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- Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:03 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Assault Rifle
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Assault Rifle: n, from German Sturmgewehr (lit. "Storm Rifle). A battle rifle, fully automatic or select-fire, which uses an "intermediate" rifle cartridge greater in power than most pistol cartridges but lesser in power than most rifle cartridges. Ex. M-16, AK-47 (fully automatic version). Often used improperly to describe "lookalike" rifles which fire the same cartridge and externally resemble true assault rifles, but lack fully automatic or select-fire capability.