Well another one of these before we start
Axis
Allies
Pasta boys
Baguette
Oh before we go a few hours ago one of my friend told me that Parabellum means âprepare for warâ it comes from Latin phrase âSi vis pacem, para bellumâ which itself means âIf you want peace, prepare for war.â it was the motto of Deutsche Waffen-und Munitionsfabriken which Lugar worked at and thats where 9mm parabellum gets its name.
MP38(L)
The MP38 was an expensive weapon to manufacture. In spring 1940 the company ERMA tried to simplify their design. In the meantime the use of pressed sheet metal parts in the industry had made great progress and so the receiver and grip-piece were redesigned for this kind of technology. The new weapon was named âMP40â and serial production started in March 1940. The MP38 stayed in service till the end of the war, but most of them were modified with an improved safety from the MP40.
In this time experiments were carried out with a light-weight MP made of aluminum. No documents or other information could be found, so all that is left is the unique MP38(L) as a piece of evidence. The initiator of this development is still unknown. Some researchers think that the âLâ stands for âLuftwaffeâ (air force) and that the weapon was a development for the paratroopers, that were in need of light-weight infantry weapons. But the air force did not have enough influence on the arms industry at this stage of war and one should keep in mind that aluminum was a rare and expensive raw-material. Most of it was used in the aircraft industry and step by step the parts made of aluminum on military equipment were reduced to a minimum to avoid shortages. For logical reasons the âLâ means âleichtâ (light). With a weight of 3.34 kg (7.35 lb) the MP38(L) weights one kilogram less than the MP40.
Could be a cool event weapons though we dont know what âLâ means but since its a lighter variant of MP38 it means we can give it to paratroopers also German Paratroopers use MP-38&40s though they didnât drop with them , weapons were dropped separately and German paratroopers were dropped with only pistols (32 round and 9mm Parabellum)
MG 39 Rh
The history of the MG 39 Rh begun in 1937. In that year the Heereswaffenamt (HWA, Land Forcesâ Ordnance Office) having solved the GPMG issue with a temporary fix of MG 34 Frankenstein gun (combining organs donated by several contest entries bought-out by the Army), set about designing the machine gun of the future German Army, a kind of âObjective GPMGâ, as it would be probably called today. In comparison to the MG 34, the future GPMG was to put up a higher rate of fire, be less complicated, more reliable, better suited to mass-production through the use of modern technology (e.g. sheet-metal stamping and spot-welding) to cut down machine time and skilled labor requirements. In February 1937 a tentative green light was given to the idea of sheet-metal stamped machine gun, and the HWA have sent requests for offer to three companies: Rheinmetall-Borsigâs filial in Sömmerda, Johanness Grossfuss in Döbeln, and StĂŒbgen of Erfurt
The companies were asked to design a machine gun basing on sheet-metal stamping technology, with tolerances looser than MG 34, with receiver spacious enough to accommodate debris and dust â but using as many MG 34 accessories as possible, including the Gurt 33 or 34 non-disintegrating link ammunition belts. Other than that â especially as to the future machine gunâs method of operation â the designers were given a free hand, providing their gun would work reliably with the standard German ammunition, the 7.9 x 57mm. The whole project was then still mostly an experiment, and the central funding available was a token one at best, therefore no finished weapons were required, just mock-ups. On October 26, 1937, Rheinmetall and StĂŒbgen have both submitted gas-operated guns, while the Grossfuss gun was a short recoil-operated one. The StĂŒbgen gun was canceled even at that early stage, while functional models were ordered of the Rheinmetall and Grossfuss entries, the latter openly favored by the military as the short-recoil design. In April 1938 Stangeâs gas-gun had shot the living daylights out of the Grossfussâs recoil-operated model, but once again the horror vacui spelled the doom for the Rheinmetall. Despite the disastrous results at the shooting range, the military have chosen the yet-imperfect recoil-operated gun.(Belt fed and 8 mm mauser)
Cönders Maschinengewehr
The Cönders Maschinengewehr is a prototype German machine gun developed in the late 1930s for the Wehrmacht to replace the MG 34. It was (possibly) trialled, but ultimately the MG 39/41(MG 42 early )was chosen.(Well it seems that beside being beltfed it had 2200 to 2400 rate of fire )(8mm Mauser and belt fed)
We have Conders MG but thats Condors MP which in editor has the name Conders SMG and Conders MG in editor uses same model of Conders SMG
Volksgewehr 45K
As the end of World War Two loomed close, the German arms industry turned to a number of Volkssturm rifle designs. These were the crudest and simplest rifles that could be made to work with minimal time, labor, and raw materials. Most were bolt action rifles chambered for 8x57mm, like the Walther VG-1 â but in December 1944 a Rheinmetall design in 8x33mm was tested and approved.
