An infantry rifle designed for combat, with selective fire capability. The German StG44 was the very first mass-produced assault rifle ever designed and introduced in battle.
In the strictest of definitions for a firearm to be considered an assault rifle, it must at least follow these characteristics:
This tag implicates rifle (learn more).
The following tags implicate this tag: adaptive_combat_rifle, ak-102, ak-107, ak-12, ak-15, ak-47, ak-74, ak-74m, akm, aks-74u, an-94, as_val, beretta_ar70/90, daewoo_k1, daewoo_k11, daewoo_k2, famas, fn_f2000, fn_fnc, fn_scar, h&k_g11, h&k_g36, h&k_g41, h&k_hk33, h&k_hk416, howa_type_89, imi_galil, iwi_tavor, l85, m16, m4_carbine, ma5, ots-12_tiss, ots-14_groza, qbz-03, qbz-95, sig_551, sig_556, sig_sg552, steyr_acr, steyr_aug, stg44, t65_assault_rifle, t91_assault_rifle, type_56_assault_rifle, vektor_cr-21, zastava_m21, and zastava_m70 (learn more).