The
service rifle (also known as
standard-issue rifle) of a given
armyAn army An army An army (from Latin armata "armed (things)" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based Military of a nation. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...
or
armed forceThe armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggressors. In some countries...
is that which it issues as standard to its
soldierA soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
s. In modern forces, this is typically a highly versatile and rugged
assault rifleAn assault rifle is a rifle designed for combat, with selective fire . Assault rifles are the standard infantry weapons in most modern armies, having largely superseded or supplemented larger and more powerful battle rifles such as the M14, FN FAL and the Heckler & Koch G3...
suitable for use in nearly all
theatresIn warfare, a theater or theatre is defined as a specific geographical area of conduct of armed conflict, bordered by areas where no combat is taking place....
and environments. Service rifles are also often selected for their upgradability (e.g. the addition of underslung
grenade launcherA grenade launcher is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity, and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand....
s, sights, flashlights, laser sights, etc).
Although certain weapons issued to
special forcesSpecial forces and special operations forces are generic terms for elite highly-trained military teams/units that conduct specialized operations such as reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, direct action and counter-terrorism actions.In the United States, the term special operations forces is...
units are rarely considered "service weapons" in the truest sense, certain specialist
rifleA rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile , imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the...
s and
submachine gunA submachine gun is a firearm that combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol, and is usually between the two in weight and size...
s are categorized as such if issued as per
standing operating procedureThe terms standard operating procedure and standing operating procedure, both abbreviated by the initialism, SOP, are used in a variety of different contexts: healthcare, education, industry, military, etc.-General use:...
s upon entering special environments or scenarios.
The
service rifle (also known as
standard-issue rifle) of a given
armyAn army An army An army (from Latin armata "armed (things)" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based Military of a nation. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...
or
armed forceThe armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggressors. In some countries...
is that which it issues as standard to its
soldierA soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
s. In modern forces, this is typically a highly versatile and rugged
assault rifleAn assault rifle is a rifle designed for combat, with selective fire . Assault rifles are the standard infantry weapons in most modern armies, having largely superseded or supplemented larger and more powerful battle rifles such as the M14, FN FAL and the Heckler & Koch G3...
suitable for use in nearly all
theatresIn warfare, a theater or theatre is defined as a specific geographical area of conduct of armed conflict, bordered by areas where no combat is taking place....
and environments. Service rifles are also often selected for their upgradability (e.g. the addition of underslung
grenade launcherA grenade launcher is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity, and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand....
s, sights, flashlights, laser sights, etc).
Although certain weapons issued to
special forcesSpecial forces and special operations forces are generic terms for elite highly-trained military teams/units that conduct specialized operations such as reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, direct action and counter-terrorism actions.In the United States, the term special operations forces is...
units are rarely considered "service weapons" in the truest sense, certain specialist
rifleA rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile , imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the...
s and
submachine gunA submachine gun is a firearm that combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol, and is usually between the two in weight and size...
s are categorized as such if issued as per
standing operating procedureThe terms standard operating procedure and standing operating procedure, both abbreviated by the initialism, SOP, are used in a variety of different contexts: healthcare, education, industry, military, etc.-General use:...
s upon entering special environments or scenarios. These may include
urban warfareUrban warfare is combat conducted in urban areas such as towns and cities.Urban combat is very different from combat in the open at both the operational and tactical level...
(FIBUA/MOUT) and
jungle warfareJungle warfare is a term used to cover the special techniques needed for military units to survive and fight in jungle terrain.It has been the topic of extensive study by military strategists, and was an important part of the planning for both sides in many conflicts, including World War II and the...
environments.
Most armies also have
service pistolA service pistol is any handgun issued to military personnel, or in some contexts, law enforcement officers.-History:...
s/
side armA side arm is a firearm, usually a pistol, which is worn on the body in a holster to permit immediate access and use. A side arm is typically required equipment for military personnel and sometimes carried by law enforcement personnel...
s.
History
Originally, rifles used in combat were not standard-issue weapons like the service rifles of today. Rifles were for specialist marksmen only, whilst the ordinary infantry were issued less accurate
smoothboreA smoothbore weapon is one which has a barrel without rifling. Smoothbores range from handheld firearms to powerful tank guns and large artillery mortars.-History of firearms and rifling:...
musketA musket is a muzzle-loaded, smooth bore long gun, which is intended to be fired from the shoulder.Usually, the musket is thought to be the weapon that replaced the arquebus, and was in turn replaced by the rifle...
s which had a higher rate of fire, with bore diameters as high as 19 mm, or 0.75 inch. By the middle of the 19th century, however, rifles were becoming more and more common on the battlefield, with the muskets being phased out. Originally, these combat rifles were single-shot muzzleloading weapons, but as technology advanced through the 18th and 19th centuries, so too did the technique of loading rounds. First, breech-loading firearms, like the Prussian
Needle gunThe Dreyse needle-gun was a military breechloading rifle, famous as the main infantry weapon of the Prussians, who adopted it for service in 1841 as the Dreyse Zündnadelgewehr, or Prussian Model 1841...
of the mid-18th century came to prominence, which then evolved into repeating weapons, such as the bolt-action
Mosin-NagantThe Mosin–Nagant is a bolt-action, internal magazine fed, military rifle that was used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations, most of them from Eastern bloc...
rifle used by
Imperial RussiaThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia, and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the
Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. The name is a translation of the , tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated СССР, SSSR. The common short name is Soviet Union, from , Sovetskiy Soyuz...
in
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. By this time almost all prominent armies in the world had some sort of standard service rifle.
