- The
Volkssturmgewehr ("People's
Storm - Rifle") is the name of
several rifle designs developed by ****
Germany during the
final months of
World War II...
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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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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...
- gas-dela****
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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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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Volksgewehr rifles in the 7.92×33mm caliber. One of these, the
Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr, used a gas-dela****
blowback action based on the
Barnitzke system,...
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widespread service and put into m****
production – and the
Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr. A
number of
weapons in
development at the time also used the cartridge...
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German designs for the 7.92×33mm Kurz cartridge,
including the
Volkssturmgewehr rifle (with
little effectiveness) and the
Grossfuss Sturmgewehr (with...
- – 9×19mm Parabellum)
Rifles Volkssturmgewehr (****
Germany –1944– semi-automatic
rifle – 7.92×33mm Kurz)
Volkssturmgewehr VG 1 (****
Germany – 1944 –...
