AK-47 (in Russian nomenclature simply AK) was submitted for army trials in 1946 and accepted in 1947.
The first use of AK in combat occurred during the suppression of the anti-Communist rebellion in Hungary October 23rd-November 4th, 1956.
The AK47 is an assault rifle that's mostly used in the military all over the world.
STG 44 1940 (Nazi) techinically an assault rifle due to the rifled barrellbut it was developed off of the machine pistol 40. the first "true" assault rifle in it's own right is the automatic kalashnikov 47. this is the most known and is tsill used today
= AK47 =The AK-47 is best described as a hybrid of previous rifle technology innovations: the double locking lugs and unlocking raceway of the M1 Carbine the trigger and safety mechanism of the John Browning designed Remington Model 8 rifle --and the gas system, layout, and intermediate cartridge of the StG44.A clip-fed, gas-operated assault rifle of Soviet design having a caliber of 7.62 millimeters and used throughout the world by armed forces and paramilitary organizations.An automatic rifle, originally of Russian manufacture, that is one of the most widely used assault weapons in the world today. It is reliable under adverse conditions, inexpensive to manufacture, and reasonably accurate.
The FG-42, by Nazi Germany, followed by the MP-43/StG-44.
A TRUE Assault Rifle is legally a machine gun. They are used by military and by specialized security forces, and shot by a very few collectors that can afford a several thousand dollar rifle. What people are CALLING an Assault Rifle, such as the AR-15, is nothing more than a semi automatic rifle. They are used for hunting, target shooting, and self defense.
It is a Russian made 7.62 caliber full automatic assault rifle that is mass produced on a level never seen before on this planet. It has a rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute. The cartridge used is a 7.62x39mm round, also used by the SKS carbine.
The MP-44 or STG 44 was the first ever assault rifle that was created by Nazi Germany. It was effective and was a 7.92mm in caliber. It was used during D-Day and the AK-47 is the deritive of the MP-44.
From 1960 to the present day.
It was the Commando assault rifle with Red Dot Sight and Suppressor.
Union forces had privately purchased them. Rebel forces used captured repeating rifles. The repeater, was considered the "assault rifle" of the Civil War. Just as the M16 assault rifle replaced the M14 rifle in Vietnam.
The M16 and AK are assault rifles A self loading rifle, with a select fire option (e.g., full auto or burst) and which fires a cartridge classed as an 'intermediate' cartridge, generally intended for use at 300 meters range or less. rifles; weapons such as the FAL and G3, which use a full power cartridge, are not - they are battle rifles. The term 'assault rifle' or 'assault weapon' is often incorrectly applied from a political standpoint - semi-auto firearms are not assault rifles.
They both are capable of automatic fire but a machine gun is a "crew-served" weapon while an assault rifle can be used by a single soldier. It generally uses a cartridge smaller than a machine gun and a rifle but larger than a sub-machine gun cartridge, which is a pistol cartridge. In Nazi Germany, they wanted a weapon that was fully automatic, but at the same time, as accurate as the rifle. So they came up with the MP-44 or sturmgewehr 44. The first EVER assault rifle. that's a fact.The AK-47 is probably the most widely known example of a modern assault rifle.