During the Second World War, there was yet another leap forward in rifle design which was to influence service rifles even today. That is, the use of a fired cartridge's gas emissions to automatically rechamber rounds into the breech once a bullet had been fired, as well as expelling the old cartridge. These weapons were known as
gas-operated firearmsGas-operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to operate autoloading firearms. In gas-operation, a portion of high pressure gas from the cartridge being fired is used to power a mechanism to extract the spent case and chamber a new cartridge. Energy from the gas is harnessed...
. Some of the earliest examples of these were most prominent in the Second World War, and were usually semi automatic, such as the American-made M1 Garand, first brought into service with the United States in 1936. These "
battle rifleA battle rifle is a full-size rifle designed for military use that fires a high-power rifle cartridge such as the U.S. .30-06 Springfield, the German 7.92x57mm IS, the Russian 7.62x54mmR, or the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge...
s", as they were called, usually fired a "full-sized" (as opposed to an intermediate) rifle cartridge, such as the
.30-06 SpringfieldThe .30-06 Springfield cartridge or 7.62 x 63 mm in metric notation, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and standardized, used until the 1960s and early 1970s. It replaced the .30-03, 6 mm Lee Navy and .30 US Army...
or
.303 British.303 British, or 7.7mmx56R, is a .311 inch calibre rifle and machine gun cartridge first developed in Britain in the 1880s as a blackpowder round, later adapted to use cordite and then smokeless powder propellant...
. Another type of commonly-issued rifle which was to become well known during this time was the
assault rifleAn assault rifle is a rifle designed for combat, with selective fire . Assault rifles are the standard infantry weapons in most modern armies, having largely superseded or supplemented larger and more powerful battle rifles such as the M14, FN FAL and the Heckler & Koch G3...
, a (usually) fully-automatic rifle firing a lighter "intermediate" cartridge, as opposed to the full-sized cartridges used by battle rifles. The first of these was the Sturmgewehr 44, used by Nazi Germany in the later stages of the Second World War. The StG44 was not issued in large numbers, and was never adopted as Germany's service rifle. However, this weapon was to serve as the precursor to other assault rifles such as the Soviet
AK-47The AK-47 is a selective fire, gas operated 7.62mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the 1940s. Six decades later, the AK-47 and its variants and derivatives remain in service throughout the world...
, the American
M-16The M16 is the U.S. military designation for the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle. Colt purchased the rights to the AR-15 and currently uses that designation only for semi-automatic versions of the rifle....
, the Belgian
FN FALThe Fusil Automatique Léger or FAL is a 7.62x51mm NATO self-loading, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries...
, the German
G3The G3 is a 7.62mm battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CETME ....
and the Swiss Sturmgewehr 57, which today supersede battle rifles as the service rifle of choice for militaries the world over.
Angola
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
AK-47The AK-47 is a selective fire, gas operated 7.62mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the 1940s. Six decades later, the AK-47 and its variants and derivatives remain in service throughout the world...
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Selective-FireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x39mmThe 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine by the Soviet Union.The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German...
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1950s- |
Argentina
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| Remington EN M1879 |
Rolling block A rolling block is a form of firearm action where the sealing of the breech is done with a specially shaped breechblock able to rotate on a pin. The breechblock is shaped like a section of a circle....
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.45-70The .45-70 rifle cartridge, also known as .45-70 Government, was developed at the U.S. Army's Springfield Armory for use in the Springfield Model 1873 .45 caliber rifle, known to collectors as the "Trapdoor Springfield." The new cartridge was a replacement for the stop-gap .50-70 Government...
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1879-1891 |
| Mauser Modelo Argentino 1891 |
Bolt action |
7.65x53mm Mauser |
1891-1909 |
| Mauser Modelo Argentino 1909 |
Bolt action |
7.65x53mm Mauser |
1909-1959 |
| FN-FAL |
Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1959-Present |
Australia
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Lee-EnfieldThe Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire/Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957...
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Bolt-Action The term bolt action refers to a type of firearm action in which the weapon's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon...
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.303 SAA Ball .303 British, or 7.7mmx56R, is a .311 inch calibre rifle and machine gun cartridge first developed in Britain in the 1880s as a blackpowder round, later adapted to use cordite and then smokeless powder propellant...
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1904-1950s |
| L1A1 SLR The Fusil Automatique Léger or FAL is a 7.62x51mm NATO self-loading, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries...
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Semi-Automatic Semi-automatic may refer to:* A semi-automatic firearm, a firearm which automatically reloads, but will only fire one round per trigger pull** Semi-automatic rifle** Semi-automatic pistol** Semi-automatic shotgun...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1957-1980s |
F88 AusteyrThe AUG is an Austrian bullpup 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1970s by Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co KG . The AUG was adopted by the Austrian Army as the StG 77 in 1977, where it replaced the 7.62mm StG 58 automatic rifle...
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Selective-FireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1988-Present |
Austria
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| Lorenz Rifle The .54 Lorenz rifle was invented in 1854 by Austrian lieutenant Joseph Lorenz. It had a 37.5 inch barrel and three steel bands similar to the Enfield Musket and 1861 Springfield. The Lorenz could have either block or leaf-sights and the stock was made of beech or occasionally walnut.The Lorenz...
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Rifled musket The term rifled musket or rifle musket refers to a specific type of weapon made in the mid-19th century.-History and development:In the early 19th century, there were rifles, and there were muskets. Muskets were smooth bore weapons, firing round balls or buck and ball ammunition...
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14mm? |
1854-1867 |
Wanzl rifleThe Wanzl rifle was a breechloading conversion of the Lorenz musket used as the service rifle of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1854 until it was replaced by the M1867 Werndl-Holub....
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Trapdoor breechloader |
14mm Wanzl rimfire |
1867-1872 |
| M1867 Werndl-Holub |
Rotary block |
11x42mm |
1867-1881 |
| M1881 Kropatschek -Variants:Austria-Hungary:* Gendarmerie Repetier-Karabiner M1881: 11mm Gendarmerie Carbine ;*Kropatschek Torpedo Boats Gewehr M1893: 8mm Navy Rifle for Torpedo boat crews.France:...
