Weapon 24- German Automatic Rifles 1941-45: Gew 41, Gew 43, FG 42 and StG 44 by Chris McNab

Weapon 24 series- German Automatic Rifles 1941-45: Gew 41, Gew 43, FG 42 and StG 44 by Chris McNab

From the triumphant years of the Blitzkrieg through to defeat in 1945, Germany’s firearm designers never stopped innovating, even while their factories were being destroyed and their armies driven back.

The semi-auto Gew 41 and 43 rifles were let down by production problems, but found a role as rapid-fire marksman’s rifles on the Eastern Front. The FG 42 was designed specially for the paratroopers to a near-impossible brief, and its advanced design was used post-war to develop the US M60 machine gun. Likewise, the StG 44 has a major influence on firearms development. Combining select-fire capability with an intermediate-sized cartridge, StG 44 created a new kind of weapon - the Sturmgewehr or assault rifle. Covering their engineering, combat effectiveness and post-war influence, this is a fascinating study of Germany’s wartime automatics.

This book is approx. 9-3/4” x 7-1/4” and has 80 pages.