Deactivated WWII Nazi MP44.

This is a Second World War German MP44 assault rifle. It was manufactured in 1945 by Steyr under secret Nazi makers code "bnz". Steyr only made this model of MP44 during their very short production period, completing around 80,000 MP44's, the second fewest of all makers of this model.

The MP44 uses the 7.92 Kurtz (short) cartridge and was made from stamped parts making it relatively quick and cheap to make. The MP44 was only in production for just a few years at the end of the war, including the Mkb42, MP43,MP44 & StG44 variants around 440,000 were every made with vast majority being destroyed during or after the war. This innovative weapon inspired today's assault rifles, for example the Kalashnikov AK47 was based on this weapon. The STG 44 or MP 44 was mainly issued to elite frontline Waffen-SS Panzer grenadier Divisions. Deactivated to current specifications with tensioned cocking lever and trigger and working safety and sector button.