C&R · III · 046
Volkssturmgewehr VG 1-5
Section III: removed from the NFA, curio or relic under the GCA
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION III · VERBATIM · PDF P. 24 ↗
German, Model VG 1-5 (Volksgewehr), semiautomatic rifles, cal. 7.92mm Kurz, having a barrel length of 14.9" and an overall length of 34.87".
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “having a barrel length of 14.9" and an overall length of 34.87"”
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1945.
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 24 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Volkssturmgewehr” ↗, maker: Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr section: "designed by Karl Barnitzke of the Gustloff-Werke"; infobox caption "Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr VG 1-5"
- 2. Wikipedia, “Volkssturmgewehr” ↗, years: Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr section: "Production ... occurred from January 1945 till the end of the war; roughly 10,000 were made" (designed 1944)
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passYears: 1944–1945 → 1945. Article: the Gustloff VG 1-5 was designed in 1944 but produced from January 1945 to the end of the war
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Volkssturm Gewehr VG 1-5.JPG” by Hmaag, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Volkssturmgewehr”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Volkssturmgewehr is the name of several rifle designs developed by Nazi Germany during the final months of World War II. They share the common characteristic of being greatly simplified as to adapt with the severe lack of resources and industrial capacity in Germany during the final stages of the war. The Volkspistole was a partner program, almost identical, but for pistols instead.