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What was the first German machine gun?
The first one manufactured in Germany was the Maxim Model 08, which they had to licence from the British, and which was designed by an American. After the war, "German" machine guns get a bit iffy... the Treaty of Versailles prevented Germany from developing military arms, so, as a loophole, they did their military development outside of Germany, in countries such as Sweden and the Soviet Union.
What did the machine gun look like?
A machine gun, is a self-loading gun that can fire multiple shots with a single actuation of a trigger. It will fire for as long as the trigger is held pulled or pressed or until the ammunition runs out. Machine guns are also called automatic guns, or fully automatic, to distinguish from semi-auto self-loading guns that fire once per actuation of the trigger. Machine guns can be recoil-operated, gas-operated, or externally driven by hydraulic, electric or other means. Most machine guns have a single barrel, however some have multiple barrels in a rotating assembly. The difference between those and other multi-barrel systems such as volley guns is that only one barrel fires at a time.
What are the most historically significant military firearms?
Matchlock rifle, Brown Bess musket, Kentucky rifle, Springfield rifled musket, Dreyse 'Needle Gun', Mauser rifle, Short Magazine Lee-Enfield rifle, Stg. 44/MP43, Maxim machine gun, MG34 and MG42, FN FAL, FN MAG, AK-47 and AKM.
What was the first German machine gun?
The first one manufactured in Germany was the Maxim Model 08, which they had to licence from the British, and which was designed by an American. After the war, "German" machine guns get a bit iffy... the Treaty of Versailles prevented Germany from developing military arms, so, as a loophole, they did their military development outside of Germany, in countries such as Sweden and the Soviet Union.
What was the Germans main weapon?
For an infantryman with standard issue equipment, they would generally carry a 9mm Luger and a Mauser rifle (Karabiner 98k), a bolt action rifle that held 5 cartridges at a time, while the Luger, I am not sure but most 9mm vary from 5 to 30 cartridges.Another gun that was used was the MP40 submachine gun, along with the MP43.The MG42 was also used as a light weight machine gun.The Germans were also issued Mauser bayonets and Steilhandgrenates, or German grenades.
World War 1 machine gun?
Stermgewehr. Also known as Mp44 and Stg-44. Browning 1919 No, no, no. The Sturmgewehr (aka Mp43 or Stg44) was the first assault rifle used in WW2. The Browning M1919 was not made until WW1 ended. Most of the machine guns used in WW1 were based on the Maxim design. They were heavy and cooled by water, but they would fire indefinitely as long as ammo and water were available. The Lewis machine gun used by the British was lighter and cooled by air. After WW1, water-cooled machine began to fade away slowly. The Browning M1919 was basically the same machine gun used in WW1 but converted to air cooling instead of water.
What was the best built submachine-gun built by the Germans?
Mp-40 == StG44 or MP44 Assault Rifle --- Okay, this may be a little large to be called a sub-machine gun. Sturmgewehr 44 (StG44) was an assault rifle and was the first of its kind to see major deployment. It is also known by the designations Maschinenpistole 43, Maschinenpistole 44 (MP43 and MP44, respectively) which denotes earlier versions of the same weapon. This weapon was built along the lines of the Russian KA-47 (AK-47) that became the most popular automatic weapon of the 20th Century. Link with Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmgewehr_44
The term Assault Weapon was first used by?
It's derived from Adolf Hitler, who was so impressed with the MP43 that he coined the term Sturmgewehr for it.
Who invented the Assault Rifle?
Hugo Schmeisser headed the design team from Haenel which developed the MP43/Sturmgewehr44. However, it was not solely the work of Schmeisser, or even the Haenel company, alone - the original design was an open bolt, striker fired design, and it was actually the competing Walther design from which the closed bolt method of operation was taken.
What guns were invented during World War 2?
The major innovations in small arms during the Second World War were the General Purpose Machine Gun (although development actually started in the interwar period) with the MG-34 and MG-42, and the assault rifle, with the FG-42 and Stg. 44/MP43 being the forerunners to modern military assault rifles, which also pioneered the concept of the intermediate cartridge. <><><> In addition, the M1, M2, and M3 carbines were invented by the US. The M3 used the first night vision device, an infrared scope. The British fielded the improved version of their rifle, the Enfield No.4 Mk 1. The Soviet Union created the SKS, which was used at the end of the war.
What kind of rifle takes a 7.92 round?
The 7.92x57 round was developed for the Gewehr 98 series Mauser rifles, and is likewise used by that and a number of derivatives (although not all Mauser rifles are chambered in this cartridge -export models and models manufactured in other countries were often chambered in other calibers... the German, Czech, Turkish, Yugoslav, and Chinese Mausers use this cartridge).The round was also used in the MG15, MG34, and MG42 machine guns. The Yugoslav Zastava M76 rifle manufactured for the Yugoslav military used the 7.92x57 cartridge (export models were also manufactured in 7.62x54R and 7.62x51).The first true assault rifles - the MP43/MP44, StG.44 and FG42 - used a shortened form of this cartridge - the 7.92x33.There are also some Mosin-Nagant M1891 rifles chambered in 7.92x57. These are extremely rare, and were converted from 7.62x54R when they were captured by the Austro-Hungarian Empire (although the Soviet round is described as a 7.62 round, a different method of bore measurement was used, and the bore of the 7.62x54R rifle is actually 7.92, making conversion to the 7.92x57 cartridge feasible).
What is the difference between an assault rifle and a battle rifle?
Battle rifles fire full power cartridges, and are capable of engagements of long distances. Examples include the M1 Garand, FN49, FN FAL, and G3. Assault rifles are designed around intermediate cartridges. They're intended to fulfill roles of battle rifles, light carbines, and submachineguns, but aren't intended so much to fill all the same niches. They're typically designed for engagements of 300 metres or less (though usually have further reaching range capabilities). Examples include the StG44/MP43, AK family of rifles, M16 and variants, FN FNC, AUG, etc.
Did they have ak-47 in World War 2?
First it's not a "machine gun" and no it was NEVER used in world war2. The answer is in the name AK-47 which means Automatic Kalishnikov 1947 < the year it was designed. Hence the AK-74 < built in 1974. World War Two ended in 1945.
What did the machine gun look like?
A machine gun, is a self-loading gun that can fire multiple shots with a single actuation of a trigger. It will fire for as long as the trigger is held pulled or pressed or until the ammunition runs out. Machine guns are also called automatic guns, or fully automatic, to distinguish from semi-auto self-loading guns that fire once per actuation of the trigger. Machine guns can be recoil-operated, gas-operated, or externally driven by hydraulic, electric or other means. Most machine guns have a single barrel, however some have multiple barrels in a rotating assembly. The difference between those and other multi-barrel systems such as volley guns is that only one barrel fires at a time.
