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[[Image:Volkssturmgewehr1-5left.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr MP507 - 7.92x33mm Kurz]]
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[[Image:Volkssturmgewehr1-5.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr MP507 - 7.92x33mm Kurz]]
 
The '''Volkssturmgewehr''' was designed by Karl Barnitzke of the Gustloff-Werke during the final stages of World World II. It was a part of the Primitiv-Waffen-Programm, and was intended to provide a semi-automatic rifle to the ''Volksstrum'' - the militia raised to defend German cities from the allied forces. The rifle was hastily designed and constructed, and was meant to provide a crude but relatively cheap rifle that could be manufactured quickly and easily. The result was a gas-blowback operated rifle firing the 7.92×33mm Kurz, and utilizing [[Sturmgewehr 44]] 30-round magazines. The weapon featured fixed front and rear iron sights. The first production model was designated as the MP507. A second model, designated as MP508, added a forward grip.
 
The weapon is also sometimes known as the Volkssturmgewehr 1-5 (or VG 1-5), a name that was believed to have originated as a misnomer. The Primitiv-Waffen-Programm resulted in five other bolt action rifle designs, VG 1 from Walther (VG in these cases standing for Volksgewehr), VG 2 from Spreewerk Berlin, VG 3 from Rheinmetall, VG 4 from Mauser, and [[Volkssturmkarabiner VK-98|VG 5]] from Steyr. Collectively, they become VG 1-5, and a few misconceptions later the name was stuck to the Gustloff weapon.
 
Rumors claimed that an automatic assault rifle version of the Volkssturmgewehr exists; there does not appear to be any actual evidence supporting this claim however, and this claim may have been a misinterpretation of the name ''Volkssturmgewehr'' as representing "Volks-sturmgewehr" (lit. "people-assault rifle") rather than "Volkssturm-gewehr" (lit. "''Volkssturm''-rifle")
 
==Specifications==
(1945)
 
* '''Type:''' Semi-Automatic Rifle, Assault Rifle (experimental models of disputed existence)
 
* '''Caliber:''' 7.92x33mm Kurz
 
* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|4.6}}
 
* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|885}}
 
* '''Barrel Length:''' {{convert|mm|378}}
 
* '''Feed System:''' 30-round detachable box magazine
 
* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto (Select fire on experimental models of disputed existence)
 
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===Video Games===
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| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || "Volksgewehr 45" || || || 2007
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| ''[[Fallout 4]]'' || "Radium Rifle" || || Customizable with several, mostly fictional mods || 2015
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| ''[[Call of Duty: WWII]] || Volkssturmgewehr || || Fires in full-auto; added in an update "The Resistance" in 2018 || 2017
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| ''[[Battlefield V]] || Gewehr 1-5 / Sturmgewehr 1-5 || || Semi-auto only and select fire variants, respectively || 2018
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[[Category:Rifle]]

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