natedog
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(Please don't bring up semantics with this one, Yes I know that assault is a verb, not an adjective, and that if I smacked you with a baseball bat then that'd be an assault weapon, too. Everyone knows what I'm talking about when I say assault rifle).
The technical definition of an assault rifle is "a firearm that is chambered for ammunition of reduced size or propellant charge and has the capacity to switch between semiautomatic and fully automatic fire". The M-2 Carbine fits all of these categories, so why isn't it considered the first assault rifle, while the Stg-44 (introduced several years after) is? Is it the caliber? Is the M-2 Carbine more of a SMG than an assault rifle? Or does it not fit into traditional categories?
(Please don't bring up semantics with this one, Yes I know that assault is a verb, not an adjective, and that if I smacked you with a baseball bat then that'd be an assault weapon, too. Everyone knows what I'm talking about when I say assault rifle).
The technical definition of an assault rifle is "a firearm that is chambered for ammunition of reduced size or propellant charge and has the capacity to switch between semiautomatic and fully automatic fire". The M-2 Carbine fits all of these categories, so why isn't it considered the first assault rifle, while the Stg-44 (introduced several years after) is? Is it the caliber? Is the M-2 Carbine more of a SMG than an assault rifle? Or does it not fit into traditional categories?