This is the cartridge for the World War II German StG44 assault rifle. Given it's ballistics, would it be a viable combat round today or has technology passed it by?
This is the cartridge for the World War II German StG44 assault rifle. Given it's ballistics, would it be a viable combat round today or has technology passed it by?
Seems like it would be viable but procurement would be the huge negative. And wasn’t only the STG-44 (and it’s family) chambered for it?
It's still in use. Today it's called 7.62x39
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Prvi-Partizan still loads it.
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Think it was a Forgotten Weapons episode where this question was asked on 7.92x33 vs. 7.62x39 and the answer was the 7.92 case dimensions were not quite as efficient in terms of necesssary magazine size and the 7.92 bullet in flight was not as efficient due to lower BC as a result of the larger diameter/same weight.
There are a few variants of those. Also these that used the same magazine.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkssturmgewehr
Not issued, but there were 7.92x33 FAL prototypes as well.
Hence why I said it’s family. Was looping the Volks rifle in with it.
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Last edited by CRAMBONE; 11-04-20 at 17:23.
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