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Standschütze Hellriegel M1915

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The Standschütze Hellriegel M1915 is a water-cooled submachine gun designed in 1915 by a member of the Austro-Hungarian Standschützen militia named Hellriegel, during the First World War. It is regarded as an early candidate for the first submachine gun built with a buttstock intended for shoulder firing, feeding from drum or stick magazines at a conjectured rate of 650 to 850 rounds per minute. Its complex construction and high cost, combined with Austria-Hungary's strained wartime resources, meant it never advanced past a prototype, and only photographs from October 1915 survive today. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
.32 ACP 1
Caliber
9x23mm 2
Caliber
9×23mm Steyr 1
Service Status
Prototype or Experimental 2
Weapon Class
small arm 2
Introduced YearSourced to the subject's own account
1915 3
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Small Arm 2
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Used In

World War I, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Standschütze Hellriegel M1915
Sources
1. Wikidata: Standschütze Hellriegel M1915
Wikidata Q27963571, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
2. Wikipedia: Standschütze Hellriegel M1915
  • Lead section
    The Standschütze Hellriegel 1915 (German: Maschinengewehr des Standschützen Hellriegel, lit. 'Machine gun of Standschütze Hellriegel') was an Austro-Hungarian water-cooled submachine gun produced during World War I in very limited prototype numbers.
  • Infobox: cartridge
    9x23mm Steyr (conjecture)
  • Lead paragraph
    was an Austro-Hungarian water-cooled submachine gun produced during World War I in very limited prototype numbers
  • Used In: World War I, Infobox: wars
    World War I
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3. Standschütze Hellriegel M1915 (Wikidata)
WikidataWikidata Q27963571 (P571 inception): 1915
Quote, Wikidata Q27963571 (P571 inception): 1915
Inception (Wikidata property P571): 1915.
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