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VG 1-5
 

 

VG 1-5 (Volkssturm-Gewehr 1-5 or Versuchs-Gerat 1-5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carbine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.92mm Kurz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data provided by R.J. Andron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Physical

       Aim

 

 

 

Ballistic Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Data

      Time

 

 

 

Range in 2 yard Hexes

 

 

 

 

 

 

AC

ALM

 

 

 

10

20

40

70

100

200

300

400

L

34

1

-24

 

FMJ

PEN

9.2

8.8

8.1

7.1

6.3

4.1

2.7

1.7

W

10

2

-14

 

 

DC

6

6

6

6

6

4

3

2

 

 

3

-9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RT

9

4

-8

 

JHP*

PEN

8.6

8.3

7.7

6.8

6.0

4.0

2.6

1.7

ROF

*

5

-6

 

 

DC

8

8

8

7

7

6

4

2

 

 

6

-5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cap

30

7

-4

 

AP

PEN

13

13

12

10

9.0

5.9

3.9

2.6

AW

2.1

8

-3

 

 

DC

6

6

6

6

5

4

2

2

 

Mag

9

-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KD

6

 

 

 

 

BA

58

49

40

32

27

17

12

8

SAB

4

 

 

 

 

TOF

0

1

1

2

3

7

11

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VG 1-5 (Volkssturm-Gewehr 1-5 or Versuchs-Gerat 1-5)- The VGI-5 is an unusual and rare firearm that only saw use in the late stages of WWII as part of the Volksturm series of weapons, and was used on the Eastern front as German Armies and Home Guard fought to defend their homeland from the onslaught of the Red Army. 

Externally, the weapon appears nearly identical to the MP 35, but is much cruder in construction. The VGI-5 was made as a delayed blowback-operated semi-automatic carbine firing the 7.92mm Kurz (short) round. Cheap, easy to operate, and easy to manufacture, the VGI-5 played a near-forgotten part in WWII.

The rifle was quickly developed by Chief Designer Herr Barnitzke of Gusloft-Werke as part of the Primitiv-Waffen-Programm of 1944 and was used by the Home Guard (Volksturn) and possibly by the postwar Werewolf Nazi guerrilla movement. Only small production occurred from January 1945.

 


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