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KG Hansen
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German soldier from the kampfgruppe Hansen with a STG44.
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Even though the Russians don't like to admit it, Kalashnikov did base his technology for the AK-47 on the StG-44. After WW2, there was obviously a huge amount of them available for study and development.
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This is a still clip from a video they run on the History Channel when showing the Battle of the Bulge.
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Those STG44 seemed like pretty scary "assault rifles."
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The Ardennes... LSSAH.. and this chap survived the war (apparently)!!
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Except for the general layout the AK-47 is no more a copy of the StG-44 than the StG-44 itself is a copy of the Russian Fedorov Avtomat and similar weapons. Not to say that Kalashnikov didn’t study the StG-44 in designing his weapon but internally the...
Except for the general layout the AK-47 is no more a copy of the StG-44 than the StG-44 itself is a copy of the Russian Fedorov Avtomat and similar weapons. Not to say that Kalashnikov didn’t study the StG-44 in designing his weapon but internally the AK-47 has just as much in common with the M-1 Garand so to call the StG-44 the base for his development may be somewhat excessive. It certainly isn't a hi-tech copy though.