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Title: Sport Utility Rifles: etymology, history, etc.
Post by: Bean Counter on August 11, 2015, 08:38:13 PM

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

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Title: Re: Sport Utility Rifles: etymology, history, etc.
Post by: follow maggie on August 11, 2015, 10:18:46 PM

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.

Title: Re: Sport Utility Rifles: etymology, history, etc.
Post by: Fl0und3rz on August 11, 2015, 10:21:42 PM

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/

Title: Re: Sport Utility Rifles: etymology, history, etc.
Post by: CP on August 13, 2015, 08:52:22 AM

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.