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Germany is generally credited with developing the first assault rifle with the MP-43, which entered service with select units towards the end of 1943. Later renamed the Sturmgewehr 44—literally ...
Key Point: The M2 tried to play two roles at once—an assault rifle and a carbine. Germany is generally credited with developing the first assault rifle with the MP-43, which entered service with ...