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The Standschütze Hellriegel 1915 is a water-cooled submachine gun produced in very limited numbers for the Austro-Hungarian reserves (Standschütze) during World War I, by a designer identified only as "Hellriegel". A highly obscure weapon, no complete examples are known to still exist, and little official documentation remains. As a result, its operating mechanisms, exact production numbers and development history are all based on speculation. However, photographic evidence exists of it in live-fire tests which are dated October 1915, making it one of the earliest submachine gun designs in history.[1]
The weapon could be fed from either box magazines, or an unusual high-capacity drum magazine that gave the weapon the appearance of being belt-fed. It is unknown why the weapon did not progress beyond the prototype stage.
Battlefield 1
The Standschütze Hellriegel is set to be featured in Battlefield 1. It was first seen during the Battlefield 1 Official Gamescom Gameplay Trailer.
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- ↑ The ‘Standschutze Hellriegel’ Submachine Gun Is a Mystery – War Is Boring