Guillaume d'Orange
Senior Member
In "Death from Above" (1st Edition), Dugelby and Stevens wrote (p.117) that there was at least 2101 "early" FG42s produced (including prototypes i.e 50 type C and 50 type D).
There may have been at least 2000 Type1/Type E as #1999 was in Byron Vickery's collection and is shown in the book.
However, one piece of evidence that the authors do not quote is a letter written by Kurt Student to Göring entitled "Stand und Weiterentwicklung der Fallschirmtruppe" dated November 10th, 1942.
The original document is in the Bundesarchiv, but a translation in English can be found online here:
Here is the interesting paragraph:
Student's plan to get his 2000 rifles by Christmas was disrupted : according to Waffen-Revue #39, because they were trying to make a "Wunderwaffe" (combination of various weapons) and the numerous trials involved.
The earliest pics that I know of FG42s are dated May 1943 (northern France), according to vet accounts, FG42s were issued in June/July 1943, the final report of Luftwaffe testing team was dated July 2nd, 1943 and the first manual D. (Luft) T.6194 was published July 21st, 1943.
There may have been at least 2000 Type1/Type E as #1999 was in Byron Vickery's collection and is shown in the book.
However, one piece of evidence that the authors do not quote is a letter written by Kurt Student to Göring entitled "Stand und Weiterentwicklung der Fallschirmtruppe" dated November 10th, 1942.
The original document is in the Bundesarchiv, but a translation in English can be found online here:
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Here is the interesting paragraph:
Student's plan to get his 2000 rifles by Christmas was disrupted : according to Waffen-Revue #39, because they were trying to make a "Wunderwaffe" (combination of various weapons) and the numerous trials involved.
The earliest pics that I know of FG42s are dated May 1943 (northern France), according to vet accounts, FG42s were issued in June/July 1943, the final report of Luftwaffe testing team was dated July 2nd, 1943 and the first manual D. (Luft) T.6194 was published July 21st, 1943.
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