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| | MP44 - Index des armes du monde |
 | | MP43, MP44, and StG44 were different names for what was essentially the same rifle, with minor differences in production and dates. |
 | | In July 1944 at a meeting of the various army heads about the Eastern Front, when Hitler asked what they needed, a general blurted out "More of these new rifles!" This caused some confusion, but once Hitler was given a chance to test fire the MP44, he was impressed and gave it the title Sturmgewehr. |
 | | Seeing the possibility of a propaganda gain, the rifle was again renamed as the StG44, to highlight the new class of weapon it represented, literally "assault rifle, model 1944", thereby introducing the term. |
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