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Bolt action |
11.15x42R |
1881-? |
| M1886 Mannlicher Mannlicher may refer to:*Ferdinand Mannlicher - a famous weapon designer*various guns bearing his name:**Rifle Mannlicher-Schönauer**Pistol Steyr Mannlicher M1894**Pistol Steyr Mannlicher M1901**Rifle Mannlicher-Carcano M91**Rifle Steyr-Mannlicher M1895...
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Bolt action |
11x42mm, 8x52mmR |
1886-1895 |
Steyr-Mannlicher M1895The Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 rifle is an early bolt-action rifle, designed by Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher. It was employed by the Austro-Hungarian army throughout World War I, and post-war by both Austrian and Hungarian armies. During World War II Romania employed the Mannlicher rifle heavily...
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Straight-pull |
8x50mm rimmed The Austrian 8x50mmR is an old cartridge dating back to the days of blackpowder. The 8x50mmR cartridge was first introduced in 1888 for the Mannlicher Repetier-Gewehr M.88. The rifle was an updated version of the Mannlicher M.86, the M.88 used a slightly updated version of the "wedge-lock" bolt...
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1895-1945 |
| Stg 58 (FAL) |
Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1958-1977 |
Stg 77The AUG is an Austrian bullpup 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1970s by Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co KG . The AUG was adopted by the Austrian Army as the StG 77 in 1977, where it replaced the 7.62mm StG 58 automatic rifle...
(Steyr AUG) |
Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1977-Present |
Belgium
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| Albini rifle The Albini rifle was a single-shot 11mm rifle adopted by Belgium in 1867. It is named for its designers, Augusto Albini and Francis Braendlin .-Sources:*...
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Hinged breechblock |
11mm |
1867-? |
| FN Mauser M1889 |
Bolt action |
7.65x53mm Argentine |
1889-1940 |
| FN Mauser M1936 |
Bolt-action |
7.65x53mm Argentine |
1936-1949 |
FN SAFN-49The Fabrique Nationale Model 1949 is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Dieudonné Saive and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale...
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Semi-automatic A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot...
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.30-06 SpringfieldThe .30-06 Springfield cartridge or 7.62 x 63 mm in metric notation, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and standardized, used until the 1960s and early 1970s. It replaced the .30-03, 6 mm Lee Navy and .30 US Army...
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1949-1956 |
| FN FAL The Fusil Automatique Léger or FAL is a 7.62x51mm NATO self-loading, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1953-present |
FN FNCThe FNC is a 5.56mm assault rifle developed by the Belgian arms manufacturer Fabrique Nationale of Herstal and introduced in the late 1970s.-Development:...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1979-present |
Bolivia
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| SIG SG 510 |
Battle rifle A battle rifle is a full-size rifle designed for military use that fires a high-power rifle cartridge such as the U.S. .30-06 Springfield, the German 7.92x57mm IS, the Russian 7.62x54mmR, or the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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Brazil
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| M1873 Brazilian Comblain The M1870 Belgian Comblain was a falling-block rifle invented by Hubert-Joseph Comblain of Liège, Belgium.-Users:: M1882 Belgian Comblain: M1873 Brazilian Comblain: M1874 Chilean Comblain: Brazilian Comblain Carbine Model 92-Sources:*...
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Falling block |
11x53mmR |
1873-1892 |
| M88 German Commission Rifle |
Bolt action |
7x57mm Mauser |
1892-1894 |
| Mauser M1894 Rifle |
Bolt action |
7x57mm Mauser |
1894-1908 |
| Mauser M1908 (M1908/34, M1935) |
Bolt action |
7x57mm Mauser |
1908-1954 |
| Mauser M954 Mosquetão |
Bolt action |
.30-06 SpringfieldThe .30-06 Springfield cartridge or 7.62 x 63 mm in metric notation, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and standardized, used until the 1960s and early 1970s. It replaced the .30-03, 6 mm Lee Navy and .30 US Army...
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1954-1968 |
Mauser M968The Mosquefal M968 is a variant of the earlier 1908 DWM Brazilian Mauser rifle; it is lighter in weight with a shorter barrel, curved bolt, and larger cartridge. The M908 was chambered for the 7x57mm Mauser cartridge, then popular throughout Latin America...
Mosquefal |
Bolt action |
7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1968-1978 |
| FAL The Fusil Automatique Léger or FAL is a 7.62x51mm NATO self-loading, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries...
IMBEL LAR |
Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATO |
1978-1985 |
IMBEL MD2The IMBEL MD series of assault rifles are the standard-issue rifles of the Brazilian Army.-History:...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1985-Present |
Canada
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Ross rifleThe Ross rifle was a straight-pull bolt-action 0.303 inch calibre rifle produced in Canada from 1903 until the middle of the First World War....
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Bolt Action |
.303 British .303 British, or 7.7mmx56R, is a .311 inch calibre rifle and machine gun cartridge first developed in Britain in the 1880s as a blackpowder round, later adapted to use cordite and then smokeless powder propellant...
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1905-1916 |
Lee-EnfieldThe Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire/Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957...
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Bolt Action |
.303 British |
1917-1953 |
| FN FAL The Fusil Automatique Léger or FAL is a 7.62x51mm NATO self-loading, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1955-1985 |
| Colt C7 |
Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1984-Present |
Chile
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| SIG SG 510 |
Battle rifle A battle rifle is a full-size rifle designed for military use that fires a high-power rifle cartridge such as the U.S. .30-06 Springfield, the German 7.92x57mm IS, the Russian 7.62x54mmR, or the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1950s-Present |
Czech Republic
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| Vz. 24 The vz. 24 rifle is a rifle designed and produced in Czechoslovakia from 1924 to 1942. It was developed from the Mauser Gewehr 98 line, though is not a clone of any specific Mauser model. The fit and finish are of the highest quality....
