The use of the MP44/StG44 was to counter the Soviet PPS and PPSh-41 submachine guns (7.62x25mm), a cheap and massed produced weapon. The STG44 was not a very good range weapon, but worked for close combat. The STG44 was one of the submachine guns to persuade everyone to look into the assault rifle world of things.
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