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Germany produced some of the finest and most innovative small arms of the Second World War—from the MG-34 general purpose machine gun to the StG44, the world’s first assault rifle.

World War II accelerated the shift from bolt-action rifles to semi-automatic and automatic weapons that redefined infantry tactics. Mass production innovations like metal stamping enabled nations to ...

FN UK completed M2HB QCB MK2 .50 BMG heavy machine guns and MAG 7.62×51mm general purpose machine guns. (Janes/Sean Reardon) FN UK, a subsidiary of FN Browning Group, told Janes in December of its ...