Volkssturmgewehr
Also known as Volksgewehr
The Volkssturmgewehr ("People's Storm - Rifle") is the name of several rifle designs developed by Nazi Germany during the final months of World War II (February 1945-May 1945). They share the common characteristic of being greatly simplified as to adapt with the severe lack of resources and industrial capacity in Germany during the final stages of the war. The Volkspistole was a partner program, almost identical, but for pistols instead.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Volkssturmgewehr
- Weapon.image
- 300 px
- Weapon.caption
- Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr VG 1-5
- Weapon.origin
- Nazi Germany
- Weapon.type
- Semi-automatic rifle
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.service
- February–May 1945
- Weapon.used_by
- Nazi Germany
- Weapon.wars
- World War II
- Weapon.design_date
- Late 1944
- Weapon.production_date
- January–May 1945
- Weapon.number
- Approx. 10,000 Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr
- Weapon.variants
Article
10 sectionsContents
- ''Primitiv-Waffen''-Programm
- VG 1, 2 and 5
- VG 1
- VG 2
- VG 5
- Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Volkssturmgewehr ("People's Storm - Rifle") is the name of several rifle designs developed by Nazi Germany during the final months of World War II (February 1945-May 1945). They share the common characteristic of being greatly simplified as to adapt with the severe lack of resources and industrial capacity in Germany during the final stages of the war. The Volkspistole was a partner program, almost identical, but for pistols instead.
The weapon's name can be translated directly either as "People's assault rifle" or "Volkssturm rifle." Volkssturm, the German late war militia home defense force, means "People's Assault"; Sturmgewehr translates as "assault rifle".