Assault rifle

Assault rifles are selective fire intermediate-power rifles. ==History== The first true assault rifle was probably the Italy-made Cei-Rigotti, which was developed around the beginning of the 20th century but never entered military service. The first service assault rifle was the Russian Federov Avtomat of 1916 chambered for the Japanese Arisaka 6.5�50 mm rifle cartridge, which due to supply problems was only used in small numbers. After these early starts, the idea of the assault rifle was mostly left dormant. An attempt to provide soldiers with a rifle with an intermediate-power ammunition and heavier than submachine guns (too weak and with too short a range due to the pistol ammunition), but lighter than long rifles (uncomfortable to shoot, and difficult to control on full-automatic because of the powerful ammunition and more expensive to design and manufacture), by the Italy arms company Beretta resulted with its MAB 38 (''Moschetto Automatico Beretta 1938''). The MAB 38 used a Fiocchi ''9M38'' cartridge, a higher-powered 9 mm Parabellum, which could provide a longer range. The useful range was about 200 m, although it was declared at 500 m. The MAB 38 was a multipurpose weapon. Germany had studied the problem since WWI, and their factories made a variety of non-standard cartridges, so they had less incentive to remain with their existing calibers. At first they were still using the 8�57JS and 8mm Mauser. The 7.92�30 mm cartridge was the best of that production, and in 1941 it was improved to 7.9�33 mm ''Infanterie Kurz Patrone''. In 1942 it was improved again as ''Maschinenkarabiner Patrone S'' and in 1943 ''Pistolen Patrone 43mE'', then finally ''Infanterie Kurz Patrone 43''. All these names follow the troubled creation of the Stg 44. In 1942 Walther presented the ''Maschinenkarabiner'' (automatic carabine, abbr. MK), named MKb42(W). In the same year, Haenel presented the MKb42(H), designed by Hugo Schmeisser as a result of this program. Rheinmetall-Borsig (some said Krieghoff) presented its FG-42 (Fallschirmjaeger Gewehr 42) though this was was in a different role, and using a heavy 8�57 mm cartridge. The FG-42 was sponsored by Hermann G�ring. War-time tests in Russia indicated the MKb42(H) was the best of the three. Schmeisser developed it first as the MP43, then MP43/1 and finally as the STG 44 Sturmgewehr. It immediately entered large scale production. More than 5,000 pieces had been produced by February 1944, 55,000 by the following November. Statistical studies of real battles performed by the U.S. Army indicated that combat beyond 200 yards is rare. The Russians saw no reason to make a rifle that shoots beyond a rifleman's ability to aim. Therefore a lighter, less-powerful cartridge (weaponry) could be effective. This permitted a lighter rifle and enabled troops to carry more ammunition, making them more autonomous. The lighter ammunition would use far less cargo capacity on trains, trucks, ships and helicopters. This reduced the cost of resupply. In addition, the smaller size and easy handling of an assault rifle would reduce the burden on tank crews, support troops, and units with missions other than front line combat. All of these led to the widespread adoption of assault rifles. Since WWII, many nations have developed assault rifles, some very soon after the end of the war, while others continued the development of high-powered battle rifles with ranges beyond 500 meters until the 1960s. Examples of battle rifles are the Belgium FN FAL and the Germany Heckler und Koch G3. In the US, the term has recently been modified as "assault weapon" and applied (for assault weapons ban (USA)) to various semi-automatic firearms. Arms manufacturers had for decades advertised the supposed resemblance of their civilian products to military weapons. ==Effects on doctrine and organization== Studies by the U.S. Army indicate that most conflicts between soldiers occur at ranges of 100 meters or less. Russian doctrine asserts that the typical soldier is unable to aim beyond 400 meters, and therefore 400 m should be the ultimate aimed range of a rifle for massed fire. These studies influenced the basic design of the assault rifle, which caused ordinary soldiers to become less able to fire accurately at long ranges. However, Russian and Russian-derived doctrines include squad-level snipers, while the U.S. and its derived doctrines maintain a sniper team at battalion level. ==Unrelated Terms== In the United States, the term 'assault weapon' was used in certain groups primarily to describe a collection of semi-automatic firearms that have certain features, such as a magazine larger than ten rounds or a folding stock. It has been used primarily in relation to a specific Gun law, a bill commonly known as the 'Assault Weapons Ban', 'Clinton gun ban' or '1994 crime bill', although weapons capable of automatic fire, including assault rifles, have been under heavy restrictions since the 1930s in the US and were not affected by this now-expired law. ==See also== *:Category:Assault rifles *Federal assault weapons ban (USA) *Gas-actuated *Firearm action ==External links== * [http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/Assault.htm Assault Rifles and their Ammunition: History and Prospects] Rifles Assault rifles

