What is StG 44?
[[File:Sturmgewehr 44.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The StG-44]] The '''StG 44''' (Sturmgewehr 44; Assault Rifle 44), known as the world's first [[assault rifle]]. Is a gun produced in [[Nazi Germany]] during the [[World War II]], replacing the [[MP-40]]. [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] first did not approve of this new class of weapons, so it was called MP-43 and MP-44, meaning Machine Pistol in English. The first service on the Eastern Front was successful, so more were manufactured.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mizokami|first=Kyle|date=2020-01-14|title=Meet the StG-44: The First Assault Rifle Ever (And a Nazi Invention)|url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/meet-stg-44-first-assault-rifle-ever-and-nazi-invention-113821|access-date=2021-07-28|website=The National Interest|language=en}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Assault rifles]] [[Category:8 mm firearms]] [[Category:World War II]] [[Category:Weapons]] {{military-stub}}