![]() Hitler ordered that the gun be scrapped and that they design something else, because he thought the stamped metal design was "ugly." However, his generals took fate into their own hands and continued producing the MP-44 in secret. The Stg 44 was a better designed version of the MP-43 and was first called the MP-44. This flat stamped piece of metal, with a wooden butt, had a rate of fire of 500 rounds/min, muzzle velocity of 685 m/s and the magazine held 30 7.92×33mm Kurz rounds. ![]() It was designed in 1942, it was a continuation of the Maschinenkarabiner 42 (made by Haenel) and produced between September 1943 and May 1945. The Sturmgewehr 44 or Stg 44 was a German automatic rifle and the first assault rifle.
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