This design, designated the VG-3 by the military but also known as the VG45K by the company, was a simple bolt action turnbolt rifle. It never appear to have actually entered mass production, but two examples were uncovered by British investigators in Sömmerda in 1945. One had a full stock design, and one used a stamped receiver with a separate stock and handguard. (Bolt action /8mm Kurz/30round)
Commercial Suomi SMG
The kp/31, aka M31 âSuomiâ submachine gun was adopted by the Finnish Army in 1931. It was produced by the Tikkakoski company (more commonly known today as Tikka), and in addition to Finnish military contracts they were eager for international sales, either commercial or military. To that end, they offered a number of different options and variations. Two of those were a vertical front pistol grip and a folding bipod, which could be included together or independently. The Finnish police actually bought a small number of each type, and something like 50 to 100 guns were produced and sold with both features together(Its 20 round mag and with th same fire rate as KP-31 but it can also accept other Sumi mags,too)
Vetterli Semi-automatic rifle conversion
Count Gaspare Cesare Freddi had been modifying the Vetterli rifle, except his system would only extract the spent casing automatically, the soldier would have to rechamber it manually. Freddi, nevertheless, persevered as he would provide another rifle for testing in 1900 which was properly self-loading, using a long recoil system. He presented it as being able to chamber any cartridge and being able to adapt it to fit in any magazine-fed rifle of the time.
Kbsp wz.1921
At the end of 1920, General T. Rozwadowski (Chief of the General Staff and Commander of the Galician Front) issued an order to the Polish Armoury in Lviv to convert the Austrian KB Mannlicher wz.1888 into an automatic (semi-automatic) weapon. The Armoury produced several different models. The initiative was supported by the Minister of Military Affairs, General Sosnkowski. He ordered the Armament Committee to consider the application to equip the Polish army, and especially the cavalry, with semi-automatic rifles. The effects must have been satisfactory, because the Armoury also began to build models based on the Mannlicher wz.1890.
As part of this work, the KBSP wz.1921 was created. Other circumstances of its creation and the reasons for not accepting it for mass production are unknown. This may have been caused by the end of the war, or perhaps by unsatisfactory tests.(5 round mag(since it is based on mannlicher rifle you have to use stripper clip to reload ) and 8 mm mauser)(If your wondering what war was coming to end which caused the development to stop it was Polish-soviet war after ww1)
CZ 241 shotgun
The roots of the only original Czechoslovak semi-auto shotgun design that has seen a serial production can be traced back to the late interwar period. The development started in 1938, less than a year before the beginning of the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in the ÄZ Strakonice factory. The team led by AntonĂn Ć lechta received this request along with a sample of the FN Browning shotgun which they examined thoroughly but in the end, their design was, as always with Czech guns, quite unique.
After the beginning of the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, the development continued until being put on hold in 1942 due to the order for all arms manufacturers to focus on military production. The shotgun was tested for durability and managed to withstand 80.000 rounds without any significant issue.(Unfortunately it can only hold 3 round and its semi-auto well still better than drilling unless we get the rifle round anyhow CZ 241 fires 16g)
ZB-Krnka 1925
MNO(Ministry of defense (shortened from of the ,Ministerstvo nĂĄrodnĂ obrany ÄeskoslovenskĂ© republiky) was looking for semi-automatic rifles during 1922s and they were buying many foreign examples but also were getting samples from internal designers one of these designers were Karel Krnka who sent his weapon pattern in 1922 when MNO tested they liked the rifle but pointed out problems with rifle and asked Karel Krnka to modify his rifle so he did exactly that 2 times 1 with 1923 pattern and the other being 1925 pattern which is the one here but before they could test his 1925 rifle he died but this didnât stop MNO during 1928-1929 test it was tested against ZH rifles and it was decided that ZH rifles were better choice(Semi-auto , 10 round , 8mm mauser)
ZK 382
The Czechoslovakian army announced a tender for an anti-tank rifle in 1935. One of the bidders was FrantiĆĄek JaneÄek, best known as the designer of JAWA motorcycles, but then specializing in squeezebore anti-tank rifles that used the Gerlich principle. Interestingly enough, the principle was realized via a special adapter. Removing it allowed the anti-tank rifle to fire regular 15 mm ammunition from the ZB-60 heavy machine gun.
The first 15/11 mm rifle was too heavy, up to 20 kg, and in November of 1936 the military clarified that the rifle needs to be smaller and usable by one person. Orders were given in February of 1938 to focus on the 7.92 mm caliber. The military expected any rifle using the 15 mm cartridge to be too heavy.
