Firing the Rheinmetall VG45

A very desperate Nazi Germany was preparing to arm everyone, quite literally everyone, with people’s rifles to fight against the unslaught of the Red Army that was steadily marching into Berlin. A number of designs were created across multiple manufacturers, the most well known one being the Gustloff Werke’s semi-automatic VG1-5. Rheinmetall took a different approach, however, and designed the “VG45“ - a very low cost, quick to produce bolt action rifle chambered in kurz using detachable Mp44 magazine