Sport Utility Rifles: etymology, history, etc.

[Bean Counter]

This is the earliest reference I have seen to date for "assault rifles" other than the media hyped scare tactics. Does anybody know when the evil black rifles became known as "assault rifles"?
http://www.tulprpc.org/attachments/File/Army_Gives_Definition_Of_Assault_Rifle.pdf

[follow maggie]

I'm pretty sure the term started with the Germans in world war 2. The media and liberals have coopted the name for a dieffenbachia class of weapon twit they're afraid of because of how it looks.

[Fl0und3rz]

You're right.  Thanks for refreshing my memory.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/03/28/the-sturmgewehr-larry-vickers-and-the-first-assault-rifle/

[CP]

The story that I heard is that it was Hitler that first called the MP 43 a “Sturmgewehr“ translates to storm rifle or assault rifle.