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An assault rifle is a select fire rifle that uses an intermediate-rifle cartridge and a detachable magazine. Assault rifles were first put into mass production and accepted into widespread service dur
The first successfully deployed assault rifle, the StG 44 was adopted by the German army in 1944. It fires the 7.92×33mm Kurz round.
The M16 was first introduced into service in 1964 with the U.S. Military, It fires the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge and is the most produced assault rifle in its caliber.
Sturmgewehr 44
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StG 44
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The StG 44 is a German assault rifle developed during World War II by Hugo Schmeisser. It is also known by its early designations as the MP 43 and MP 44. The StG 44 was an improvement of an earlier de
MP 44 (StG 44) from the collections of the Swedish Army Museum
A soldier demonstrates the transitional MP 43/1 variant, used to determine the suitability of the rifle for sniping purposes, October 1943. The rifle is fitted with a ZF 4 telescopic sight.
A German infantryman armed with an StG 44, wearing "splinter" camouflage and a ghillie cap in July 1944
Top to bottom: late FG 42 and early FG 42 with their rear and front sights collapsed down and StG 44