User talk:Novos66

StG 44, Sturmgewehr 44, literally "storm [or assault] rifle"
For the intro sentence of this article it is irrelevant when the term "assault rifle" was coined in the English language; this phrase merely provides the literal translation of the word "Sturmgewehr". Since "Sturm" means both storm as in weather (which this type of rifle is unrelated to) and storm as in "to storm a position" (a relatively uncommon/imprecise use in English), "assault" is a better term for it because it lacks the ambiguity/awkwardness. I'm also curious, what was the weapon family of "AK-47" called before 1989 (or 1972 as the other editor said)? --Nczempin (talk) 04:48, 15 October 2013 (UTC)