 2 men to beef up squad firepower ?
Thanks
Paul
If you refer to the sturmgewehr I can tell you this. 425,977 sturmgewehrs were made. The first unit to recieve sturmgewehrs was the SS Wiking division. The weapon was issued to both elite units such as the waffen ss and to volksgrenadier units. The weapon was intended to replace both the rifle and the smg. It was meant that certain stosstruppe platoons were to have only sturmgewehrs but I don't know if this ever happened. It was more common that some men in the squad had the sturmgewehr, mostly leaders I guess. This is all out of memory so I might be wrong on some things.
regards
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- HJ Division Grenadier
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Thats more or less correct.
The assault rifle was not meant to replace all other weapons in general. It would not for instance be a replacement for the rifle, this is due to the fact of accuracy, the g43 would have been the replacement for the k98 if this would have ever been achievable, the mp44 was not accurate enough, this is why it had its own ammunition, the kurz round, when trying to fire a full size round the gun was simply uncontrollable, a k98 or g43 gave far more accuracy over a far greater distance.
The assault rifle was not meant to replace all other weapons in general. It would not for instance be a replacement for the rifle, this is due to the fact of accuracy, the g43 would have been the replacement for the k98 if this would have ever been achievable, the mp44 was not accurate enough, this is why it had its own ammunition, the kurz round, when trying to fire a full size round the gun was simply uncontrollable, a k98 or g43 gave far more accuracy over a far greater distance.
- Johan Elisson
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The StG44 had equal accuracy at distances up to 300 meters and only slightly poorer accuracy at distances up to 600 meters. (According to Taktik im Russlandfeldzug, Eike Middeldorf) Of course, it was not meant to give the StG44 with ZF to snipers, but I believe that the StG44 was able to replace K98 in ordinary Schützengruppe.It would not for instance be a replacement for the rifle, this is due to the fact of accuracy, the g43 would have been the replacement for the k98 if this would have ever been achievable, the mp44 was not accurate enough, this is why it had its own ammunition, the kurz round, when trying to fire a full size round the gun was simply uncontrollable, a k98 or g43 gave far more accuracy over a far greater distance.
/Johan
- Paul Timms
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Wargames units
Charlie D.S.,
I have recently purchased a load of stuff off ebay including 6 late war wehrmacht all with stg44, also the SS have a few. Most of the figures are battlefield which do some wonderful obscure stuff. I have Handschar (see my other recent post), Karstjaeger, Volksturm and a load of SS. However i'm not sure what make the Stg44 guys are.
Are you a wargamer or modeller ??
Paul
I have recently purchased a load of stuff off ebay including 6 late war wehrmacht all with stg44, also the SS have a few. Most of the figures are battlefield which do some wonderful obscure stuff. I have Handschar (see my other recent post), Karstjaeger, Volksturm and a load of SS. However i'm not sure what make the Stg44 guys are.
Are you a wargamer or modeller ??
Paul
I have to agree with Johan here. One of the main resons why Hitler opposed the sturmgewehr was that he thought that there was still a need for a rifle. The sturmgewehr 44 with zf's were probably issued to marksmen, I haven't seen a picture of one yet.
Paul, I don't know anything about battlefield. What scale is it? I model mostly 1/72 but also 1/35.
regards
Paul, I don't know anything about battlefield. What scale is it? I model mostly 1/72 but also 1/35.
regards
- Paul Timms
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Battlefeld Miniatures
Charlie D.S.
Battlefield are a small British manufacturer mostly doing German stuff with some Russian or Brit/American Para. They do a little equipment (AT, Jeeps) all in 20mm.
Paul
Battlefield are a small British manufacturer mostly doing German stuff with some Russian or Brit/American Para. They do a little equipment (AT, Jeeps) all in 20mm.
Paul