qsy-complains-a-lot:MKb.42(H) assault rifleDesigned by Louis Schmeisser c.1939-42 and manufactured b
qsy-complains-a-lot:MKb.42(H) assault rifleDesigned by Louis Schmeisser c.1939-42 and manufactured by Haenel for field trials c.1942 - serial number 5796.7,92x33mm Kurz 30-round removable box magazine, gas operated full-automatic fire, made of stamped sheet metal for ease of manufacture.The first model in the Sturmgewehr line, known then as a Maschinenkarabiner. Its follow up was renamed the MP-43 to avoid getting shut down when German engineering dropped all new rifle models to focus on submachine guns, until the worth of the design was finally recognized and turned into the StG44. -- source link