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Red orchestra 2 mkb 429/5/2023 When the deception was discovered (supposedly due to an officer requesting "more of these new rifles") it was demonstrated to the German high command, and Hitler himself re-named it the "Sturmgewehr." This literally translates as "storm rifle " this is storm as in "to storm a castle," hence the translation "assault rifle." The three versions were essentially minor updates for production purposes. ![]() During development the project was hidden from Hitler, who had ordered it cancelled, by referring to it as a submachine gun ( Maschinenpistole) during this time it was known as the MP43 and MP44. It was developed from the earlier Haenel MKb 42(H) "machine carbine" prototype. ![]() The Sturmgewehr 44 was a German automatic rifle developed during World War II, and generally considered the first mass produced assault rifle in the world.
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