Volksgewehr 1-5

[Gunny Hartmann]

Shooting a VG1-5 (Gustloffwerke) Rifle - YouTube
An interesting video about a largely unknown weapon!.....

[guns ltd]

Is he really going to shoot that thing???
John

[Scout]

Ive been checking out the website for quite a while.

Forgotten Weapons

There are some nifty guns there and some nice ones are shot.

[Panzersaurus]

As a wise gun collector once told me "don't shoot anything mad last-ditch by the Germans. You will hurt yourself". Still pretty cool to watch though!

[Gunny Hartmann]

Is he really going to shoot that thing???
John

He sure is!....
Thanks for the link Scout, i didn't realise they had a wbsite!...

[Adrian Stevenson]

I really like this weapon. I put up a video on the forum a while back showing them being carried in action.

I got to handle one of these a couple of years ago, care of the Army. It is on my "to do list" to fire one. Next time we are on the range I will hopefully get the chance. Last time it was raining and they only wanted to put a limited number of rounds down her and not get it wet either.

Cheers, Ade.

[Gunny Hartmann]

I really like this weapon. I put up a video on the forum a while back showing them being carried in action.

I got to handle one of these a couple of years ago, care of the Army. It is on my "to do list" to fire one. Next time we are on the range I will hopefully get the chance. Last time it was raining and they only wanted to put a limited number of rounds down her and not get it wet either.

Cheers, Ade.

I hope you get to fire it mate, film it if you can!....

[Feuerbach]

Good video, thanks for posting. When the spring is assembled in the wrong way, and it doesn't slide all the way over the gas rings in a propper way (leaving the spring under pressure) these rifles can be dangerous.
I saw a different variant of one of these up for sale last year. The seller told me it was used by the French resistance.

[lebus12]

In Prague Museum