bolt action centre-fire rifle
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19500032-017
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Bnn
- Date Made 1945
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - Germany
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, firearm
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1945/01/01
- Latest 1945/12/31
- Brand Name / Model VG1 (first model Volksgewehr)
- Inscription On receiver: VG1; bnn in (Shield); 702
- Pattern Name Volksgewehr
- Materials Steel, Wood
- Service Component VOLKSTRUM
- Measurements Height 12.2 cm, Length 102.3 cm, Width 10.2 cm
- Caption Rifle, Volkssturm VG1
- Additional Information The Volksgewehr, or "People's Rifle," was given to Volkssturm units. Intended to inspire confidence, the rifle was crude and unreliable.