Talk:Assault rifle

The Red Army

The article states that The AK-47 was first adopted in 1949 by the Soviet Union Red Army. The yeas is correct, but the designation (-47) is not - and also since 1946 the Red Army was renamed and became the Soviet Army. Just look at the article. 95.79.192.115 (talk) 09:56, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Caption for AK picture at top of page

is it me, or does this sound rather incorrect: "The AK-47 was first adopted in 1944 by Nazi Germany. It fires the 7.62x39mm M43 round." Now, im guessing that should be changed, yes? HeatedPete 20:54, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

It's called vandalism, and you are encouraged to take the initiative to revert such changes. —Darxus (talk) 23:09, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

It doesn't have to be select fire.

Civilian M4's/AR-15's are NOT select fire, yet on Wikipedia, in their individual pages (and in the rest of the world), they are called "assault rifles." They are defined by the U.S. Government, and various state governments as assault rifles as well. Please remove the erroneous first sentence that proclaims, incorrectly, that select fire is a requirement to be an assault rifle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.85.10.237 (talk) 12:38, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Then go fix it if you're so adamant in your belief. Dr. Whooves (talk) 16:03, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

AK-47 ?

In the Russian classification of weapons AK-47 - is a prototype of assault rifle. In Russian, this asault rifle is called "AK". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.26.30.32 (talk) 19:22, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

The AK-47 name is common in English language sources, so it doesn't matter much what it's named in Russia for the English wikipedia.--Sus scrofa (talk) 20:54, 17 January 2012 (UTC)