Type Carbine Used by Volksturm | Place of origin Nazi Germany Designed 1944 | |
Manufacturer Hessische Industrie Werke Variants Wetzlar Rifle
Wetzlar Carbine | ||
The HIW VSK was a carbine of German origin developed by Hessische Industrie Werke. It was intended as a Volkssturm weapon and used blow forward operation.
Contents
Battle rifle
Chambered for the 8×57 IS rifle round. It used standard 5-round stripper clips to fill the internal magazine.
Carbine
Chambered for the 8×33 Polte round. It used special 5-round stripper clips to fill the internal magazine.
References
HIW VSK Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA