People's stormtroopers use weapons.
But when the light entered 1944, the situation in Germany was already bad. The Soviet army, which was supplemented on the Eastern Front, made Germany pay millions of heavy casualties. On the western front, Germany not only lost France, but also almost lost most of its western defense forces. At the same time, a large number of light and heavy weapons were lost. Because the word surrender could not enter Hitler's dictionary, Germany had to search for all manpower and material resources for the final struggle.
In the People's Infantry Division, which recruited millions of teenagers and old people aged 65,438+06 to 60, there was a serious shortage of weapons, not only the captured allied equipment, but also the doomsday weapons designed by German weapons designers for emergency. These weapons cover everything from airplanes to armored vehicles and infantry weapons. Although varied, they all have a common feature: they are obviously rough because of hasty design and manufacture, poor materials and low safety factor. But this, after all, seriously violates the rigorous industrial tradition of Seiko in Germany. According to the consistently excellent standards, it can only be junk weapons, and it is impossible to choose at the moment of collapse. They are indeed the doomsday weapons of the Millennium German Empire advocated by the Nazis. At the end of World War II, Germany's domestic industrial production capacity was reduced to a minimum, but due to the needs of the war, the "People's" assault rifle was still developed, which used the least resources and maximized production efficiency. VG 1-5 7.92mm assault rifle was designed and developed by Gustrov Company of Sur when the Third Reich became junk stock and was about to withdraw from the market. According to the "extremely labor-saving" weapon development plan formulated by Germany at that time, the "People" assault rifle omitted the surface modification and other processes. The "VG" in this gun type is the abbreviation of German "People's Rifle". The product is rough at first glance, but from the structural point of view.
Please note that although VG 1-5 has poor performance, it cannot be said that it is not original. It is not a simplification of STG44. STG44 is the rigid locking with pin offset, and VG 1-5 is the inertial locking plus gas delay. Although the 7.92×33mm rifle short bullets and 30 magazines of STG44 assault rifle were misappropriated, the locking system was the lowest. The gun adopts the working principle of semi-free gun mechanism, and the cylindrical shell surrounds the barrel and plays the role of barrel sleeve. When firing, gunpowder gas enters the shell through the air guide hole, which plays a role in delaying the unlocking of the bolt. The design idea of this pneumatic locking system was adopted by postwar H&; The HK P7 pistol with K is adopted. VG 1-5 People's Assault Rifle has many variants, including a front grip.
Because the production of VG 1-5 was officially started at the beginning of 1945, at that time, all the productive facilities were used in Germany to produce the gun, but its production was not managed by speer's armament department, which is usually responsible for weapons supervision. Accurately speaking, VG 1-5 is an illegitimate child! The local Nazi party department is responsible for the production. In the state of material shortage and frequent bombing, the order of production and transportation is chaotic, and the production process lacks effective supervision and management, which leads to very serious product quality problems, and only a few of them can meet the requirements of operational use. Soldiers feel that VG 1-5 7.92mm assault rifle can only shoot bullets, and its accuracy is not flattering.
The output of VG 1-5 is about 50,000 pieces. It was used in the battle of Berlin and is extremely precious until now. "Stern" submachine gun was originally an urgent need for Britain to solve the shortage of equipment. It was developed at the beginning of World War II. It is easy to produce and has a rough and ugly appearance. Although its performance is not bad, it is dubbed as; Plumber's masterpiece, 10 cheap works.
Stern submachine gun consists of 47 parts, and its structure is very simple. Most parts are stamped, and only the bolt and barrel need to be operated by machine tools. The butt of the gun is welded by a steel bar and a steel plate. The gun body is a steel pipe, and the spring inside can be seen through the bolt slot. The design concept of this gun is naked pragmatism. Not only many American and British soldiers scoffed at this, but also well-equipped Germans scoffed at the ugly stern. Now, things have changed. In order to urgently replenish equipment for the people's armed forces, Germany decided to copy the British "Stern" submachine gun in 1944, because the MP 40 technology was complicated and the output was in short supply, and even the regular army was not equipped enough. Only the German version of Stern's modified MP3008 submachine gun can be provided to the People's Commando. Both of them use Pellabellum 9mm pistol bullets, but the difference is that MP3008 changes Stern's side feed to vertical feed. Interestingly, this kind of gun can use German MP40 magazine like British cousin. (The ammunition supply system of Stern submachine gun originated from MP40) Most of these guns are hard to find, and now they have become the product MP3008 submachine gun that collectors pay attention to.
