Technical Specifications

Type	Semi-automatic rifle
Country of origin	Nazi Germany
Designed	Late 1944
Produced	January–May 1945
In service	February–May 1945
Wars	World War II
Used by	Nazi Germany
No. built	Approx. 10,000 Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr
Variants	Selective fire variant
Weight	4.6 kg
Length	885 mm
Barrel length	378 mm
Cartridge	7.92×33mm Kurz
Action	Gas-delayed blowback
Feed	30-round detachable StG 44 box magazine
Muzzle velocity	660 m/s
Range	300 m

Data from Volkssturmgewehr (Wikipedia, 2026-09-22). Text licensed under CC BY-SA. Image: CC BY-SA 3.0 — Hmaag.

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