No, our military has "small arms". The term "assault rifle" was made up by the press.
“The term ‘assault rifle’ was made up by the press.”
I believe Hitler made up the term.
“Still later the MP 44 underwent a name change just for propaganda reasons (possibly coined by Hitler himself) as the Sturmgewehr (assault rifle) 44.”
“...led to the development of the 7.62x39 M43 round and a simpler, more durable assault rifle by Mikhail Kalashnikov that entered Soviet service in 1948 as the Avtomat Kalashnikova 47—destined to be the most produced and widely utilized firearm in history.”
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No, even in the military an "assault rifle" is a thing. Specifically, it is a select-fire rifle with a detachable magazine that fires a cartridge of intermediate power.
Assault weapon, on the other hand, is a complete fabrication of the demoncrats' febrile imaginations.
A Kel-Tec SU2000 is just a semi-auto pistol with a stock a and a long barrel.