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Bolt-action The term bolt action refers to a type of firearm action in which the weapon's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon...
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8mm Mauser |
1924-1952 |
| Vz. 33 The puška vz. 33 was a Czechoslovak bolt action rifle that was based on a Mauser type action, designed and produced in Československá zbrojovka in Brno during the 1930s in order to replace the obsolete Mannlicher vz. 1895 carbines of the Czechoslovak četnictvo...
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Bolt-action The term bolt action refers to a type of firearm action in which the weapon's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon...
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8mm Mauser |
1934-1945 |
| Sa vz. 52 |
Semi-automatic Semi-automatic may refer to:* A semi-automatic firearm, a firearm which automatically reloads, but will only fire one round per trigger pull** Semi-automatic rifle** Semi-automatic pistol** Semi-automatic shotgun...
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7.62x45mm vz. 52, 7.62x39mm M43The 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine by the Soviet Union.The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German...
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1952-1959 |
| Sa vz. 58 |
Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x39mm M43The 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine by the Soviet Union.The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German...
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1959-Present |
Finland
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| Mosin Nagant |
Bolt action |
7.62x54R |
1891–1962 |
RK 62The Rk 62 is an assault rifle manufactured by Valmet and Sako. It is the standard issue infantry weapon of the Finnish Defence Forces....
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x39mmThe 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine by the Soviet Union.The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German...
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1962–Present |
RK 95 TPThe RK 95 TP is a 7.62 mm assault rifle of Finnish design, accepted into service with the Finnish Defence Forces in the 1990s in relatively small numbers.-Development:...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x39mmThe 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine by the Soviet Union.The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German...
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1995–Present |
France
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Charleville musketThe Charleville musket was a .69 caliber French musket used in the 18th and 19th centuries.The Charleville musket was named after the armory in Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes, France. A standardized version of the musket was first created in 1717. The 1717 was replaced eleven years later in 1728...
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FlintlockFlintlock is the general term for any firearm based on the flintlock mechanism. The term may also apply to the mechanism itself. Introduced about 1630, the flintlock rapidly replaced earlier firearm-ignition technologies, such as the matchlock and wheellock mechanisms...
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.69 Musket ballA musket ball was an early form of ammunition used for loading muskets. Musket balls were generally made from lead , and were muzzle-loaded into the barrel of the musket, wrapped in a loosely-fitting paper patch and backed with gunpowder.Musket balls were of a diameter considerably larger than...
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1717-1816 |
| Delvigne rifle |
Flintlock |
Musket ball |
1826-1846 |
| Thouvenin Carabine à tige The Carabine à tige was invented by Louis-Etienne de Thouvenin. The method was an improvement of the invention of fellow Frenchman Henri-Gustave Delvigne...
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Percussion cap The percussion cap, introduced around 1830, was the crucial invention that enabled muzzle-loading firearms to fire reliably in any weather. Before this development, firearms used flintlock ignition systems which produced flint-on-steel sparks to ignite a pan of priming powder and thereby fire the...
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Musket ball |
1846-1848 |
| Minié rifle The Minié rifle was an important rifle in the 19th century, developed in 1849 following the invention of the Minié ball in 1847 by the French Army captains Claude Etienne Minié of the Chasseurs d'Orléans and Henri-Gustave Delvigne...
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Percussion cap |
Minié ball The Minié ball is a type of muzzle-loading rifle bullet named after co-developer, Claude Etienne Minié, inventor of the Minié rifle. It came to prominence in the Crimean War and American Civil War....
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1848-1866 |
Chassepot M1866The Chassepot, officially known as Fusil modèle 1866, was a bolt action military breechloading rifle, famous as the arm of the French forces in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and 1871. It replaced an assortment of Minie muzzleloading rifles many of which were converted in 1867 to breech loading...
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Bolt action |
11mm |
1866-1874 |
Gras M1874The Fusil Gras M80 Modèle 1874 was a French rifle of the 19th century. The Gras used by the French Army was an adaptation to metallic cartridge of the Chassepot breech-loading rifle by Basile Gras. This rifle was an 11 mm caliber and used cartridges that weighed 25 grams. It was a robust and...
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Bolt-action |
11mm |
1874-1886 |
Lebel Model 1886 rifleThe Lebel Model 1886 rifle is an 8mm bolt action rifle which entered service in the French Army in April 1887. It has the distinction of being the first military rifle designed to use nitrocellulose-based the first practical smokeless gunpowder which had been invented by Paul Vieille in 1884...
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Bolt-action |
8mm Lebel |
1886-1940 |
Berthier rifleThe Berthier rifles and carbines were a family of bolt-action small arms in 8mm Lebel, used in the French Army from the 1890s to the beginning of World War II . Furthermore, due to their diminutive size and good handling characteristics, Berthier carbines did survive in some French law enforcement...
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Bolt-action |
8mm Lebel |
1890-? |
| MAS-36 |
Bolt-action |
7.5x54mm FrenchThe 7.5x54mm French MAS or 7.5 French cartridge was developed by France as an update to the 7.5x57mm MAS mod. 1924 cartridge. It replaced the obsolete 8 mm Lebel round used during World War I. In terms of power it is somewhat comparable to the 7.62x51mm NATO/.308 Winchester round...
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1936-1978 |
| MAS-49 rifle |
Semi-automatic A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot...
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7.5x54 French |
1949-1979 |
| FAMAS The FAMAS is a bullpup-styled assault rifle designed and manufactured in France by MAS located in Saint-Étienne, which is now a member of the French government-owned Nexter group...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1978-Present |
Germany
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Needle gunThe Dreyse needle-gun was a military breechloading rifle, famous as the main infantry weapon of the Prussians, who adopted it for service in 1841 as the Dreyse Zündnadelgewehr, or Prussian Model 1841...
