Have been having a discussion with a self-identified "expert" in small arms.
He is claiming the FN-FAL is an "Assault Rifle" because the original trial rifle used an intermediate cartridge before switching to a 7.62x51.
I tried to define an Assault Rifle in the same parlance from the US Army Technical Manual I found in the belongings of a relative published in the late 60's which simply said it was a lightweight rifle capable of automatic fire, chambered for an intermediate cartridge.
The individual I am talking with swears up and down that any infantry weapon system chambered for a rifle round counts as an assault rifle.
Thoughts? Am I that far off base here? Or is this "expert" talking out of his ass?
He is claiming the FN-FAL is an "Assault Rifle" because the original trial rifle used an intermediate cartridge before switching to a 7.62x51.
I tried to define an Assault Rifle in the same parlance from the US Army Technical Manual I found in the belongings of a relative published in the late 60's which simply said it was a lightweight rifle capable of automatic fire, chambered for an intermediate cartridge.
The individual I am talking with swears up and down that any infantry weapon system chambered for a rifle round counts as an assault rifle.
Thoughts? Am I that far off base here? Or is this "expert" talking out of his ass?