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"Assault rifles cause injuries more often than death. Doctrines vary concerning this effect. The U.S. military states that this is an intentional goal. " Can anyone provide any citations for these facts? I have heard it thrown around frequently by gun shop commandos but never seen any actual documentation. It seems to me that purposely wounding without an attempt to kill would be contrary to the rules of war established by the Geneva and Hague conventions. If no one can do this I would suggest the passages about wounding be removed. ---- This is a basically very good article, but I see two problems. I'd be bold in updating and correct it myself, but I'm afraid that I haven't really got the time this evening. (And I accidentally created a firestorm with my :Gun safety page, so I'd like to let others handle this article. :-) ) 1. The article should make the point more clear about the difference between fully-automatic and semi-automatic weapons. The article does make the distinction, but it describes 'assault rifles' as having a 'selective rate of fire', which is true only of true assault rifles, i.e. true military fully automatic rifles. The civilian versions are semi-automatic. 2. As much as I agree with the argument that the only ''significant'' difference between "assault rifles" and low powered hunting rifles is the selective rate of fire, I think this needs to be better supported. Those who are in support of "assault weapons bans" often use dishonest arguments about "high rate of fire" and so forth. but there are honest defenders of these laws who point to such features as pistol grips as making these guns particularly suitable for "spray and pray" criminals. I don't agree with these poeple, but the argument needs to be noted as an honest point. Is that political point even appropriate for this page? Perhaps it is. But we need to be careful to ''present'' the debate, rather than ''take a side'' in the debate. We can best present the debate by giving the strongest arguments from each side. ---- The main part of the article is very informative, I like it! The bit about the ban in California seemed out of place, though ... I've moved it to a subpage for now. I see that the politics tie somewhat into the definition that various groups tag to the "Assault rifle" term. Maybe just mention that on the page itself? Other than that, I think the gun politics should be confined to their own page ... --:Robbe ---- I certainly agree with Robbe: All aspects realting to gun regulation politics should be located on a separate page (with a pointer from here perhaps) and this page dedicated to hard facts about assault rifles. I think it's a good article, informative and fairly exhaustive, some politics pruning and we should be home free :-) By the way, isn't an assauylt rifle a military weapon by definition? Is there such a thing as a civilian assault rifle? Ah, better put that on :US gun politics, hehe. --Anders T�rlind :As a temporary measure, would be alright to shift the stuff on resisting tyranny to a :Assault_rifle/politics subpage? --:Robert Merkel ---- I've bitten the bullet and moved it here for the moment. It needs to be made NPOV and shifted to a seperate politics page. --user:Robert Merkel Effects on governance Bayonet lugs, flash-suppression, large magazines and selective-fire are the significant functional differences between an assault rifle and a low-powered, lightweight hunting rifle. These are not large differences. Large capacity magazines and flash suppressors are easy to install. Lightly trained persons can simulate selective fire with any type of repeating rifle, including old-west lever-actions. Bayonet lugs serve only dire military situations. Thus, as one would expect, forces armed primarily with true assault rifles are relatively ineffective except against unarmed persons. Non-governmental organizations with expedient arms have successfully resisted them. In the U.S., most civilian weapons labelled "assault rifles" lack selective fire. Their magazines contain ten rounds or less. They fire once for each pull of the trigger, and have no way to act as "machine guns." This allows owners to avoid paying the $200 treasury fee and licensing required to own a small automatic weapon in the U.S. The weapons threaten members of civil government