{"id":84071,"date":"2023-11-19T02:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T07:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=84071"},"modified":"2023-08-06T18:26:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T22:26:50","slug":"last-ditch-innovation-the-development-of-the-gerat-06-and-gerat-06h-rifles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/11\/19\/last-ditch-innovation-the-development-of-the-gerat-06-and-gerat-06h-rifles\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Ditch Innovation: The Development of the <em>Gerat<\/em> 06 and <em>Gerat<\/em> 06H Rifles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEPwmYcCPFs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 19 Nov 2012<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m very happy today to present a video we did in cooperation with Oleg Volk, which I&#8217;ve titled &#8220;Last Ditch Innovation&#8221;. It is a look at two late-WW2 German prototype rifles which are the evolutionary grandparents of the CETME and the H&#038;K series of roller-delayed firearms (91, 93, MP5, etc). Thanks to some very generous friends, we have examples of both guns to disassemble and shoot &#8230; so sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>From the comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>@ForgottenWeapons<br \/>\n10 years ago<br \/>\nThe G3 has to be bigger, because it uses a bigger cartridge. That means a longer bolt, longer recoil travel, longer receiver, heavier trunnion, etc.<\/p>\n<p>@ForgottenWeapons<br \/>\n10 years ago<br \/>\nYep, that is the anti-bounce spring. In the HK, it&#8217;s far stronger than necessary. <\/p>\n<p>@ForgottenWeapons<br \/>\n10 years ago<br \/>\nSort of &#8211; the 06H was tentatively named the StG45(M). There were other StG45 designs from different companies, though.<\/p>\n<p>@ForgottenWeapons<br \/>\n10 years ago<br \/>\nActually, I think the .45 lasted so long because the US military viewed the handgun as an actual combat weapon, where for a long time (and perhaps still) European nations saw them more as a badge of rank. <\/p>\n<p>@ForgottenWeapons<br \/>\n10 years ago<br \/>\nNo, German paratroops had the FG42 instead. <\/p>\n<p>@ForgottenWeapons<br \/>\n10 years ago<br \/>\nHe designed and built his own high speed camera, actually. It used a rotating set of mirrors, but beyond that I&#8217;m not sure exactly how it worked.<\/p>\n<p>@ForgottenWeapons<br \/>\n10 years ago<br \/>\nBasically, because Germany was barred from arms development after WW2. Russia, and the eastern bloc with them, developed the 7.62&#215;39 (which was created at the same time the Germans were developing the 8&#215;33). The US and NATO stayed with a full size cartridge because of American military conservatism. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten Weapons Published 19 Nov 2012 I&#8217;m very happy today to present a video we did in cooperation with Oleg Volk, which I&#8217;ve titled &#8220;Last Ditch Innovation&#8221;. 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