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mp-44 scoped
check this!!!
Never seen that before
its an stg 44
Same thing.Originally Posted by CFMIKE
"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 win, the rifle was again renamed as the StG44.."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stg_44#MP44.2C_StG44
Nice pic......
must of been pretty accurate
7.92x33??? I doubt it
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.
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.
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.
You're just calling it a photoshop because you don't have anything else to say.
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.
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.
It's definitely a real picture. They were trialled towards the end of the war.
Here's the same soldier with a scoped G43:
The two photos were taken at the sniper training facility at Doberitz, Elsgrund.
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