Gun show inspections

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by alvin

The darn thing is called "Schnellfeuer"....it's a gun produced in relatively high volume of near six digit, so they still show up on market from time to time today.

There was one for sale at Waffen Bavaria in Munchen back in the mid-80's when I was there; price was ~$750 USD, IIRC...

From some memoirs, it's selective firing, but it's still mainly used as a semi-auto. In emergency the operator could fire it in short-burst mode, it's superior and useful. For example, a running guy being chased by an enemy in close quarter at night, accurate aiming on the chaser was impossible, so he fired 3-4 rounds at the rough direction towards the chaser. In this scenario, it's much more effective than semi-auto.

I thought I'd read that it was used in WW I as a 'trench sweeper', with stock attached, by the Sturm Battalions...