Meaning assault rifle
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assault rifle


weapon capable of both automatic and semi-automatic fire and often equipped with features such as a bayonet mount, detachable magazine, or grenade launcher.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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Associated Press has change its style: to a rifle that is capable of being fired in fully automatic and semi-automatic modes, at the user’s option. Designed for, and used by, military forces. Also used by some law enforcement agencies. The form: an M16 assault rifle, an AK-47 assault rifle. Updated: Nov. 22, 2010
Source: militaryreporter.net (offline)

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By U.S. Army definition, a selective-fire rifle chambered for a cartridge of intermediate power. If applied to any semi-automatic firearm regardless of its cosmetic similarity to a true assault rifle, the term is incorrect.
Source: nraila.org (offline)

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A military style automatic rifle or carbine that fires a shortened rifle caliber round or lower-power smaller-calibre round, from a high-capacity magazine. * '''2014''', Jeff Jacobson, ''Growth'' ( [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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