(7,92x145 mm and 5 round mag)(Bolt action)
MV 31 MG
Soon after the war, Vollmer began developing his own light machine gun again, which was actually forbidden under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles (Article 168). Obviously, a low weapon weight was not Vollmerâs only development goal. Simplicity and low price were also taken into account. While the MG 08 consisted of 383 parts, the VMG 27 only had 78 parts and the production costs amounted to half the average price of a machine gun on the world market
By 1926 at the latest, official bodies had also become aware of the development, because on February 27, 1926, the machine gun was demonstrated for the first time in Berlin and the Army Ordnance Office contributed to the development costs. On July 9, 1927, a test firing (endurance test) took place in the Infantry Department of the Army Weapons Office (Wa PrĂŒf 2), whereupon the Chief Designer Department (Wa PrĂŒf 3) ordered two weapons and four drum magazines each from Vollmer on August 6, 1927 and August 25, 1928. With an agreed upper price limit of 38,000 Reichsmarks , the latest delivery date for all four weapons and eight magazines, including the drawing set, was October 15, 1927. Shortly thereafter, the Reichswehr withdrew from the project and prohibited further work, whereupon Vollmer successfully turned to the Reich Defense Minister Wilhelm Groener . Groener intervened on behalf of his fellow countryman Vollmer, so that further firing tests with the weapon could be carried out in the first half of 1929. On 1 August 1929, the following complaints and requests of the army were announced:
- Redesign to supply ammunition through a straight magazine
- Faster barrel changes
- Changes to the trigger mechanism and extractor
- Changes to the ejection window layout
While these changes were still being worked on, it became clear that the army would not choose the Vollmer machine gun. Instead, the Reichswehr introduced the MG 13 developed by Rheinmetall in Sömmerda in 1930 or 1931 . The designer did not receive a contract, but did receive a commendation from Reichswehr Minister Wilhelm Groener . In 1931, the project(Vollmer MG) was briefly revived by a tripartite agreement. The following were involved:
- Heinrich Vollmer
- Mauser Works (Oberndorf am Neckar)
- Metallwarenfabrik Kreuzlingen AG(Switzerland)
The aim of the collaboration was to implement the above-mentioned demands of the Army Weapons Office . The end result was the Mauser Vollmer 31 light machine gun , or MV 31 for short, which is also very similar to the VMG 27 in terms of appearance. However, it has a modified shoulder stock, some changes to the mechanism and uses the 25-round magazine of the MG 13. The agreement was terminated in 1933, and the rights to the weapon reverted to Heinrich Vollmer
GroĂfuĂ MG 39
(The second one is MG39)
Well you guys remember MG39 Rh this was GroĂfuĂ entry to 1939 MG competition which will be chosen and upon further development it would become MG39/41 which we have in game (MG 42 early) but 39 model was a bit different.
"The victory in the competition for a new machine gun was won by the previously unknown metalworking company âGrosfussâ from the small Saxon town of Döbelno. They made the MG-39 machine gun, which used the same principle as the MG-34 - a short recoil stroke. Technologically, this machine gun differed from the MG-34 quite radically, since most of its parts were made by stamping, which was what this company specialized in. And the MG-39 machine gun had a rate of fire of 1,200 rounds per minute, which the military really liked. "
MG39/41 further development of MG39 and after military tests on November 24, 1941, it was put into mass production under the name MG42 sometimes called MG42 early
Lmg 25
After World War I, many new and advanced weapons were being developed in Europe and Switzerland, not wishing to lag behind, decided to update its military arsenal. Switzerlandâs state small arms arsenal, Waffenfabrik Bern, developed a new lightweight machine gun under the direction of Colonel Adolf Furrer. The resultant weapon was the M25. It was trialed by the Swiss Army and formally adopted in 1925. Production ceased in 1946 and the weapon was made obsolete in 1957 upon the introduction of the StGw 57 assault rifle, but it remained in limited service until 1970.
The M25 served as the basis for Furrerâs MP41submachine gun, which was also adopted by the Swiss Army in 1941 but proved to be unsuccessful.(30 round mag /500RPM)
Grande launcher ZK-402
During the years 1942-1943, the armory developed, apparently on the initiative of the Waffen Akademie SS, hand grenade launchers, equipped with German 30mm rifle grenades fired from rifle grenade launchers (Schiessbecher) - these were mounted on the muzzles of standard K 98k rifles. The grenades, produced in five versions. This one is one of the test models the 30mm Granada launcher is screwed to a VZ.24
VZ.35 semi-automatic rifle
The beginning of work on the development of self-loading rifles in ÄeskĂĄ zbrojovce in Strakonice is associated with the name of Emanuel Holek (1899â1982) and director Gustav BeneĆĄ (1880â1932), who constructed a prototype with the designation HB in 1925â1927. The development line went through two stages of S rifles (designated according to Strakonic, the place of origin) and culminated in a design internally at the factory referred to as Automatic rifle III, in official documents it is referred to as ÄZ vz. 35. It was created in the course of 1933 and, like previous variants, it was continuously tested by the Military Technical and Aviation Institute (VTLĂ). On the basis of durability tests with one prototype, carried out in the first half of 1935, MNO ordered 10 specimens for wider tests. Tests in PlaveckĂœ PodhradĂ, carried out in December 1935 and again in September 1937, did not lead to clear results, and MNOâs interest was focused on another, more promising design from ÄeskĂĄ zbrojovka, the ÄZ vzor 37 rifle.(10 Round mag)
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