simply because they are effective small arms. Many owners see this as a check on tyranny, and training for civil defense. ---- How about a section clearly stating the definition of the assault rifle as historically originated by the Stg44: # select fire, with both semi-automatic and fully-automatic modes; # an intermediate cartridge, between a pistol and rifle round in power; # a large-capacity detachable box magazine, usually 20 rounds or higher. And the current usage, with a note on its controversy, of "assault weapon", which is quite different. I believe the most relevant codified definition of "assault weapon" is in the USA AWB of 1994. --User:Blikbok 17:55, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC) == History == The history-chapter seems to be rather long with all the examples, especially when most of the rifles already have their own separate articles. How about breaking the history to its separate article or at least breaking the example rifles to their own articles? Btw, I copied the M-16 image to the introduction chapter. --User:ZeroOne 12:14, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC) == Suggest 21 possible wiki links and 73 possible backlinks for Assault rifle. == An User:Nickj/Link_Suggester has some possible wiki link suggestions for the Assault_rifle article: * Can link fire support: ...on== The typical mission of an assault rifle is to provide Fire support at ranges up to 200 meters by ordinary troops. It is design... 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''User talk:LinkBot'': User:Nickj/Link Suggester/Positive Feedback, User:Nickj/Link Suggester/Negative Feedback, User:Nickj/Link Suggester/Don't link to — User:LinkBot 11:34, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC) :I took care of the 21 wikilinks. Thanks! :) --User:ZeroOne 18:26, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC) ==Overhaul== The page seems to be in a bit of a state, I plan to overhaul it unless anyone objects. Included will be merging the texts of the individual weapons described with their own pages and removing them from here. User:Dan100 18:54, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC) There�s not enough attention towards the AK-47. It�s still widely used and is propably the most plagiarized assault rifle in the world. At least it should be added to the "Significant models"-section. == Overhaul == As promised, I've overhauled this article, removing speculation, original research, PoV, irrelevant material and moving excess text to more appropiate pages. Some of what I removed is reproduced below for historic record: The low training time for US soldiers is often blamed for the known inability of the soldiers to control their fire (US Army basic training is eight weeks, compared with 12 weeks for the Canadian reserve force and 13 for the US Marine Corps.) Also the US focuses mainly on physical soldiering skills, whereas most other modern nations focus more on mental soldier skills ("boot camp" is typically used to describe military basic training, whereas calling the basic training of most other nations "boot camp" is considered a grave insult.) Some later models of the Russian Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifles can reduce the rate of fire below five rounds per second. Although this may aid logistics, lowered logistic loads is said to be a doctrine of secondary importance. The lower rate of fire is to help moderately skilled shooters, while it is said to limit better shooters. Many Russian troops apparently dislike this accessory, because it reduces the rate of fire during the assault, and is less reliable than a simple automatic sear. (''This was a copy n past from AK47'') To reduce logistic problems, and still provide high rates of fire, some current military doctrines employ a squad automatic weapon used by one or a few specially-trained soldiers in a squad. The term squad is largely a US term, where the equivalent to a squad automatic weapon is a part of most normal military training. Fully automatic assault rifles can, at a pinch, replace a light machine gun. Another very common method is to have one of the riflemen (the nearest and typically a fireteam partner), pick up the gun of a fallen machinegunner and thence, until proper unit reorg, become a machine gunner himself. Some weapons such as the AK-47, although classified as assault rifles, were designed as light infantry automatic weapons with single-shot capability, rather than rifles with the option of full-automatic fire, such as the M-16. Therefore, the doctrines associated are often weapon dependent. The helicopter had become an important, perhaps the primary, means of resupplying embattled troops. User:Dan100 12:26, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)

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