Tests at the time showed that a skilled marksman could put a group of bullets in a 35x35cm square at 100 meters. How the heck do you aim something like that from a position of safety? The Germans thought of that and installed a periscope sighting device that allowed the weapon’s operator to at least have a chance of hitting the target. They started with a standard STG44 assault rifle, and outfitted it with a special barrel attachment that curved either 30 or 45 degrees. Rarely a week goes by that some bit of forgotten Nazi genius isn’t shown on the History Channel, so it’s no surprise they were the first to invent a gun that could shoot around corners. They were literally weeks from producing their own atomic bomb when Berlin finally fell. German engineers during the war were perhaps the best and most creative in the world. Creating the Krummlauf – (English: “curved barrell”) Read on to learn more about this amazing, short-lived, and very rare weapon. Why on earth would you want to shoot around a corner? The better question is why on earth wouldn’t you? It’s a lot safer than standing out in broad daylight where the enemy can take shots at you any old time they like. The weapon in question was the STG44 Krummlauf, a variant of the standard STG44 assault rifle. They’re real, and were first used, with limited success, by the German army in World War II.
Guns that shoot around corners are more than grist for the mill of an old Bugs Bunny plot in a Saturday morning cartoon. Shooting around Corners without leaving your Head out in the Open
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