[fso301]

Didn't the Germans have a similar gun in the final days of WWII?

"Sturmgewehr" - Haenel / Schmeisser MP 43 MP 44 Stg. 44 assault rifle

[Skid Marx]

The story is that massed automatic fire from infantry armed with these things inspired the Germans to adopt an intermediate range version quick, to use on the Eastern Front.

(This is a great site for firearm pix you'll never see elsewhere.)