Assault rifle.. why is it labeled "assault" ?

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Assault rifle.. why is it labeled "assault" ?

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06-10-2004, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by cmelton

I believe the name came from liberal gun haters who wanted to give certain guns a bad reputation by attaching the name assault to these particular firearms.

NEIN! the Germans coined it, Sturmgewehr = assault rifle

the Soviets just called the AK "Avtomat" for automatic rifle

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