Bullet: 9x19mm
Length: 795 mm
Barrel length:198mm
Unpacked weight: 2.95 kg
Ammunition capacity: 32 rounds
Initial velocity: 38 1 m/s
Rate of fire: about 500 rounds per minute.
1944, Irma company designed EMP-44 submachine gun, which is very rough and ugly and can still be used. The whole gun is made of cheap steel pipes. The most complicated part is the double magazine entrance of MP40-II, and EMP 44 submachine gun is also the cheapest submachine gun made by Irma. German M24 long-handled grenades are world-famous and copied by many countries, including China. By the end of 1944, even the simplified M-43 could not be equipped in the People's Infantry Division. This ingenious people's weapon designer turned cement, canned wood and a piece of unprocessed firewood into a people's Grenade. Naturally, the safety requirements should not be too high, and it is impossible to imagine how brave and emotional the soldiers who carried the people's grenades forward in those days were.
Faust anti-tank grenades are actually called Faust Petrone. Also known as Tekken (German Tekken), Hong Kong and Taiwan translated it into Tekken. This is the first real individual anti-tank weapon, which is light, flexible and effective. It was first issued to the troops in the second half of 1942. Its appearance on the battlefield once caused a small revolution, which made the individual infantry in the long and narrow trenches almost evenly matched with the tanks. Not only that, it is also the predecessor of modern projection weapons. In terms of its simplicity, effectiveness and low cost, it is still not inferior to many weapons currently in service, but its only disadvantage is that its range is too close. Tiequan is actually a 1 small recoilless gun. Its launcher is a thin-walled steel tube with a length of 800. 1mm and a diameter close to 50.8 mm The launcher is filled with black powder and weighs 85. 1g, which is ignited by a simple fire cap. The fire cap is placed in a hole in the transmitter wall and can be fired by a spring-driven firing rod. The trigger lever is connected to the transmitter by stud bolts. The stud bolt is the trigger, and the shooter can easily push the trigger with his thumb. When traveling, the firing device is covered by a trigger cover made of thin steel plate, and the door of the aiming device is formed by gently bouncing off the cover. There are a series of small holes on the photo door, and different holes correspond to different shooting angles. For the shooter, there is no other part outside. The rocket has a delicate warhead and a short tail handle. The warhead is filled with explosives with a weight of 1.59kg, which can penetrate armor with a thickness of177.8-203.2 mm. The tail rod of the rocket is a wooden tubular rod, and the bottom of the rod is surrounded by four soft tails. When loading, first push the rocket tail into the launcher, and after loading, the rocket tail is close to the propellant. After loading a bullet, the total weight of the weapon system is 5.22kg, of which the rocket part accounts for about 3. 18kg. When launching, first pull out the safety pin to loosen the trigger cover, and then push the trigger cover upward to make it perpendicular to the launching barrel. The same safety pin can also be used to position the rocket in the launcher, so the shooter can't shake or dump the rocket launcher violently during the launching operation. If this cannot be guaranteed, any danger may occur. In this case, the rocket should be withdrawn, put on the ground and reloaded. So it won't explode when it is launched. Then, put the launcher under the armpit of the right arm, hold the back of the barrel mouth quickly with the left hand, and then aim down. It is not easy to complete this set of movements when shooting in a standing position. It is even more difficult to complete this set of actions when shooting in squat or prone position. In fact, it is the most difficult to complete this set of actions when shooting in a prone position, because at this time, in order to prevent himself from being hurt by the gas of afterpowder, the shooter must point the back of the launcher to the space outside his body. The sight of the launcher is the outer edge curve of the maximum outer diameter of the rocket body, and the gauge is a through hole on the trigger cover in a vertical state. The aiming baseline of this weapon is very short, which is not easy to use when shooting is difficult, but it is quite effective when shooting at a very close effective shooting