User blog comment:Crazy sam10/Origin weapon menu icons found in game files/@comment-1604371-20130822191745/@comment-3171236-20130823011653

The rifle was originally called the Machinenpistole 43, for "Machine Pistol 43" (Machine Pistol was a designation they gave submachine guns. After they updated it to the MP44, Hitler saw that it was a new weapon entirely, and named it the "Sturmgewehr 44" (literally Storm Rifle 44, translated into English as Assault Rifle 44).