A soldier demonstrates the transitional MP 43/1 variant, used to determine the suitability of the rifle for sniping purposes, October 1943. The rifle is fitted with a ZF 4 telescopic sight. MP 43, MP 44, and StG 44 were different designations for what was essentially the same rifle with minor updates in production.

Oct 18, 2017 · Today we are going to look at the evolution of the Sturmgewehr – from the MP43/I and MP43 to the MP44 and StG44, what actually changed and why?

The troop trials resulted in the new MP43/1. It fired from a closed bolt, had a dustcover, a longer handguard and no bayonet lug. Hitler rejected the project several times in 1942 - one of the reasons was the use a new type ammunition. In Feb. …

Eventually experience with the first models of the MP43 (since April 1944 named MP44) on the Russian Front led to clamorous demands from the rest of the Army, and the Weapons Office, in a masterly political move, armed the personnel of the Waffen-SS Guard Detachment of Hitler’s Headquarters with the new weapon. This finally convinced Hitler ...

Oct 26, 2008 · The first ever assault rifle was eventually fielded by Germany in 1944 and 1945 and was designated Model MP43/1, MP43, MP44, and StG44. These different models were fundamentally similar guns with some production differences. The MP43 was officially renamed on April 25 1944 to MP44 and on October 22 1944 the MP44 was renamed StG44.

Today we shall be looking at the first Haenel model to enter full serial production, the short-lived MP 43/1. Read on for another LSB journey in firearms history… Haenel commenced development of the new closed-bolt 7.92mm Kurz 'MP43/I' in the summer of 1943, when the earlier open-bolt MKb 42(H) was nearing the end of its total production of ...

The MP 43/1 (abbreviation of Maschinenpistole 43/1) is a German assault rifle developed in the 1940s from the Maschinenkarabiner 42(H). The MP 43/1 uses the MKb 42(H) barrel and could not fit equipment that was in use with the Karabiner 98k.

Jan 2, 2010 · The German M. P. 43 is an automatic, air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine-fed shoulder weapon, firing from a closed bolt and a locked breech. Provision is made for both full-automatic and semi-automatic fire.

The MP43/1 was probably developed before the MP43. It shared the large muzzle threads, constant diameter barrel behind the front sight, and rear sight base (with telescope mounting rails) with the MKb42(H).

This is an exceptional and rare example of a German MP43/1 assault rifle, that has been fitted with the extremely rare, stamped sheet metal rear sight fitted with the sniper scope rails, that also comes equipped with the "Sheet metal ZF41 Scope mount".