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To: Cobra64
Only our military have assault rifles

No, our military has "small arms". The term "assault rifle" was made up by the press.

36 posted on 04/03/2023 2:44:54 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: GingisK

“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.”

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/gearscout/tacticool/2019/12/12/tbt-the-real-story-behind-the-legendary-stg-44-sturmgewehr-rifle/

“...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.”


45 posted on 04/03/2023 2:56:01 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: GingisK

10-4


46 posted on 04/03/2023 2:56:27 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: GingisK
"No, our military has "small arms". The term "assault rifle" was made up by the press."

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.

62 posted on 04/03/2023 5:09:47 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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