Sturmgewehr 44 

Sturm = Storm Gewehr = Rifle Sturmgewehr = Assaultrifle Thats German for ya.

German WWII infantry weapons are so iconic. The MP40, MG42, STG44, there's not a single one that isn't immediately recognizable. Quite beautiful weapons, too.

some idiot in my state went to turn this in as a police buy back, and the cops were like "hey dummy, why don't you google this thing first"

You gotta love Hickok's sheer joy at firing these old weapons on full auto. Always good to see a man who loves his job!

Mauser: revolutionized bolt action rifles. STG-44: revolutionized modern day assault rifles.

Hickok probably picked that up in '45 after defending his position against a platoon of Assault Liters and Para-Melons.

This gun kicks ass in every single game it's on.

The sound of that weapon is so unique. It looks cool, it sounds cool, it's iconic and has been very important for firearms history.

" I dont want to waste ammo, I go full auto"

WE SHOULD ALL HAVE STURMGEWEHRS YOU GET A STURMGEWEHR, YOU GET A STURMGEWEHR EVERYONE GETS A STURMGEWEHR

The guy carrying that rifle in 1945 couldn’t have imagined that 75 years later his rifle would have survived, be in the US, get video recorded digitally being fired in full auto mode and made available for people all over the world to view. Pretty cool.

The STG-44 is a thing of beauty!

It’s Germany bro. STG 44 rifle is the mother of the rifles now.

STG 44: The guy who told the joke AK: The guy who said it louder

The germans* were some of the best engineers to ever do war

The Germans were smart

If I had a gun like this there is no way I would let the cops have it. I'm German and this is part of my heritage and history.

And we in Germany can't own any of our nice Guns :'(

Калашников скопировал АК с него, а все думают, что он гений !

Superior German engineering and creativity

It was so high tech back in the day, amazing engineering

I'm german and I just came here to see how he pronounces Sturmgewehr

My favorite ww2 weapon! Love the sound and design. If I could have any gun in the world, this would be it!

5:25 "let gravity be our friend" *FLAT EARTHERS TRIGGERED* explains the 1.3k dislikes lol

I know I'm going to sound childish, but they got the sound perfect in call of duty

I don't want to waste my 25 rounds, so I'll just shoot full auto...

In the movie "Fury" the tank commander, Brad Pitt, has a SSTG44 as his personal weapon. Nice touch for the film.

As far as i know Hitler was opposed to the idear of a intermediate cartridge and didn´t approve the Stg44 at first. He only approved things that fit in his concept of weapons that he learned to use in WW1. So he only wanted MPs and Rifles. So the development name was changed to MP44 to get his approval. When he later found out how much the troops liked the gun he changed his mind.

*Erika starts playing in the distance*

Omg, an AK-47 beta release

grandfather of the Kalashnikov rifle

8:25 , 12:39 R e p l a y B u t t o n

the most beautiful weapon ever made

8:26 I heard Guten TAG TAG TAG TAG TAG TAG

Every sound that gun makes is amazing.

The Father of AK 47

I also own an MP-44. Age is is not the reason for the double feed. It's the design. The gun was not perfect, but actually a well tested prototype, and there were many improvements left to be made, but it was developed in war time and rushed to production in a few short years, all in secrecy from Hitler himself. I have seen several variants of the MP-44 fire, and have fired an April 1945 StG-44, an early 1944 produced MP-43, and of course my mid-1944 produced MP-44 (the most common variant), and have shared the experience with other sturmgewehr owners. Although they are the same in all the important features, each of the guns behaves a little differently. My friend's MP-43 cannot cycle Serbian PPU modern ammo because the powder load is a tad too weak. Mine handles it fine, but it is very mag-finicky. It cannot operate reliably with postwar East German or replica mags, but runs almost flawlessly and reliably on original mags made by the Third Reich. They are not unreliable, but occasionally hiccup and are certainly not perfected. These guns were made from mostly sheet metal to speed production and lower cost to the point that they are almost disposable, and little can be done to repair them if damaged since they are mostly spot welded together in a rather permanent fashion. For me, the gun is a prized piece of history, and I am very grateful to be able to live in a country where I have the opportunity to earn it and experience shooting it.

When you think this gun is mainly stamped steel its amazing how precisely engineered it is.

Father of AK47

it's such an interesting feeling to hold a gun you know a service man used. not in a bad way, but it's just kind of neat to think about it.

Ahh yes, my favorite.

The men who Designed this gun went on to found H&K after the war, and the G3 was heavily influenced by the mp44

I was told by my father that he fought against German Army soldiers that used the MP-43 in France and it was a much better machine pistol than the MP40. He had a few MP-43 rounds and they look like 8 mm short rounds. He liked the MP-43 more than the Thompson machine gun that he used in WWII.

