mp-44 scoped

[british-airborne]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g103/lewis_thepara/mp44scoped.jpg
check this!!!

[Connor Oz]

Never seen that before

[CFMIKE]

its an stg 44

[Bryson C]

its an stg 44

Same thing.

"Hitler was given a chance to test fire the MP44, he was impressed and gave it the title Sturmgewehr. Seeing the possibility of a propaganda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda) win, the rifle was again renamed as the StG44.."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stg_44#MP44.2C_StG44

[Anthony91]

Nice pic......:D

[british-airborne]

must of been pretty accurate

[speckfire]

must of been pretty accurate

7.92x33??? I doubt it

[maple.leaf]

Same thing.

"Hitler was given a chance to test fire the MP44, he was impressed and gave it the title Sturmgewehr. Seeing the possibility of a propaganda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda) win, the rifle was again renamed as the StG44.."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stg_44#MP44.2C_StG44

That is a total myth - it was the Generals who convinced Speer to re-name it "Sturmgewehr" (assualt rifle) instead of its orginal designation of Maschinen-Pistole (sub-machine gun) so that Hitler would authorise its production when it came up in discussions about war production.

[bluffcove]

Im calling it a photoshop.

Ive not seen evidence elswhere and the link is to an image host not a site, all seems a bit duff to me.

[faithless]

Its not a photoshop that picture is from a test that the germans were carring
out to see how effective the compination was and if I remember correctly it gave poor results.I seen several collectors who have the gun and the scope.

[Anthony91]

Im calling it a photoshop.

Ive not seen evidence elswhere and the link is to an image host not a site, all seems a bit duff to me.

You're just calling it a photoshop because you don't have anything else to say.:|

[bluffcove]

I said it because I felt people were being pulled into a waah.

Optical scopes on assault rifles were not common during the fifties or sixties so I find it strange that they would have been around in the fourties.

if I had nothing to say, i wouldnt have said anything. Its the advantage of cynicism and intellect.

[Macs.]

AFAIK thats the modification MP43/1 with ZF-4 scope. (It was also possibly to shoot grenades with a attachment.)

It was also possible to mount the Night-Vision-Sight "Vampir" on it.

http://img431.imageshack.us/img431/2568/vampirwp0.jpg

[Hydro]

It's definitely a real picture. They were trialled towards the end of the war.

[Lazarou]

Here's the same soldier with a scoped G43:

http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/8072/g43sniperoy4.jpg

The two photos were taken at the sniper training facility at Doberitz, Elsgrund.

[Manu]

Im calling it a photoshop.

Ive not seen evidence elswhere and the link is to an image host not a site, all seems a bit duff to me.

this soldier would aim a bit stupid if the scope was included with photoshop or not ?

[East Scout]

Here's the same soldier with a scoped G43:

http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/8072/g43sniperoy4.jpg

The two photos were taken at the sniper training facility at Doberitz, Elsgrund.


Yup..Both are also in the book German Sniper 1914-1945 by Peter Senich..They even have pics of G43 that take Mp44 mags and have Zeiss scopes..No photo shop there!

ES

[James]

check this!!!

Wow.......

[Adam Wilhelm]

Bigger pic:

http://gotavapen.se/gota/ak/stg/mp44_kikare.jpg