StG44 - STAGE G44

…During World War II, most of the rifles used by each country were pre-war rifles. The MKb42 and StG44 (both 7.92mm caliber, fully/semi-automatic, 500-600 rounds per minute) adopted by the German army in the latter part of the war were also called assault rifles, and were guns that had some of the characteristics of various different firearms such as conventional rifles, automatic rifles, and light machine guns, and became the prototypes for rifles of each country after the war. After World War II, due to the movement for standardization of firearms by NATO in the West, the United States proposed the 7.62mm caliber to NATO countries, and these countries ended up adopting the 7.62mm caliber. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…第2次大戦中における各国の小銃は戦前からの小銃が主体であった。大戦後期にドイツ軍が採用したMKb42,StG44(ともに口径7.92mm，全･半自動切換え，500～600発/分)は突撃銃とも呼ばれ，従来の小銃，自動小銃，軽機関銃等各種の異なった火器の性格をいくらかずつ持ち合わせた銃であり，戦後における各国小銃の原型となった。第2次大戦後，西側ではNATOの火器標準化の動きにより，アメリカはNATO諸国に7.62mm口径を提唱，これらの国は7.62mm口径を採用するに至った。…

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