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Actually, while it does not use the term in its designations, the U.S. military DOES use it in official documentation concern the arms of other nations.
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It is very confusing in US political debates regarding assault weapons in general, where some politicians think that any rifle that has military-like design features are to be lumped into the assault weapon category. Maybe the terms "assault rifle" or "assault weapon" should be replaced with "standard (or current) military issue rifle" If you give an assault trooper - a weapon - it will be an assault weapon, whether it is a pistol or battle rifle, or burp gun, (even a dagger). The semantics of the term assault rifle depends on how you define its contex (weapon action design, or cartridge system, take yer pick). Similar semantics play out to the term "gun". Which in Mil circles refers to field artillery, but in the common venacular can be as small as a Saturday night special. Perhaps "selective fire/ intermediate cartridge rifle" would be more appropriate instead of assault rifle. But then the US M2 carbine would fit that category. Bummer.
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The M2 was, by definition, an assault rifle. Also, the term "assault" in thise instance, means to rapidly attack, or "storm," a position.
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The M2 was clambered in an intermediate cartridge, fed from a detachable box magazine, and was capable of semi- and fully-automatic fire. By definition, it was an assault rifle.
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Not really. While all modern firearms are rifles, save for shotguns, the the terms "rifle" and "carbine" stem from colloquial use. Historically, "rifle" came to mean an infantry long gun, while "carbine" referred to a shortened rifle - also known as a "musketoon." However, "rifle" is typically used as a broad category for any rifled-bore, shouldered firearm not chambered in a pistol cartridge. The mess comes when people deliberately overthink the terminology.
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The BAR was not a light machine gun, it was an automatic rifle. Light machine guns are designed for sustained automatic fire. Squad Automatic Weapons are light machine guns. The terms LMG, assault rifle, automatic rifle, and battle rifle are effectively universal, even though not all countries use them in their own designations.
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Lovely illustrations of the weaponry as always!
But this is the first time I’ve ever seen the Weibel before
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