HIW VSK
The HIW VSK refers to 2 prototype weapons, a rifle and a carbine, of German origin developed by Hessische Industrie Werke and August Coenders in 1944.They were intended as Volkssturm weapons and the carbine variant used blow forward operation.It used standard 5-round stripper clips to fill the fixed internal magazine.It used special 5-round stripper clips to fill the fixed internal magazine.The barrel is blown forward by drag of the bullet and propellant gasses and returns under spring pressure, chambering a new cartridge.