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Wasn't the Fedorov Avtomat the first assault rifle instead of the StG 44?
I see. What were some other early examples of assault rifles?
The term "assault rifle" was not officially coined until the StG 44 was developed and used in Germany during World War II, but there were other early examples of weapons that could be classified as assault rifles. The concept of a weapon that combined the range and accuracy of a rifle with the firepower and rate of fire of a submachine gun was explored by several countries during the interwar period, including the Soviet Union with the AVS-36 and the United States with the BAR.