distance. The initial velocity of this rocket is 44.2m/s, which is a little faster than the best bowler. Because the fragments produced when the rocket warhead explodes are destructive to the shooter, in order to avoid accidents, the shooter must wear a helmet when shooting. Its combat distance is 30 meters. Although this range is short, it is much better than sending a soldier to the tank and throwing a "disc" mine on the back deck of the tank. The early model of "light rocket launcher" was very rough, and it was unsafe to shoot in some cases, but this design was obviously improved later, and the performance of the warhead was also improved. The range of the previous model has been increased to 60.3m, but after exceeding this distance, the hit probability drops sharply. Its key problem is that the moving distance of the tail in the launcher is too short, so there is not much room for improvement in both muzzle velocity and accuracy. But even so, it has been able to meet the operational requirements. Compared with its size, the power of Tekken's warhead is quite high, mainly because RDX explosives are used in the warhead. RDX explosive is usually used as a small amount of primary explosive because of its poor safety. It's really risky to put a few kilograms of RDX into an iron fist warhead now. In order to prevent RDX explosive molecules from rubbing against each other during the launching process, so as to generate enough energy to make the explosive explode at the muzzle, honey wax was mixed into RDX. Even so, some unexpected things will happen from time to time. Most German shooters who have used this weapon have made no secret of their fear of this weapon. The power of armor-piercing projectile in its warhead is amazing, and the length of metal jet formed by its hollow charge warhead is 1.52- 1.83 m, 1944. A well-documented case happened in France: when a Sherman tank was driving along the street in a small town, its side was hit by a rocket fired by an iron fist, and the metal jet passed through the passenger compartment. The tank suffered great damage, while the tank crew-except the unfortunate gunner-suffered only minor injuries. In other cases, the jet of Tekken warhead once easily penetrated the turret of Sherman tank, but it has never been reported in the newspapers. German Tekken once caused great casualties to allied armored forces, however, the biggest damage it caused to allied armored forces was psychological influence. Without strong infantry cover, the tank became extremely cautious when approaching the bunker. That's it. A concealed and clever bazooka shooter may still suddenly jump out from behind a ditch or a big tree. Sometimes, although there are only a few shooters, they can have unexpected results. On March 29th, 1945, a tank company of the British Royal Tank Regiment was blocked behind a solid barricade by a German team equipped with an iron fist for four hours. This is not because the crew of this British tank company lacks courage, but because it is of little value to try to get close to the enemy before the German rocket launchers are completely destroyed. In the allied offensive across low-lying countries in France and Europe, there are countless Sherman tanks, which were destroyed because of the reckless adventures of tank crew.
"Tiequan" was produced until Germany surrendered. It is one of the earliest individual anti-tank weapons.
The Mauser 98K rifle was the standard equipment of the German army in World War II, with good performance. By the end of the war, due to the shortage of raw materials, time and technology, the craft of this classic rifle became more and more rough as the war went on. In order to reduce the manufacturing cost and time, the Mauser 98K People's Rifle became a "shrunk version" after 44 years, and its quality went from bad to worse. For example, the expensive wooden parts such as walnut butt are replaced by very thin wood or fiber compression plates, the scale on the inner side of the arc gauge is cancelled, the shape of the back side of the sliding door is changed from oblique angle to right angle, the bottom of the butt is changed into a cup-shaped stamping component, the front guard hoop is changed from cutting piece to spot welding, and the magazine bottom and bow are also changed into steel stamping parts. Initially, there was a metal sleeve on the stock to accommodate the firing pin when disassembling the firing mechanism. Later, it was changed to directly open the hole on the side of the stock floor.