These guys were so far ahead of their time

German engineering man. The Germans were way ahead of their time in terms of Warfare technology. MP40 MG42 STG44 FG42 C96 Kar98K Gewehr 43 Walther PPK & the list goes on.

(8:25) Chiling footage of German SS soldier executing a group of undesirables (1944,colorized)

Interestingly. hitler was against this weapon at first,but after the engineers responsible for this weapon secretly went ahead with the development and showed the finished product to hitler , well the rest is history

I went to my local history museum and they had a Sturmgewehr 44 on display. Truly an amazing weapon.

sturmgewehr literally just translates to assault rifle..

"storm, or assault in English" me: *realizing that the Germans weren't just obsessed with rain, wind, and lightning*

Built in my Hometown -Suhl-, Thuringia Germany! By Hugo Schmeisser!

Stg 44 = assault rifle AR15 = not

Why is Hickok wearing 2 button up long sleeve shirts

Can you do AN-94 next (if possible)?

There so rare that I got tired of trying to find one to buy and just decided to get an FFL license, equipment, and materials, to just make one myself.

Sweet! Nice to see this video posted up too! Very nice job as always, and I'm glad you enjoyed it despite its couple malfunctions. Never had it malfunction nearly that much before. Maybe it was dirty, but all that means is that you guys gotta shoot it again so John can get a full mag through it. Take care!

German engineering :D

Germans had the coolest weapons. Everyone else just ripped them off. Imagine that, Russia ripping someone off.

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS...DONT CHANGE A THING...CALM,COOL,COLLECTIVE-THANKS!....OHH!...REALLY NICE RIFLE HISTORICAL BEAUTY

One of my favorite guns!

Gute deutsche Wertarbeit.

Another wonderful piece of superior German engineering

Guessing the original owner is dead from a jam

The original!!!

The father of modern assault rifle..lovely!!

The perfect weapon for the Blitzkrieg

not assault rifle, AR never stood for that.

you aint gonna read this but one of its names was mp44 so hitler would read it in reports and think it was a machine pistol because he thought the idea of an assault rifle was a waste and he didnt like the project at all

The sound of chambering a round is soooooo good

Texas + Guns = happiness

My father also fought 2nd world war againest German army.2nd gorkha regiment British lndian Gurkha 303 rifle with khukuri.

Liberals ask why we need full auto I am going to Detroit this Thursday, Help.

German engineering is the best thing in the world

Hickok45: Uploads a video with a german gun Germans: *invasion of the comment section*

8:27 When STG44 was meta in Vanguard

And the Germans used it as a sniper rifle too. Imagine being an allied soldier trying to take a Nazi position being supported by this weapon.

It's surprising that the STG44 was cheaper than the K98K

It looks like the gun that the rebels used in star wars

I love Guns and America. I’m proud to be an American!!! I’m 18 and I wish more people my age would be proud of our American heritage. Instead of trying to get rid of the things that bring freedom.

Earschplittenloudenboomer! It's a monster on the loose, for sure. (Anyone get my reference?)

НЕМЦЫ,УМЕЛИ,ДЕЛАТЬ,

What I love about German engineering is how they thought of simplicity to the user, just to see the reloading handle on the left side to make it faster to reload that's insane.

What a beautiful sound.

Back then, this was hightech. It’s a thing of pure beauty. I just love the looks of it. Thanks for the video. Remember that having this was like activating a cheatcode. It was a rare gun however, even then.

Yery nice Sturmgewehr. The patent was stolen By Russia AK47

I love the moment when he starts to laugh after shooting a gun

One possible correction: Hitler liked this, named it but my understanding is production was delayed by almost 2 years because Hitler didn’t think it would matter much. Wasn’t a priority. Albert Speer then stepped in, got production up and running. It made a difference, but it was too late by then. Russians understood the impact, started work on AK47

GrandDaddy of all Assault Rifles...

i have an original battle pack/case still in the original wax paper packaging of this round...

Is that John's hair flipping around the top of the screen? Well at least he is young enough to have hair, let'er fly young feller!

Столько идиотов слушал,которые утверждали на серьёзных щях,что Калаш это копия Штурмгевера

the AK was largely based off of the STG

really impressive. It performs well in Full Auto, I would feel very comfortable using it today.

Deutsche Wertarbeit.

8:27 everyone in vanguard rn

It's amazing how similar it looks to the AK-47, you can tell it heavily influenced the AK.

Those are some Simpsons level clouds

It still has the SS incriptions! that's a piece of art! and I dont care what other people think Kalashnikov did copy the AK from the STG44 ! the germans were so avanced by their time ! the stg44 is the father of all modern assault rifles

i just love the sound of this gun! unlike any other!