Product Information
This is a Rare Sauer manufactured WWII German MP44/Stg44 "Sturmgewehr" assault rifle. Sauer made by far the fewest MP44 & STG44's of the four makers during WWII, only producing a total of just 55,000. The serial number (2825 ai/45) dates to early 1945, with only Sauer being allotted the letters "ai" to be used in there serial number blocks. Underneath the receiver it is correctly marked cos / WaAA44 (Merz Werke), ce (Sauer), WaA37 (Haenel/Sauer) and a Nazi-eagle (German army proof). The initials "ce" is the Sauer manufacturer mark and is only found on their weapons. This example has its original trigger, barrel, foresight and rear sight assembles. The bolt assembly is also coded Eagle 37. Another very interesting feature is the STG stamping on the receiver. 1945 saw the designation change from MP44 to STG44. This transition can be seen on this rifle. There are faint MP44 markings beneath the STG ones. The 45 (1945)in the serial number confirms that this STG was started in late 1944 but completed in early 1945.
The MP44 uses the 7.92 Kurtz (short) cartridge and was made from stamped parts making it relatively quick and cheap to make. This model the STG44 was only in production for just a few months at the end of the war with very few being made by Sauer, and arguably this variant by this maker is one of the rarest as so few were completed.
Including the Mkb42, MP43/1,MP43, MP44 & StG44 variants around 440,000 were ever made with the vast majority being destroyed during or after the war. This innovative weapon inspired today's assault rifles, for example the Kalashnikov AK47 & H&K G3 are both heavily based on this weapon.
The MP44/STG 44 was mainly issued to elite frontline Waffen-SS Panzer grenadier Divisions. These troops were among the most loyal and fierce German soldiers and were known to have fought until the last man.
A rare opportunity to own a legendary German assault rifle. Deactivated to old specifications in 1992 with a working action it cocks, strips and dry fires.
To order Call 01547 529093 or 05603 416575 or email sales@deactivated-guns.co.uk.
