SturmPistole replace GP-20 Ultimatum (A World at War Collection)

First of all, as a Big Iron enjoyer, if you like to play your guns without reflex sight, you can install one of the few mods removing the desired scopes or sights such as ArcanePoro's iconic Custom Scopes Compendium. ArcanePoro's work is so amazing that it would be impossible for me to imagine helldiver's nexus mods without her insane work.

This link will guide you to a mod that allows you not only to customize your scopes, but ALSO removing them entirely if you want to. It becomes handy with some mods, or just for the immersion. Because, you know, why the fuck not ?

It is now common knowledge that during the 2nd World War, a famous "austrian painter" tried to create a ton of weapons to win the war.

Some of them were actually INSANE and called "WunderWaffe" which can be translated as "Miraculous Weapon" and trust me those ones have nothing to do with LadyBug.

Anyway, besides those "Wunderwaffe" the germans tried to invent all kind of new weapons for their infantry.

This is the precursor of the famous recoilless Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck rocket launchers.

Here comes the story of the "Sturmpistole" or "Assault Pistol".

The Sturmpistole ("assault-pistol") was an attempt by Germany during World War II to create a multi-purpose weapon which could be used by any infantryman. It consisted of a modified flare gun (Leuchtpistole) which could fire a variety of grenades, including a 600 g (1 lb 5 oz) shaped charge Panzerwurfkörper 42 which could penetrate 80 mm (3. 1 in) of rolled homogeneous armor. The idea was not pursued wholeheartedly, and took second stage to the then current anti-tank rifles and later weapon developments, such as the recoilless Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck rocket launchers.

The Sturmpistole was a multi-purpose weapon for signaling, illumination, target marking, or concealment with a smoke grenade. Later during World War II, explosive rounds were developed to give German troops a small and lightweight grenade launcher for engaging targets from close range which could not be engaged satisfactorily by infantry weapons or artillery without endangering friendly troops. Conversions of both the Leuchtpistole 34 and Leuchtpistole 42 flare guns are reported to exist. The conversion included adding a buttstock and sights for the different grenades.

Sturmpistoles delivered to Romania were in use of Pioniere battalions.

Available projectiles included:

[*]Multi-Star Signal Cartridge - This was a multi-star signal flare that contained three red and three green stars that could be set for six different color combinations.[