Kyle Rittenhouse sued by estate of Joseph Rosenbaum

[Dante Reawakened]

translation: assault or storm. Some people went with assault.

But Americans weren't parroting Hitler

A Brief History of the Assault Rifle

The assault rifle is a class of weapon that emerged in the middle of the last century to meet the needs of combat soldiers on the modern battlefield, where the level of violence had reached such heights that an entirely new way of fighting had emerged.

www.rand.org

 

[Dante Reawakened]

when translated into English the ‘Storm/Assault-Rifle 44’.

Storm or Assault?

It's an American thing 'assault rifle' and it was coined in major usage by a handgun control group

A Brief History of the Assault Rifle

The assault rifle is a class of weapon that emerged in the middle of the last century to meet the needs of combat soldiers on the modern battlefield, where the level of violence had reached such heights that an entirely new way of fighting had emerged.

www.rand.org

The ammunition the Germans developed for what would become the first mass-produced assault rifle, the Sturmgewehr (StG) 44, was the same caliber as the standard German rifle ammunition (7.98 mm) but with a case that was considerably shorter: 33 mm versus 57 mm.

This meant that while the bullet was the same size, it was propelled by a smaller amount of gunpowder. The gun kicked less and was easier to control, even when set to automatic, and fired at a rate of 600 bullets per minute. The 98K it was intended to replace was not even semi-automatic.

The StG 44 was not lighter than the 98k, but it had a barrel that, at 16.5 inches, was about half a foot shorter. It also had a 30-round magazine, compared to the 98K's five-round magazine.

Of course, the StG 44 packed less punch than the 98K and was not as accurate at extreme distances, but the Germans understood that the StG 44 was deadly enough.

Fortunately for the Allies, the Germans did not issue many StG 44s until late in 1944, at which point having a better gun wasn't enough to turn the tide of the war.

 

[Auld Phart]

translation: assault or storm. Some people went with assault.

But Americans weren't parroting Hitler

A Brief History of the Assault Rifle

The assault rifle is a class of weapon that emerged in the middle of the last century to meet the needs of combat soldiers on the modern battlefield, where the level of violence had reached such heights that an entirely new way of fighting had emerged.

www.rand.org

From your link:

"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 not by the technical name given it by its developers, the Machinenpistole (the German name for a submachine gun), but rather something that made for better propaganda copy. A Sturmgewehr, he called the new gun: a “storm” or “assault” weapon."

 

[Hollie]

translation: assault or storm. Some people went with assault.

But Americans weren't parroting Hitler

A Brief History of the Assault Rifle

The assault rifle is a class of weapon that emerged in the middle of the last century to meet the needs of combat soldiers on the modern battlefield, where the level of violence had reached such heights that an entirely new way of fighting had emerged.

www.rand.org

That's funny because your post #385 contradicts what you're writing now.


Did your hurt feelings cause you to abandon what you wrote earlier?

"In 1984, a group called Handgun Control, Inc. first used the term “assault weapon” in reference to a rifle in a newspaper advertisement."

 

[Dante Reawakened]

That's funny because your post #385 contradicts what you're writing now.


Did your hurt feelings cause you to abandon what you wrote earlier?

"In 1984, a group called Handgun Control, Inc. first used the term “assault weapon” in reference to a rifle in a newspaper advertisement."

Nope

 

[Dante Reawakened]

That's funny because your post #385 contradicts what you're writing now.


Did your hurt feelings cause you to abandon what you wrote earlier?

"In 1984, a group called Handgun Control, Inc. first used the term “assault weapon” in reference to a rifle in a newspaper advertisement."

see: assault weapon.

then see the bullshit you parrot (as if you actually know anything): storm/assault rifle.

Hitler had Storm Troopers, Not Assault Troopers

 

[Hollie]

Nope

That's what you posted.

 

[Hollie]

see: assault weapon.

then see the bullshit you parrot (as if you actually know anything): storm/assault rifle.

Hitler had Storm Troopers, Not Assault Troopers

So, you agree what you posted was incorrect.

I'll check my calendar but I think the 1940's came before the 1980's.

 

[Dante Reawakened]

That's what you posted.

Nope.

 

[Dante Reawakened]

So, you agree what you posted was incorrect.

I'll check my calendar but I think the 1940's came before the 1980's.

Nope

 

[Hollie]

Nope

It's your post #385.

Too late to edit now and avoid your hurt feelings.

 

[Dante Reawakened]

It's your post #385.

Too late to edit now and avoid your hurt feelings.

Nope. Nope. and Nope.

 

[Flash]

Hitler called them storm rifles. Everything was dumbed down for the wider audience -- marketing. The use of the term 'assault rifles' is an American thing. No one was borrowing from Hitler

You didn't answer my question.

Were the Lee-Enfields that the Brits used to assault the beaches at Normandy "assault weapons"?

 

[Dante Reawakened]

You didn't answer my question.

Were the Lee-Enfields that the Brits used to assault the beaches at Normandy "assault weapons"?

No. They were peace keepers. Everyone knows that.

 

[Flash]

No. They were peace keepers. Everyone knows that.

So no German got assaulted with a .303 up their Nazi ass?

 

[Crepitus]

Boy did he luck out.

He didn't "luck out" he actively went looking for someone to shoot.

 

[Delldude]

He didn't "luck out" he actively went looking for someone to shoot.

Known as a target rich environment.

 

[Auld Phart]

He didn't "luck out" he actively went looking for someone to shoot.

and yet it took him hours to find that someone.

 

[Delldude]

and yet it took him hours to find that someone.

'Turn around....look at me'

 

[Auld Phart]

'Turn around....look at me'

cryptic.

care to explain?