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Breech loading |
15.4mm |
1848-1871 |
M1871 MauserThe Mauser Model 1871 adopted as the Gewehr 71 or Infanterie-Gewehr 71 was the first of millions of rifles manufactured to the designs of Paul Mauser and Wilhelm Mauser of the Mauser company.During 1870-71 trials with many different rifles took place, with the "M1869 Bavarian Werder" being the...
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Bolt action |
11x60mm R |
1871-1888 |
| Gewehr 1888 |
Bolt-action |
7.92x57mm MauserThe 7.92x57mm cartridge was designed by the German Gewehr-Prüfungskommission for the Gewehr 1888 and later used in Mauser bolt-action rifles. This cartridge was originally adopted by Germany in 1888 as the M/88 7.92x57mm I...
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1888-1915 |
Gewehr 98The Gewehr 98 was the standard German infantry rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k.-General information:...
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Bolt-action |
7.92x57mm Mauser |
1898-1945 |
Mauser Kar 98kThe Karabiner 98 Kurz was a bolt-action rifle adopted as the standard infantry rifle in 1935 by the German Wehrmacht, and was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser military rifles.-General information:The Karabiner 98k was a controlled-feed bolt-action rifle based on the Mauser...
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Bolt-action |
7.92x57mm Mauser |
1935-Present (limited use) |
Gewehr 41The Gewehr 41 rifle, commonly known as the G41, was a semi-automatic rifle used by Nazi Germany during World War II-Background:By 1940, it became apparent that some form of a semi-automatic rifle, with a higher rate of fire than existing bolt-action rifle models, was necessary to improve the...
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Semi-automatic A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot...
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7.92x57mm Mauser |
1941-1945 |
Gewehr 43The Gewehr 43 or Karabiner 43 is a 7.92x57mm Mauser caliber semi-automatic rifle developed by Nazi Germany during World War II...
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Semi-automatic |
7.92x57mm Mauser |
1943-1945 |
| Sturmgewehr 44 |
Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.92x33mm Kurz7.92x33mm Kurz is a rifle cartridge developed in Nazi Germany prior to and during World War II. The ammunition is also referred to as 7.92mm Kurz , 7.92 Kurz, or 7.92mmK, and was specifically intended for development of an assault rifle...
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1944-1945 |
M1 GarandThe M1 Garand was the first semi-automatic rifle to be generally issued to the infantry of any nation. Called "The Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised" by General George S...
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Semi-automatic |
.30-06 |
1945-1953 (West Germany) |
| FN FAL The Fusil Automatique Léger or FAL is a 7.62x51mm NATO self-loading, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries...
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Selective fire |
7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1953-1965 (West Germany) |
Karabiner-SThe SKS is a Soviet 7.62x39mm caliber semi-automatic carbine, designed in 1945 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. SKS is an acronym for Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova , 1945 , or SKS 45...
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Semi-automatic |
7.62x39mmThe 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine by the Soviet Union.The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German...
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1945-1949 (East Germany) |
MPi-KThe AK-47 is a selective fire, gas operated 7.62mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the 1940s. Six decades later, the AK-47 and its variants and derivatives remain in service throughout the world...
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Selective fire |
7.62x39mm |
1949-1990 (East Germany) |
Heckler & Koch G3The G3 is a 7.62mm battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CETME ....
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Selective fire |
7.62x51mm NATO |
1958-Present (West Germany) |
Heckler & Koch G36The G36 is a German 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1990s by Heckler & Koch and accepted into service with the Bundeswehr in 1997, replacing the 7.62mm G3 battle rifle.-Development:...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1995-Present |
Indonesia
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| Pindad SS1 |
Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1991-Present |
Pindad SS2The SS2 is an updated version of the Pindad SS1 created by PT Pindad, under license from Fabrique Nationale...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO |
2006-Present |
Ireland
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Lee-EnfieldThe Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire/Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957...
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Bolt-Action The term bolt action refers to a type of firearm action in which the weapon's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon...
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.303 SAA Ball .303 British, or 7.7mmx56R, is a .311 inch calibre rifle and machine gun cartridge first developed in Britain in the 1880s as a blackpowder round, later adapted to use cordite and then smokeless powder propellant...
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1922-1960s |
| L1A1 SLR The Fusil Automatique Léger or FAL is a 7.62x51mm NATO self-loading, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries...
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Semi-Automatic Semi-automatic may refer to:* A semi-automatic firearm, a firearm which automatically reloads, but will only fire one round per trigger pull** Semi-automatic rifle** Semi-automatic pistol** Semi-automatic shotgun...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1960s-1988 |
Steyr AUGThe AUG is an Austrian bullpup 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1970s by Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co KG . The AUG was adopted by the Austrian Army as the StG 77 in 1977, where it replaced the 7.62mm StG 58 automatic rifle...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1988-Present |
Israel
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Lee-Enfield No 4The Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire/Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957...
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Bolt action |
.303 British .303 British, or 7.7mmx56R, is a .311 inch calibre rifle and machine gun cartridge first developed in Britain in the 1880s as a blackpowder round, later adapted to use cordite and then smokeless powder propellant...
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1948-1958 |
Mauser Kar98kThe Karabiner 98 Kurz was a bolt-action rifle adopted as the standard infantry rifle in 1935 by the German Wehrmacht, and was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser military rifles.-General information:The Karabiner 98k was a controlled-feed bolt-action rifle based on the Mauser...
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Bolt-action |
7.92x57mm MauserThe 7.92x57mm cartridge was designed by the German Gewehr-Prüfungskommission for the Gewehr 1888 and later used in Mauser bolt-action rifles. This cartridge was originally adopted by Germany in 1888 as the M/88 7.92x57mm I...
