page_title: Wieger StG-940
hierarchical_section_title: Wieger StG-940
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Wieger Maschinenpistole 941 im Militärhistorischem Museum der Bundeswehr in Dresden.
context_page_description: The Wieger StG-940 was an East German series of assault rifles loosely based upon the Kalashnikov AK-74. The StG-940 was chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO and the StG-942 in 5.45×39mm M74.
  The weapon was tested but not officially adopted by the East German Army. It was conceived and developed from 1985 and produced between 1985 and 1990, during the final phase of East Germany's existence as a state. The brand name is a synaeresis of the words Wiesa and Germany. The weapon was intended for export but also for the use of the national special forces.
context_section_description: The Wieger StG-940 was an East German series of assault rifles loosely based upon the Kalashnikov AK-74. The StG-940 was chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO and the StG-942 in 5.45×39mm M74.
  The weapon was tested but not officially adopted by the East German Army. It was conceived and developed from 1985 and produced between 1985 and 1990, during the final phase of East Germany's existence as a state. The brand name is a synaeresis of the words Wiesa (town of manufacture) and Germany. The weapon was intended for export but also for the use of the national special forces (the STG-943 was known to be in use with the Stasi).
caption: StG-941
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