The Volkssturmgewehr is the name of several rifle designs developed by Nazi Germany during the final months of World War II. They share the common characteristic of being greatly simplified as to adap
Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr VG 1-5
The Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr (right), shown here next to an MG 42 (left)
Volkssturm soldiers in an emplacement along the Oder river in 1945. The soldier on the left is carrying a Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr.
The StG 45 sometimes referred to as the MP 45, was a prototype assault rifle developed by Mauser for the Wehrmacht at the end of World War II, using an innovative roller-delayed blowback operating sys
The early Mauser Gerät 06H prototype assault rifle