No, the title is not a typo. This is exactly how, with two "r" (Furrer), was written the name of the now forgotten Swiss gunsmith, who in 1919 designed one of the world's first assault rifles, or rather submachine guns. It is doubly funny that Furrer's name was Adolf.
Adolf Furrer was the director of an arms factory in Bern, which produced the famous Parabellum pistols. On the basis of the "Parabellum" artillery model with an elongated barrel, Furrer designed his MP1919 submachine gun, remaking the firing mechanism for automatic burst fire.
The "Parabellum" in the Furrer's submachine gun is, as it were, laid on its side, so that the receiving window of the store began to be located on the right, and not at the bottom. Accordingly, the shutter levers fold to the left when reloading, rather than up.
The barrel is completely covered with wooden pads so that you can hold on to it when firing.
The shutter of the machine close-up. The relationship with "Parabellum" (bottom photo) is immediately apparent.
Computer 3D rendering of a Furrer assault rifle with an attached magazine for 40 rounds 7, 65 Luger.
Another computer drawing MP1919 with a shutter in the rearmost position.
The Furrer submachine gun successfully passed the tests, however, it turned out to be much more complicated, heavier and more expensive than the German MP-18/1, which appeared a year earlier. As a result, the MP1919 was not accepted into service and was not mass-produced, and its German competitor since 1920 has been produced in Switzerland under license both for the needs of its own army and for export.
The MR-18/1 submachine gun was simple and cheap, but very effective in close combat.
