"assault rifle" for "avtomat"?

[Chris B. Clough]

A Kalashnikov is not, to my understanding, a submachine gun. Assault
rifle is better, I think.
A submachine gun is usually smaller (hence 'sub'), like the UZI or the
H&K MP5. And while machine gun sounds slightly "Rambo" to my ear, it
may be the best descriptive for something larger like the M60.

Chris Clough

On 6/17/06, Peter Scotto <pscotto at mtholyoke.edu> wrote:
> What about "assault rifle" for "avtomat." I'm no expert on this, but isn't that
> how the Kalashnikov is usually classified?
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> Quoting "Paul B. Gallagher" <paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM>:
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> > Peter Scotto wrote:
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> > > Yes, "ochered'" is usually translated as "burst" in this context. I
> > > like the suggestion here very much.
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> > Agreed. And "raked" or "sprayed" could both work.
> >
> > But "submachine gun" sounds a bit passe to my ear; I'm more accustomed
> > to seeing/hearing "automatic weapon" or "machine gun" in the news and
> > entertainment media. Readers with U.S. military experience are invited
> > to chime in at this point.
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