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1948-1974 |
| FN FAL The Fusil Automatique Léger or FAL is a 7.62x51mm NATO self-loading, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1955-1981 |
| M16 The M16 is the U.S. military designation for the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle. Colt purchased the rights to the AR-15 and currently uses that designation only for semi-automatic versions of the rifle....
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1973-present |
Galil ARThe Galil is a family of Israeli small arms designed by Yisrael Galili and Yaacov Lior in the late 1960s and produced by Israel Military Industries Ltd of Ramat HaSharon...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO |
1974-present |
IMI Tavor TAR-21The T.A.R. 21 is an Israeli bullpup assault rifle chambered for 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition with a selective fire system. The name "T.A.R. 21" stands for "Tavor Assault Rifle - 21st Century". It is the standard issued weapon of the Givati Brigade and Golani Brigade , with the Nahal Brigade receiving...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO |
2005-present |
Italy
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| M1870 Italian Vetterli The M1870 Vetterli was the Italian service rifle from 1870-1878, when it was replaced with the M1870/87 Italian Vetterli-Vitali variant. The M1870 was a single-shot bolt action rifle chambered for the 10.4mm Vetterli centrefire cartridge, at first with black powder and later with smokeless powder...
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Bolt-action The term bolt action refers to a type of firearm action in which the weapon's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon...
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10.4mm Vetterli |
1870-1887 |
| M1870 Italian Vetterli The M1870 Vetterli was the Italian service rifle from 1870-1878, when it was replaced with the M1870/87 Italian Vetterli-Vitali variant. The M1870 was a single-shot bolt action rifle chambered for the 10.4mm Vetterli centrefire cartridge, at first with black powder and later with smokeless powder...
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Bolt action |
10.4mm Vetterli |
1892-1950 |
CarcanoCarcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano Cartuccia Modello 1895 cartridge. It was developed by the chief technician Salvatore Carcano at the Turin...
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Bolt action |
6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano |
1892-1950 |
M1 GarandThe M1 Garand was the first semi-automatic rifle to be generally issued to the infantry of any nation. Called "The Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised" by General George S...
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Semi-automatic A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot...
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.30-06 SpringfieldThe .30-06 Springfield cartridge or 7.62 x 63 mm in metric notation, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and standardized, used until the 1960s and early 1970s. It replaced the .30-03, 6 mm Lee Navy and .30 US Army...
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1945-1959 |
| Beretta BM-59 |
Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1959-1990 |
Beretta AR70/90The Beretta AR70/90 is a gas operated self loading assault rifle chambered for the 5.56mm cartridge, and is the standard issue service rifle of the Italian Armed Forces. The weapon also features grenade sights, and is designed to be fitted with a rifle grenade...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1972-present |
Iraq
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
AK-47The AK-47 is a selective fire, gas operated 7.62mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the 1940s. Six decades later, the AK-47 and its variants and derivatives remain in service throughout the world...
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Assault RifleAn assault rifle is a rifle designed for combat, with selective fire . Assault rifles are the standard infantry weapons in most modern armies, having largely superseded or supplemented larger and more powerful battle rifles such as the M14, FN FAL and the Heckler & Koch G3...
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7.62x39mmThe 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine by the Soviet Union.The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German...
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1950s-Present |
| M16A2 M16A2 is a designation for two pieces of military hardware:* M16A2 rifle* M16A2 mine...
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Assault Rifle |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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2007-Present |
Iran
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Mauser 98The Gewehr 98 was the standard German infantry rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k.-General information:...
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Bolt-action The term bolt action refers to a type of firearm action in which the weapon's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon...
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7.92x57mm |
1900s-1970s |
G3A6The G3 is a 7.62mm battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CETME ....
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1970s-Present |
Jamaica
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| L1A1 SLR The Fusil Automatique Léger or FAL is a 7.62x51mm NATO self-loading, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries...
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Battle rifle A battle rifle is a full-size rifle designed for military use that fires a high-power rifle cartridge such as the U.S. .30-06 Springfield, the German 7.92x57mm IS, the Russian 7.62x54mmR, or the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1957-Present |
| M16A2 M16A2 is a designation for two pieces of military hardware:* M16A2 rifle* M16A2 mine...
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Assault RifleAn assault rifle is a rifle designed for combat, with selective fire . Assault rifles are the standard infantry weapons in most modern armies, having largely superseded or supplemented larger and more powerful battle rifles such as the M14, FN FAL and the Heckler & Koch G3...
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5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1980s?-Present |
Japan
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Snider-EnfieldThe British .577 Snider-Enfield is a type of breech loading rifle. The firearm action was invented by the American Jacob Snider. It was one of the most widely used of the Snider varieties. It was adopted by Britain as a conversion system for its ubiquitous Enfield 1853 rifled musket muzzle loading...
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Breech-loadingA breech-loading weapon is a firearm in which the bullet or shell is inserted or loaded at the rear of the barrel, or breech; the opposite of muzzle-loading....
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.577 SniderThe .577 Snider cartridge was a British black powder metallic cartridge, which fired a .577" 480gr lead projectile, primarily used in the Snider-Enfield rifle....
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1868-1880 |
| Murata rifle The Murata rifle was the first indigenously produced Japanese service rifle adopted in 1880 as the Murata Type 13. The 13 referred to the adoption date, the year 13 in the Meiji period according to the Japanese calendar....
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Bolt action |
10x60R |
1880-1898 |
Type 30 rifleThe Type 30 Rifle Arisaka was a bolt-action rifle that was the standard infantry rifle of the Japanese infantry from 1897 to 1905. It was the first rifle in the Arisaka family as well as the first to chamber the 6.5x50mm Arisaka round...
