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Title: Say what?
Post by: HD on November 11/15/23, 04:29:50 PM

 :bonk:

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Title: Re: Say what?
Post by: Jerkbiat on November 11/17/23, 05:32:40 AM

 :happy1: :happy1:

Title: Re: Say what?
Post by: tangle tooth on November 11/17/23, 07:04:20 AM

      This might be a silly question. Who actually started using the term "assault rifle"?
      I've heard more than a few young vets say they would never want to carry something like an AR-15 in to a real battle.

Title: Re: Say what?
Post by: Steve-o on November 11/17/23, 07:21:25 AM

It figures...

A Brief History of the Assault Rifle (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/06/a-brief-history-of-the-assault-rifle/489428/)

The name “assault rifle” is believed to have been coined by Adolf Hitler. Toward the end of World War II, the story goes, Hitler hailed his army’s new wonder weapon by insisting that it be called ... something that made for better propaganda copy. A Sturmgewehr, he called the new gun: a “storm” or “assault” weapon.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Sturmgewehr_44.jpg/640px-Sturmgewehr_44.jpg)

Prolly a good thing they didn't have these before the war started.

Title: Re: Say what?
Post by: LPS on November 11/17/23, 08:02:07 AM

And of course the AR as in AR-15 does not mean assault rifle.  It is the abbreviation of Armalite the company that makes them.