WW2 Assault Rifle with a Curved Barrel? The Krummlauf
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This week on What Is This Weapon? Jonathan investigates one of the more bizarre battlefield experiments of the Second World War: a curved-barrel attachment designed to let soldiers shoot from cover… or possibly around corners.
You may have seen the Krummlauf before but you probably haven’t seen this unique prototype.
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