Because the process is further simplified, the groove for holding the handle on the gun stock is cancelled, the screw for fixing the gun retaining ring is replaced by wood products, and the metal parts are treated with phosphate instead of the original baking blue. In some later models, the fixed shutter is used. On the eve of the collapse of the Third Reich, some Kar 98K rifles even cancelled bayonets and bamboo shoots, and at the same time, they also cancelled the universal bar and used the gun bore to brush the drawstring. Many parts are unqualified products produced by European occupying countries under German rule, and the manufacturing level is extremely low. In 45 years, in addition to the sniper type, even the musket barrel was directly used, which saved the process of producing rifling. Finally, an undifferentiated version of the aluminum alloy barrel appeared.
When World War II reached 1944, Nazi Germany was already in jeopardy. Especially the Nazi air force. In the face of unprecedented fierce strategic air strikes by Anglo-American allied forces, the whole of Germany is faced with endless bombing every day. Nazi Germany's patience from the lower class to Hitler, the head of state, has reached its limit. So he vented his anger and resentment on air force commander Goering. Goering endured Hitler's scolding almost every day. Goering had to pin his hopes on new weapons.
Although the Nazi German Air Force had the most advanced Me-262 jet fighter at that time. However, Me-262 is a typical twin-engine heavy-duty jet fighter with high price and high failure rate. The production process is complicated and tedious. This greatly limits the number of equipment, so the German Air Force requires the development of a light jet fighter with low cost, easy production and excellent single-engine low-level performance to assist a heavy aircraft with excellent performance but complicated production like Me-262. In addition, the Nazi German Air Force was seriously short of experienced pilots. Therefore, it is particularly required that the new aircraft must fly very well. The biggest feature of the whole plan is that the production and driving operation of the new machine must be very simple. All ordinary Germans can put into production. You can fly into the air to fight. So this plan was named "People's Warrior" plan. Results Henkel Company won the bid because of its outstanding performance in many manufacturers' plans, and was named He- 126 plan. He- 126 has a unique design, and the engine is placed on the back of the machine. This has many advantages. However, due to the negligence of the designer, the gap between the nacelle on the back of the aircraft and the fuselage is too narrow, which leads to serious interference of the engine jet flow. As a result, the tail of He- 126 often swings at high speed, which seriously affects the stability and maneuverability of the aircraft. Therefore, in view of these exposed problems, designers have made many improvements. Later improvements successfully avoided the above problems. 1On February 6th, 945, the final production model of He- 162a-2 planned by He- 126 was officially equipped with the Nazi German Air Force, and was officially named as He- 126 "Salamander" light jet fighter.
The fuselage structure of He- 126 "Salamander" light jet fighter is a typical aluminum alloy skin steel tube frame. The wing is mainly made of wood, but the 55-degree vertical section of the tip of the main wing is made of aluminum alloy. The vertical tail and horizontal tail of the plane are also made of wood. Due to the shortage of metal, He- 126 uses a lot of wood structures and glue. Resulting in poor firmness.
He- 126 "salamander" light jet fighter, empty weight 1750 kg, maximum takeoff weight of 2780kg；; The captain is 9. 10 meter, the aircraft height is 2.55 meters, and the wingspan is 8.45 meters. The power plant is BMW 003e- 1 turbojet engine, with thrust 19 10 kg and maximum speed of 890 km/h; The maximum upper limit is12000m; The voyage is 620 kilometers; The fixed weapon is equipped with two 20mm cannons and 240 rounds of ammunition, and each flank can carry two air-to-air rockets that were widely used by the Nazi German Air Force at that time. Appropriate protective armor shall be arranged in important parts of the fuselage, such as cockpit and fuel tank.
He- 126 "Salamander" light jet fighter has the advantages of low cost, good maneuverability and easy mass production. More importantly, the principle of matching high and low fighters has been accepted and inherited by air force powers such as the United States and Russia. However, due to the shortage of fuel supply, inferior raw materials and chaotic production order at the end of the Third Reich, the excellent performance of He- 126 was not brought into play, and the lack of trained novice pilots led to a sharp increase in flight accidents. The masterpieces of German designers didn't save the demise of the Nazis.