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The Heereswaffenamt issuing specifications for a new light, intermediate rifle The intermediate round and lightweight select-fire rifle concept survived with That despite its promise the Vollmer carbine would be too complex and tooĮxpensive to manufacture in large enough numbers, especially during wartime. In August 1939, Germany invaded Polandīeginning World War to, with war imminent in the summer of 1939 it was believed However, the project was cancelled and the rifle These were handmade by Vollmer’s firm and the M35/IIIs were found to be extremely reliable.īoth the German army and the Luftwaffe were interested in the rifle with demonstrationsĬontinuing into early 1939. Requested 25 carbines for further trials. The weapon was well received and the Heereswaffenamt Official testing and evaluation of the M35/III took place onĢ1st September 1938. It had an overall length of 38 inches, 5 inches shorter than the K98k, and a weight of approximately 9.25Ī Disassembled Vollmer A35II (Source: German Assault Rifle 1935-45 - P. Which remained in place with the G41 rifles also required to have an action which could be cycled manually.
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Selector switch configuration and a slightly larger bolt handle which could beĬycled manually if the gas system failed. The M35/III (see images 1 & #2) also saw small changes in barrel length, Testing with the hope for future adoption. With the rate of fire reduced the Heereswaffenamt agreed to continued A further refinement, the, was developed after problems with feedingĪnd ejection were discovered and further testing took place throughout 1936 andġ937 with ~13,000 rounds fired with no major issues or stoppages suffered. Vollmer, however, did develop a pneumaticīuffer which slowed the rate of fire down to a more reliable ~400 rounds per The Heereswaffenamt requested further changes to lower the rate ofįire and allow mass production, however, simplification of Vollmer’s complexĭesign was possible. This led to the M35/II which rectified the ejection Some feed and ejection problems were identified in this model and more Further testing was carried out with a second prototype, the M35A. The fully automatic mode the rifle could fire at a rate of up to 1,000 rounds Testing on the first model began in July in 1935, and found that when in Vollmer Selbstladgewehr (SG 29), note the different selector switch, lack of elongated bolt handle and longer barrel ( source) The M35 fed from a curved 20-round box magazine. The rifle had a rotating bolt with the action linked to the trap by a piston (seen beneath the barrel). Heereswaffenamt disliked self-loading rifle designs which tapped gas directly from the barrel, this was a prejudice which would last well into the war. Like the later G41 rifles Vollmer’s carbine used a gas trap at the muzzle with a system similar to that developed by Soren Bang. Vollmer developed a select fire rifle called the Vollmer-Maschinenkarabiner 35 or M35 to fire GECO’s new round. Ballistically the GECO round was larger than the later 7.92mm Kurz round with a heavier 140 gr projectile and a faster velocity of approximately 2,280 ft/s. GECO (Gustav Genschow & Co) had developed a new 7.7x40mm intermediate round at the request of the Heereswaffenamt (Germany’s military weapons development establishment). This design was rejected however, in early 1935 he was asked to develop a similar rifle capable of firing a new cartridge developed by GECO. In the early 1930s Vollmer had been working on submachine gun designs, a light machine gun and a semi-automatic rifle, the Selbstladegewehr 29, chambered in 7.92x57mm. Vollmer is best known for his work with submachine guns such as theĮrma EMP-35and with elements of his work being used in the MP38/MP40. While Germany’s wartime experiments with self-loading and automatic rifles are well known, one of the most impressive earlier attempts was made by Heinrich Vollmer.