Gewehr 43s were made by Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik in Lübeck (weapons coded "duv", and later "qve"), Walther (weapons coded "AC") and the Wilhelm Gustloff-Werke (weapons coded "bcd"). The name change from Gewehr to Karabiner (carbine) was due to the fact the rifle was actually two centimeters shorter than the standard Karabiner 98k and therefore the term Gewehr (meaning: long rifle) was somewhat unfitting. The Gewehr 43 was placed into production in October 1943, and followed in 1944 by the Karabiner 43 (K43), which was identical to the G43 in every way except for the letter stamped on the side. Soldiers armed with the weapon typically carried one standard stripper clip pouch and a Gewehr 43 pouch with two spare magazines. The G43 was intended, like the G41, to be loaded using 5-round stripper clips without removing the magazine. The simpler, sturdier design and mechanism of the G43 made it lighter, easier to produce, more reliable and also much tougher than the Gewehr 41. It was accepted and entered into service as the Gewehr 43, with production amounting to just over 400.000 between 19. In 1943, Walther combined a similar gas system with aspects of the G41(W) providing greatly improved performance. It was clearly superior to the G41's, and simpler too. The problems with both designs came from a technical demand of not using holes drilled into the barrel, powering the automatic loading mechanism.Įvaluation of captured Soviet SVT-40 revealed the use of a simple gas mechanism powered from a port cut into the barrel, and replaced the conventional stripper reloads with a modern box magazine. Germany's early quest for a semi-automatic infantry rifle resulted in two G41 designs – both of them proved more or less unreliable in combat. This Forum already have one very extensive review of the Shoei G-43 model (from 2010) so I will try to avoid repeating too much on takedown and reassembly, instead focusing on the use of the real G-43 and some more pictures.
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Gewehr G43 Germany’s full power autoloader
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