By early 1945 Germany’s situation was desperate, the last dregs of the male population were mobilised to fight last ditch holding actions. To arm the new Volkssturm (People’s Storm) militia Germany turned to its armed manufacturers one last time. Calling for simple small arms that could be produced rapidly. The Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr, perhaps better known as the VG1-5, was by far the most complex of the primitive firearms designed at the end of the Second World War.
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