![]() ![]() The FG 42, with its full-power cartridge, was in many ways just as influential on post-war small arms design as the later StG 44, with its reduced-power cartridge, was. ![]() The Type 1 is THE classic example of the FG 42 however, and with its semi-bullpup design, side-mounted 20-round magazine, sharply angled pistol grip, stamped-metal buttstock, and integral bipod, it is also one of the most distinctive-looking small arms in history. To differentiate the rifle from a slightly modified/improved version that came along shortly after, the first production model became retroactively known as the Type 1 – at least outside of Germany. What they delivered was the truly revolutionary Fallschirmjaeger-Gewehr 42, or FG 42 for short – the “42” designating the year 1942 for when the rifle was developed. So the Luftwaffe high command went off and commissioned German industry to come up with something better. The WWII German Luftwaffe Fallschirmjaeger (parachute light infantry) were one of the most elite fighting units of the war by anyone’s standards, and they quickly learned – the hard way – that bolt-action rifles with a 5-round internal magazine don’t lay down much firepower. Well, we certainly think so – so here’s our list of the “Top 10 Must-Have Airsoft Guns That Don’t Exist – Yet” (judged on the basis of historical or technological significance – plus a bit of “cool factor”): 1. SHOT Show and IWA are now well behind us and while there were some cool new airsoft replicas that broke cover this year, am I the only who thinks that airsoft manufacturers mostly just keep churning out yet-another-variation-of-the-same-things? When the biggest news seems to be about a new line of tacticool AK’s or yet another licensed M4 clone, isn’t it time for something a little more interesting? ![]()
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