mp44 video

[Big JD-From the hills]

I stumbled across this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVz3SK6372Q

Looks allot more controlable in fa than an ak thats for sure.

 

[steve1973]

I stumbled across this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVz3SK6372Q

Looks allot more controlable in fa than an ak thats for sure.

Cool vid, that's for sure. I have seen that before, it is on this site with a lot of other great milsurp rifles (lots of Mg-42). Definitely a repost but worth it:

http://198.144.2.125/MG42/Machinengewehr 42 - Videos.htm

 

[Blackgunlover]

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Looks allot more controlable in fa than an ak thats for sure.

Double the weight and 2/3rds the impulse does make for a more controllable platform.

 

[contact148]

my grandfathers unit was equiped with them in late 44 he said it was a wondefull rifle a few men could hold off/kill entire russian units

BUT they were only supplied with ammo a FEW times

they could never count of more ammo

he also said in hand to hand the butt stock snapped off easily

and it was heavy

 

[TheCanuck]

and dressing up in WW2 german uniform doesnt make you shoot better

 

[freddo]

and dressing up in WW2 german uniform doesnt make you shoot better

I had to laugh at that part... He sort of looks like a Sgt. Shultz... "I know NOTHING!"

 

[Canuck I Am]

I had to laugh at that part... He sort of looks like a Sgt. Shultz... "I know NOTHING!"

And then we've got Mr. ZZ Top at the end as well.

I think eating fewer twinkies and going on more runs might help improve their performance overall.

 

[oppy]

my grandfathers unit was equiped with them in late 44 he said it was a wondefull rifle a few men could hold off/kill entire russian units

My dad had a friend who used them in WW2 as well. He spoke favourably of it as well.

BUT they were only supplied with ammo a FEW times

they could never count of more ammo

Was a chronic problem for the MP44's. The Germans were always hard pressed to manufacture sufficient ammunition for.

 

[Big JD-From the hills]

Well with all the bletfed 8mm guns they had, and so many targets on the eastern front its no wonder they had ammo supply problems.

 

[oppy]

Well with all the bletfed 8mm guns they had, and so many targets on the eastern front its no wonder they had ammo supply problems.

The Mp44 fires 7.92x33, aka 8mm Kurz. Different from the cartridge fired by the Mausers and MG's, 7.92x57. IIRC, Speer identified early during trials that it would be very difficult to keep the Wehrmacht supplied with 8mm Kurz.

 

[bas]

German Army suffered from cronic ammo shortages during the war period. Apparently Hitler was so confidant that the war in Russia would be over quickly that he ordered ammunition production stopped, before the invasion!

After that German industry never managed to catch up with demand again.

 

[the_big_mike]

How freakin cool is the stg44!

 

[f_soldaten04]

Was a chronic problem for the MP44's. The Germans were always hard pressed to manufacture sufficient ammunition for.

the german high command was idiotic. the Mp44 and its predecessors had to developed in secrecy, because it was not fully condoned. The germans seemed to have this problem throughout the war. they kept developing things until the end, instead of focusing on standardizing and mass producing.

 

[Canuck I Am]

the german high command was idiotic. the Mp44 and its predecessors had to developed in secrecy, because it was not fully condoned. The germans seemed to have this problem throughout the war. they kept developing things until the end, instead of focusing on standardizing and mass producing.

But we did come up with some pretty cool toys!

 

[Gay Gun Lover]

and dressing up in WW2 german uniform doesnt make you shoot better

You would be surprised at the difference dressing up makes.