User blog comment:Delta 4-7/WWII Weapons Project/@comment-1367054-20100512031818

It was the Sturmgewehr, as stated, which means "assault rifle". It was only after they snuck it past him as the "MP43" that he approved it, when commanders started requesting them. The German standard issue rifle the entire war was the Karabiner 98, the MP40 was also widely used. The MG34 was their primary support weapon until the cheaper MG42 was designed to supplement it. The FG42 was also made as a paratrooper machine gun. iN 1943 the Gewehr 43 was created as a semi-automatic rifle to supplement the other existing weapons.