User blog comment:Delta 4-7/WWII Weapons Project/@comment-1763478-20100512023923

On the STG-44. It was considered the first true assault rifle. When Germans found themselves badly outgunned with their bolt-action rifles against Soviets wielding auto PPSHs. German weapon designers proposed the STG44 to Hitler which he rejected. Eventually the SS began using it secretly and eventually it was used in the front lines. STG stands for Strumgewehr translates into "Storm Rifle"