In fact, very interesting news happened recently in Poland. In an ordinary city, in the attic of an ordinary building, an assault rifle made by the Third Reich, Stg 44 (Sturmgewehr 44), was suddenly found.
Judging by the photo, the owners of the house or workers were demolishing the old ceiling and roof. So old that it looks like it hasn't changed since World War II. These are the houses in Poland!
As always, according to the law of the genre, the weapon was wrapped in cloth and neatly hidden. They hid it maybe during the war, or maybe after, just in case, “what if there’s war again?” The new gun owners immediately reported to the police.
The brave Polish law enforcement officers quickly arrived at the scene and, with the help of forensic scientists, began to examine the find. In addition to the assault rifle itself, a couple of magazines for it were also found.
One of the magazines was loaded with cartridges, as you can see.
The cartridges were pulled out safely, because in the photo the cartridge is sticking out from the other side of the magazine, which is closed.
The assault rifle itself was in excellent condition.
I wouldn’t be surprised that if you clean it, it can be completely brought into combat-ready condition; it will still withstand a certain number of shots.
Photo for memory. It is doubtful that such a beautiful exhibit will be returned to its finder; most likely, it will either be destroyed or converted into MMG and transferred to the museum. The second would be more expedient; there are not very many such rifles left now.
For information:
The StG 44 (German: Sturmgewehr 44 – assault rifle 1944) is a German assault rifle developed during World War II. About 450 thousand pieces were produced. Among modern-type automatic machines, it was the first development to be mass-produced.
It differs from submachine guns (PPSh, etc.) of the Second World War in its significantly longer aimed firing range, primarily due to the use of the so-called intermediate cartridge, more powerful and with better ballistics than pistol cartridges used in submachine guns.
For its time, it was a pretty good breakthrough in the weapons industry, but due to the small number, it could not perform any “miracle,” naturally. Regarding the appearance, there are still rumors to this day about copying AK system assault rifles in the USSR from the StG 44 system, but it is clear to every person more or less knowledgeable about weapons that these are completely two different systems that have little in common with each other, except appearance. But the appearance is the same for all cars, only the engines and structural elements are completely different.
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