Volksturmgewehr!

Great video, no fluff. The blowback would have to be delayed. Clever design, thinking out of the box. A little over complicated, they could have done a stamped AK for about the same amount of trouble. You could make the bolt with a Dremel by the look of it.
Thanks for posting!
 
Great little video featuring one of the Volksturm forgotten weapons! It's funny how they tried to be so simple, yet it was still fairly complex (comparatively).

The mag well and mag release made me chuckle thinking of the modern AR design.

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Wow this guy has some interesting videos! I tried to embed this one but couldn't figure it out (if someone could pm me with how, I'd appreciate it!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXpgJ4JydN4&list=UUrfKGpvbEQXcbe68dzXgJuA&index=0&feature=plcp
 
I like the external crudeness of the late war manufacture.
I wonder had Germany adopted function over beauty early in the war (IE: Crude and Ugly in apperance, like Russian weapons) with their small arms, if the increased productivity would have had any/some/little impact on WW2?
 
Very cool, I have not heard of the VG1-5 before but this video was quite interesting.

I was quite shocked at the complexity of the design compared to other Volkstrum weapons I have seen.
 
They came along so late in the war that they saw very little use, and by then the MP44 was available in reasonable quantity - a much better rifle.
 
the sterling company made a similarly cheap 7.62 nato LMG that was based on a sterling SMG and used a lever delayed blowback and used FAL mags that is also worth looking up
 
It would be great if some of these gems were more readily available to us shooters. The Farquar-Hill is a neat gun, but the Charlton would be more interesting to see being shot IMHO.
 
Best single source for information on this rifle, and the other Volkssturm weapons is Weaver's Desperate Measures.
IIRC, SSD was making reproductions.
The most common Volkssturm rifle was the Mannlicher Carcano. The Panzerfaust was quite available. None of the VG firearms were produced or distributed in large enough quanities, with enough ammunition to make much difference.

Just received an email from New Zealand about the Charlton. Charltons were made. They didn't really work very well, particularly with the modified Bren magazine. They did receive publicity for home front morale purposes. The cupboard was bare.
 
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