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Bolt action |
6.5x50mm Arisaka |
1897-1905 |
Arisaka Type 38The Type 38 rifle Arisaka is a bolt-action rifle. For a time it was the standard rifle of the Japanese infantry. It was known also as the Type 38 Year Meiji Carbine in Japan. An earlier, similar weapon was the Type 30 Year Meiji Rifle, which was also used alongside it...
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Bolt-action |
6.5x50mm Arisaka |
1905-1945 |
Arisaka Type 99The Type 99 Rifle was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.-History:...
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Bolt-action |
7.7x58mm Arisaka |
1939-1945 |
M1 GarandThe M1 Garand was the first semi-automatic rifle to be generally issued to the infantry of any nation. Called "The Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised" by General George S...
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Semi-automatic A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot...
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.30-06 SpringfieldThe .30-06 Springfield cartridge or 7.62 x 63 mm in metric notation, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and standardized, used until the 1960s and early 1970s. It replaced the .30-03, 6 mm Lee Navy and .30 US Army...
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1945-1964 |
Howa Type 64The Howa Type 64 Rifle, referred to as the 64式 , is a Japanese-exclusive battle rifle used by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the Japanese Coast Guard. It is a gas-operated, selective fire weapon which is chambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO round and uses a detachable 20-round box magazine...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1964-Present |
Howa Type 89The Howa Machinery Type 89 Assault Rifle, referred to as the , is a Japanese assault rifle used by the Japan Self-Defense Forces, the Japan Coast Guard's Special Security Team units and the Special Assault Team...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1989-Present |
Mexico
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| Mauser 1895 FMM 1895 |
Bolt action |
7x57mm Mauser |
1895-1902 |
Mauser 1898The Gewehr 98 was the standard German infantry rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k.-General information:...
FMM 1902/7/10/12/24/36 |
Bolt action |
7x57mm Mauser |
1902-1954 |
Mauser 1898The Gewehr 98 was the standard German infantry rifle from 1898 to 1935, when it was replaced by the Karabiner 98k.-General information:...
FMM 1954 |
Bolt action |
.30-06 SpringfieldThe .30-06 Springfield cartridge or 7.62 x 63 mm in metric notation, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and standardized, used until the 1960s and early 1970s. It replaced the .30-03, 6 mm Lee Navy and .30 US Army...
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1954-? |
Heckler & Koch G3The G3 is a 7.62mm battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CETME ....
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1965-Present(Slowly Replaced by FX-05 Xiuhcoatl The FX-05 "Xiuhcoatl" is a Mexican assault rifle, designed and built by the Dirección General de Industria Militar del Ejército. The rifle was officially presented in the military parade on September 16 2006, in the hands of the Special Forces Airmobile Group, GAFE...
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| M-16 The M16 is the U.S. military designation for the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle. Colt purchased the rights to the AR-15 and currently uses that designation only for semi-automatic versions of the rifle....
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1971-Present |
Heckler & Koch G36The G36 is a German 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1990s by Heckler & Koch and accepted into service with the Bundeswehr in 1997, replacing the 7.62mm G3 battle rifle.-Development:...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO |
1999-Present |
| FX-05 Xiuhcoatl The FX-05 "Xiuhcoatl" is a Mexican assault rifle, designed and built by the Dirección General de Industria Militar del Ejército. The rifle was officially presented in the military parade on September 16 2006, in the hands of the Special Forces Airmobile Group, GAFE...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO |
2006-Present |
New Zealand
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Lee-EnfieldThe Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire/Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957...
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Bolt-Action The term bolt action refers to a type of firearm action in which the weapon's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon...
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.303 SAA Ball .303 British, or 7.7mmx56R, is a .311 inch calibre rifle and machine gun cartridge first developed in Britain in the 1880s as a blackpowder round, later adapted to use cordite and then smokeless powder propellant...
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1900s-1950s |
| L1A1 SLR The Fusil Automatique Léger or FAL is a 7.62x51mm NATO self-loading, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries...
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Semi-Automatic Semi-automatic may refer to:* A semi-automatic firearm, a firearm which automatically reloads, but will only fire one round per trigger pull** Semi-automatic rifle** Semi-automatic pistol** Semi-automatic shotgun...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1950s-1980s |
Steyr AUGThe AUG is an Austrian bullpup 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1970s by Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co KG . The AUG was adopted by the Austrian Army as the StG 77 in 1977, where it replaced the 7.62mm StG 58 automatic rifle...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1980s-Present |
North Korea
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Arisaka Type 38The Type 38 rifle Arisaka is a bolt-action rifle. For a time it was the standard rifle of the Japanese infantry. It was known also as the Type 38 Year Meiji Carbine in Japan. An earlier, similar weapon was the Type 30 Year Meiji Rifle, which was also used alongside it...
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Bolt action |
6.5x50mm Arisaka |
1945-1948(limited use) |
Arisaka Type 99The Type 99 Rifle was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.-History:...
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Bolt-action |
7.7x58mm Arisaka |
1945-1948(limited use) |
SKSThe SKS is a Soviet 7.62x39mm caliber semi-automatic carbine, designed in 1945 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. SKS is an acronym for Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova , 1945 , or SKS 45...
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Semi-automatic A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot...
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7.62x39mmThe 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine by the Soviet Union.The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German...
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1945-1958 |
Type 58The AK-47 is a selective fire, gas operated 7.62mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the 1940s. Six decades later, the AK-47 and its variants and derivatives remain in service throughout the world...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x39mm |
1958-Present |
| Type 68 |
Selective fire |
7.62x39mm |
1968-Present |
Type 88The AK-74 is a 5.45mm assault rifle developed in the early 1970s in the Soviet Union. It was developed from the earlier AKM and introduced in 1974.The rifle first saw service with Soviet forces engaged in the Afghanistan conflict...
