Posted on 07/01/2016 5:22:04 PM PDT by Drew68
Working replicas of the Nazis' storm rifle, widely considered to be the world's first assault rifle, are now being produced in the U.S.
"It's been a surprise hit with us," said Mac Steil, co-owner of Hill & Mac Gunworks in Georgia, which has taken orders for 2,000 rifles since the product launch in January. "We sold more rifles the first day than we thought we'd sell all year."
Hill & Mac Gunworks, a startup in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, is reproducing the STG 44 Sturmgewehr, which was developed for German soldiers in World War II. The German word "sturm" means to storm, or assault, and "gewehr" means rifle.
"This German STG 44 is where the name 'assault rifle' originated and it's the first one to be widely used," said Jim Supica, director of the NRA Museum in Fairfax, Virginia, which has an original Sturmgewehr in its collection. "The Sturmgewehr 44 was the predecessor of true modern assault rifles such as the Soviet AK-47 and the American M-16."
The original Sturmgewehrs are valued by gun enthusiasts and history buffs, selling for tens of thousands of dollars. Hill & Mac is selling its reproductions for $1,799.
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
Available in 5.56/.223, 7.62×39, .300 BLK, and the original (but obscure) 7.92 x 33.
Many links to entertaining but vapor-inducing (to liberals) anti-gun hit pieces at the source.
It’s cool that they are making it in modern calibers, 7.92x33 is very hard to find.
CNN wanted the opportunity to link "Nazis" and "Assault Rifle" together in the same headline because, I guess, it will make Americans stop buying them?
I dunno...
Warffen SS were Nazis!
It’s like calling the M-16 a ‘’Republican rifle’’ or a “Democrat rifle’’ The subtext here is, to my way of looking at it, is the anyone who buys is some kind of gun -nut and a Nazi.
Best I can tell, a single munitions plant in Serbia is the only factory making these rounds today.
Why? Apparently there is a need. Original StG-44s are still turning up on the battlefields of hotspots around the globe.
Makes sense to me. The subtext being from the libtards at CNN is that anyone who buys this rifle is a Nazi.
I’m pretty sure the Nazis were behind the Volkswagen, too.
Interestingly enough, the word “Nazi” doesn’t appear on the page linked.
So how come it’s showing up here? I don’t quite get it.
I agree. Not that many in the Heer were nazis, but the Waffen SS was part of the SS and nazi all the way.
My mistake - I didn’t bother with the Commie News Network. I was looking at Drew68’s link to the good stuff ;’}
OMG!! It makes a loud noise. Please take away all my rights and SAVE me! /sarc
The Wehrmacht Oath of Loyalty to Adolf Hitler, 2 August 1934
"I swear by God this sacred oath that I shall render unconditional obedience to Adolf Hitler, the Führer of the German Reich, supreme commander of the armed forces, and that I shall at all times be prepared, as a brave soldier, to give my life for this oath."
I would turn it around and say perhaps they just want a proven defensive weapon for neutralizing pissed off communists.
There is hope.
Maybe CNN is getting a clue about the definition of ‘assault rifle’, and that ‘assault weapon’ is a meaningless chimera.
But they are unfortunately too smarty-smart to realize they’re really complete dumbasses.
So, the Rooskies stole that design too?
They can’t resist the narrative.
Weak brained leading the weak brained.
CNN - Concern Nazi Network.
I’ve been called so many names over the last several years that I don’t even notice it anymore.
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