In 2012, rebels of the Free Syrian Army posted a video in which they uncovered an arms cache containing five thousand assault rifles. Though not an uncommon episode in a ...

StG (Sturmgewehr)44 assault rifle. The weapon is a gas operated, select fire, magazine fed weapon made primarily from metal stampings with the exception of the operating parts which are manufactured ...

A revolutionary German weapon that first appeared in 1943 inspired generations of assault-rifle design. Incredibly, Adolf Hitler almost canceled the weapon’s development. The Sturmgewehr-44 ...