![]() ![]() ![]() Thankfully, Adolph Hitler was a bit hesitant to fully implement the StG 44 en masse, otherwise the war would have almost assuredly lasted longer. Germany was one of the first to pursue this logic during World War II with its StG 44 rifle. Such a rifle would be lighter, thus allowing a soldier to carry more ammunition and have a detachable box magazine that would increase the firepower of an individual soldier and make him and the entire combat force more efficient. The concept of a full-size battle rifle chambered for a powerful cartridge that could incapacitate an enemy soldier out to 2,000 yards was rapidly being replaced by the creation of a selective-fire carbine chambered for a medium-capacity cartridge that could reliably take out an enemy soldier out to about 400 to 500 yards. Like the U.S., the post-World War II Soviet Union spent a great deal of its assets-both real and imagined-on producing a new and modern rifle for its troops based upon the demands of World War II. Equally apparent is the penchant militaries have for fighting the previous war after it has ceased-to wit: the design and production of most “state of the art” weapons. It seems to be the nature of modern human culture to react to a threat-like war-with great alacrity and energy and then try and find a vent for that huge volume of energy once hostilities come to an end.
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