7.92 x 33 mm is a rifle cartridge developed in Germany prior to and during World War II. The ammunition is also referred to as 7.92 mm Kurz (Kurz being German for short) and was specifically intended for development of the assault rifle (Sturmgewehr in German), one weapon which uses the round being the Sturmgewehr 44. The round was developed as a compromise between the longer 7.92 mm rifle round and the 9 mm pistol round. A rifle is a firearm that uses a spiral groove cut into the barrel to spin a projectile (usually a bullet), thus improving accuracy and range of the projectile. ... Rimmed, centerfire . ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... The AK-47 is the iconic assault rifle. ... The bayonet, still used in war as both knife and spearpoint. ... The Maschinenpistole 43, Maschinenpistole 44 and Sturmgewehr 44 (MP43, MP44 and StG44 respectively) were names for a light automatic rifle developed for Germany during World War II as part of the Maschinenkarabiner (machine carbine) program, and developed from the Mkb 42(H). ...

The 7.92 Kurz was the same caliber as the standard German infantry round, at 7.92 mm, which was employed by German infantry in their Mauser 98 rifles, as well as the machine guns employed by infantry units. The primary difference was in the length of the cartridge, which was substantially shorter than the standard ammunition. This meant it could be fired in fully automatic mode by a receiver that weighed closer to that of a standard rifle than a machinegun. However, the round was in a rifle cartridge and thus was able to be fired with much greater velocity than the 9 mm Parabellum which was the standard for German submachine guns. Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. An infantry is a body of soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other... Mauser is the common name of German arms manufacturer Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Waffensysteme GmbH, as well as the line of bolt action rifles they built for the German armed forces. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ... ball and hollowpoint 9mm Luger rounds are popular handgun ammunition. ... An MP5A4 (fixed stock and 3-round burst trigger group A submachine gun is a firearm that combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the ammunition of a pistol, and is usually between the two in weight and size. ...

Another issue that this cartridge addressed was the late WWII shortage of brass. This cartridge used a steel case. Brass has a certain amount of elasticity, and when a cartidge was fired the brass case would expand and seal the chamber until the pressure in the barrel had dropped. After the pressure dropped, then the brass case would retract slightly which made extraction easier. Because the new steel cases did not retract well and were ocassionally difficult to extract, this cartridge was given a cone-shaped case instead of the traditional cylindrical case in order to make extraction more reliable, which also led to the distinctive curved magazine for weapons that used this cartridge. The cases were typically painted to prevent corrosion.

Prior to the development of the Kurz round and its associated weapons, two basic weapons existed for equipping the regular infantry rifleman. The battle rifle (a bolt-action rifle in most armies of the time) was the standard equipment, usually incorporating good accuracy and killing power, but having a very limited rate of fire. The submachine gun was a newer piece of equipment, which offered a deadly rate of fire at automatic, but was of very limited range and killing power due to the pistol round (usually 9 mm) it fired. The Kurz employed the concept of a rifle round in a shorter cartridge. While it did not match the range and accuracy of a traditional bolt-action rifle, it more than made up for it in volume of fire over the ranges most likely to see infantry combat, and had the killing power to be deadly. Thus the Kurz round was a key evolution in the development of the assault rifle class of weapon. Rifleman may refer to: Rifleman (rank), a private soldier in a rifle unit of infantry Rifleman (bird) or Titipounamu (Acanthisitta chloris), a New Zealand bird The Rifleman, a U.S. television programme starring Chuck Connors You cant find any info about riflemen on Wikipedia. ... The term battle rifle can have different meanings. ... Half opened bolt on a Winchester Model 70. ... The Rate of fire is the speed at which a specific firearm or artillery piece can operate. ... An MP5A4 (fixed stock and 3-round burst trigger group A submachine gun is a firearm that combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the ammunition of a pistol, and is usually between the two in weight and size. ...