10 Facts About StG 44

StG 44 is a German assault rifle developed during World War II by Hugo Schmeisser.

The StG 44 was an improvement of an earlier design, the Maschinenkarabiner 42.

StG 44 was the first successful assault rifle, with features including an intermediate cartridge, controllable automatic fire, a more compact design than a battle rifle with a higher rate of fire, and being designed primarily for hitting targets within a few hundred metres.

StG 44 fulfilled its role effectively, particularly on the Eastern Front, offering a greatly increased volume of fire compared to standard infantry rifles.

The StG largely influenced the Soviet AK-47, introduced three years after the war concluded.

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MP 43, MP 44, and StG 44 were different designations for what was essentially the same rifle with minor updates in production.

The StG 44 was issued to all infantry soldiers and employed for accurate short-range rapid-fire shooting.

Argentina manufactured their own trial versions of the StG 44 made by CITEFA in the late 1940s and early 1950s, but instead adopted the FN FAL in 1955, because it used the then more common and powerful 7.

StG 44 was the first assault rifle to be accepted into widespread service and put into mass production.

Relatively large numbers of StG 44 were used post-war by Polish anti-communist resistance groups until the 1950s.