Rare Volksturm carbine handed in during Czech gun amnesty

Police in České Budějovice reported collecting a rare German-made rifle within the ongoing gun amnesty on Wednesday, when an owner handed in a Volksturm VG-45 carbine. Its value is estimated at around one million crowns. According to South Bohemian police spokesman Jiří Matzner, there is only one other such piece in the Czech Republic. He did not provide any details about the person who brought in the weapon. The carbines were produced in Germany toward the end of World War II and were intended to be used, among other things, in the defense of Berlin.