Nearly two weeks ago, I published an article that caused a great deal of consternation among my readership, even resulting in a prompt rebuttal video from Ian and Karl with InRange TV. That highly negative article was entitled 7 Reasons I Don’t Like The MP-44 Sturmgewehr. As a result of the unexpected waves it caused, the Sunday after the article ran I took to the proverbial recording studio with Ryan Michad to discuss the Sturmgewehr, its context, and to hopefully explain some of the more controversial talking points of the article.

In a second article written after the fact, I likened the MP.44 to the RSC 1917 in terms of its historical importance, and contrasted the reputations both rifles have. While the MP.44 is set atop a very high pedestal in the views of most, the RSC is barely known, despite being arguably the greater technical achievement. There are a number of reasons for this, which I may discuss in a (far) future article, having to do with the Cold War, the entrenched idea of German superiority, and the uneasy relationship between Western and Eastern engineering ethics.

For those readers who haven’t had enough of talking about the German Wundergewehr of World War II, be sure to head on over to the Firearms Radio Network, and give a listen to Episode 190: The MP44 In Context.