Here we go again..more silly answers
........It's raining here, and I have a bit of spare time, so will give a fuller answer to the poor chap so at least he sees that someone on here is actually trying to be serious and trying to help!
The early history of these is shrouded in military secrecy and misconception.....although the basic design had been around for a few years by the outbreak of WW1, the ammunition manufacture was fraught with problems......by 1917 the stagnant trench warfare situation had the Germans looking at innovative solutions, and the fast moving, small raiding squad armed with light weapons (stormtroopers) was first mooted.
There was a problem however...despite being armed with the best the Kaiser could supply, when they tried to do a trench raid, the British had a nasty habit of firing their guns at them and causing casualties!, obviously something had to be done, and quickly!
The Kaiser set up a committee to see how to deal with this dastardly British behaviour, and one committee member remembered the Sturmelbangler.......Wacker GMBH was contacted (
they are still in business) to look at the ammunition situation, and elite volunteers were secretly trained to familiarise themselves with the new weapon and tactics.
The idea was simple, and pure genius.......the select troops would advance a few hours stealthily in small numbers ahead of the main raiding parties during the night when the British were tucked up, and deploy the new M.A.S.T.I.C. guns.
(Mein Anschlag Stickund Tommigewehr Interferen Cannone)
The first allied regiment to be attacked was the Canadian 342nd rifle brigade ....they were armed with the straight pull Ross rifle, highly regarded for it's accuracy.....Imagine the carnage at dawn after the night advance party had done it's evil deed.....the Stormtrooper raiding group would creep quietly within rifle range, then stand up in full view and shout insults at the allied troops."Henry Burr sings out of tune",....."General Haig ist un Pansie".......etc. etc.
The enraged Allies then would throw caution to the winds, break cover and shoot at the Germans, when the now useless, bunged up barrels of their rifles would leave them an easy target for the Hun devils
This first attack was a huge success for the Germans........they gained a valuable 18 yards of ground for minimal losses, but more importantly, the news of the Ross rifles malfunction spread like wildfire, and even today their reputation is tarnished, but obviously the real reason for this unjustified slur has been lost in time due to censorship.
It was a short lived, one off success for the sausage eaters, as once British military Intelligence had realised what had happened, extra night pickets were posted on all fronts, and troops were ordered to check their rifles first thing in the morning.......The whole sorry episode was forgotten until after the war when reparations were being sought by the allies. The Wacker plant was one of hundreds inspected and by sheer coincidence one of the British officers (Colonel Hugh Spratterson Williams) saw the crafty Heinie technicians had been using the now defunct supplies of "Tommiestop" to do general repairs around the badly maintained buildings. He immediately saw the potential profit to be made....no more messy putty and string etc., and ordered the seizure of all the guns and cartridges, and generations later they are only known for the (happily more peaceful) uses they are employed to do.
All this all on Google if you want to check for yourselves, so next time someone asks for help can we please be more serious and professional