Alliedassault - View Single Post - Assault rifle.. why is it labeled "assault" ?

Miscguy · 06-10-2004, 07:02 AM

No cmelton... It wasnt liberals.

Gerv was correct when he said that it was the literal german translation of Sturmgewehr. The term came from shinking the rifle round to reduce recoil making it easier to fire at higher rates, more accuratly. Instead of a long range rifle rounds, or short range SMG rounds the assualt round made trade offs from each to be a medium range weapon.

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Miscguy is Offline 2nd Lieutenant Posts: 3,811 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Redmond, Home of Microsoft	06-10-2004, 07:02 AM No cmelton... It wasnt liberals. Gerv was correct when he said that it was the literal german translation of Sturmgewehr. The term came from shinking the rifle round to reduce recoil making it easier to fire at higher rates, more accuratly. Instead of a long range rifle rounds, or short range SMG rounds the assualt round made trade offs from each to be a medium range weapon.