The Sturmgewehr 52 (STG-52) was a
battle rifle
A battle rifle is a service rifle chambered to fire a fully powered cartridge.
The term "battle rifle" is a retronym created largely out of a need to better differentiate the intermediate cartridge, intermediate-powered assault rifles (e.g. the S ...
manufactured by the government-owned
W+F Bern
W, or w, is the twenty-third and fourth-to-last letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. It represents a consonant, but in some languages it r ...
of Switzerland. It was chambered in the 7.5mm Kurzpatrone cartridge and later the
7.5mm Swiss service round as the Sturmgewehr 54, which was fed from the right-hand side. The Sturmgewehr 52 was heavily patterned after the German
FG 42
The FG 42 (German: ''Fallschirmjägergewehr'' 42, "paratrooper rifle 42") is a selective-fire 7.92×57mm Mauser automatic rifle produced in Nazi Germany during World War II. The weapon was developed specifically for the use of the ''Fallschirmj ...
as it was fed from the side from a 30- or 40-round magazine and was also fitted with a muzzle attachment capable of launching rifle grenades.
warhistoryonline.com, The German FG42
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See also
* SIG 510
The Sturmgewehr 57 is a selective fire battle rifle designed by Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (now SAN Swiss Arms) of Switzerland. It uses a roller-delayed blowback system similar to the H&K G3 and CETME rifles.
The AM 55 entered serv ...
References
*''German Automatic Rifles 1941-45: Gew 41, Gew 43, FG 42 and StG 44'', by Chris McNab, Osprey Publishing, {{ISBN, 1780963858, page 67
FG 42 derivatives
Rifles of Switzerland
Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1952