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Selective fire |
5.45x39mmThe Soviet 5.45x39mm round was introduced into service in 1974 for use with the new AK-74 assault rifle. It gradually supplemented and then largely replaced the 7.62x39mm round in service.-Design details:...
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1988-Present |
Norway
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
KammerladerThe Kammerlader, or "chamber loader", was the first Norwegian breech loading rifle, and among the very first breech loaders adopted for use by an armed force anywhere in the world. A single shot black powder rifle, the kammerlader was operated with a crank mounted on the side of the receiver. This...
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Breech-loadingA breech-loading weapon is a firearm in which the bullet or shell is inserted or loaded at the rear of the barrel, or breech; the opposite of muzzle-loading....
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Minié ball The Minié ball is a type of muzzle-loading rifle bullet named after co-developer, Claude Etienne Minié, inventor of the Minié rifle. It came to prominence in the Crimean War and American Civil War....
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1842-1870 |
Remington M1867The Remington rolling block M1867 was the first truly modern rifle to be adopted by the Norwegian Army. Nominally it had a caliber of 4 Norwegian decimal lines, the actual caliber was 3.88 Norwegian decimal lines , and it fired an 12.615 mm rimfire round.-Birth of the M1867:In the 1860s the...
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Rolling block A rolling block is a form of firearm action where the sealing of the breech is done with a specially shaped breechblock able to rotate on a pin. The breechblock is shaped like a section of a circle....
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12.17x44mm |
1867-1908 |
Jarmann M1884The Norwegian Jarmann M1884 was among the first bolt action repeating rifles to be adopted in the Western world. Its adoption, and subsequent modifications, turned the Norwegian Army from a fighting force armed with single-shot black powder weapons into a force armed with modern repeating weapons...
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Bolt action |
10.15x61mmR |
1884-1900 |
| Krag-Jørgensen M1894 The Krag-Jørgensen is a repeating bolt action rifle designed by the Norwegians Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen in the late 19th century. It was adopted as a standard arm by Denmark, the United States of America and Norway...
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Bolt-action |
6.5x55mm |
1894-1940 |
Lee-Enfield No 4The Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire/Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957...
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Bolt-action |
.303 British .303 British, or 7.7mmx56R, is a .311 inch calibre rifle and machine gun cartridge first developed in Britain in the 1880s as a blackpowder round, later adapted to use cordite and then smokeless powder propellant...
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1940-1952 |
Mauser M98The Karabiner 98 Kurz was a bolt-action rifle adopted as the standard infantry rifle in 1935 by the German Wehrmacht, and was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser military rifles.-General information:The Karabiner 98k was a controlled-feed bolt-action rifle based on the Mauser...
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Bolt-action |
7.92x57mm MauserThe 7.92x57mm cartridge was designed by the German Gewehr-Prüfungskommission for the Gewehr 1888 and later used in Mauser bolt-action rifles. This cartridge was originally adopted by Germany in 1888 as the M/88 7.92x57mm I...
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1945-1950 |
Selvladegevær M1The M1 Garand was the first semi-automatic rifle to be generally issued to the infantry of any nation. Called "The Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised" by General George S...
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Semi-Automatic A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot...
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.30-06 SpringfieldThe .30-06 Springfield cartridge or 7.62 x 63 mm in metric notation, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and standardized, used until the 1960s and early 1970s. It replaced the .30-03, 6 mm Lee Navy and .30 US Army...
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1950-Present (limited use for drill/display) |
AG-3The G3 is a 7.62mm battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CETME ....
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1966-Present |
| Heckler & Koch HK416 |
Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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Being issued from 2008 |
People's Republic of China
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Chiang Kai-shek rifleThe Type Zhongzheng rifle , also known as the Chiang Kai-shek Rifle and Type 24 after the Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, was a Chinese-made copy of the German Mauser Gewehr 98, the forerunner of the Karabiner 98k...
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Bolt-action The term bolt action refers to a type of firearm action in which the weapon's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon...
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7.92x57mm MauserThe 7.92x57mm cartridge was designed by the German Gewehr-Prüfungskommission for the Gewehr 1888 and later used in Mauser bolt-action rifles. This cartridge was originally adopted by Germany in 1888 as the M/88 7.92x57mm I...
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1935-1952 |
| Type 53 Carbine The Mosin–Nagant is a bolt-action, internal magazine fed, military rifle that was used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations, most of them from Eastern bloc...
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Bolt-action |
7.62x54mmR |
1953-1976 |
SKSThe SKS is a Soviet 7.62x39mm caliber semi-automatic carbine, designed in 1945 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. SKS is an acronym for Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova , 1945 , or SKS 45...
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Semi-automatic A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot...
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7.62x39mmThe 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine by the Soviet Union.The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German...
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1956-1989 |
| Type 56 The Type 56 assault rifle is a Chinese copy of the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle, which has been manufactured since 1956. It was produced by state factory 66 from 1956-73, then by Norinco from 1973 onwards...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x39mm |
1956-1986 |
Type 81The Type 81 assault rifle was the principal automatic rifle used by the Chinese People's Liberation Army from the mid-1980s until 1995. It incorporates elements of the Dragunov Sniper Rifle, SKS, and AK series rifles...
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Selective fire |
7.62x39mm |
1981-Present |
QBZ-95The QBZ-95 is an assault rifle manufactured by Arsenal 266, part of Norinco and Arsenal 296, under Jianshe Corp, China South for the People's Liberation Army, the armed forces of the People's Republic of China, Chinese People's Armed Police , and Chinese law enforcement. This weapon uses a...
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Selective fire |
5.8x42mm |
1995-Present |
Peru
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
AKMThe AKM is a 7.62mm assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is an upgraded version of the AK-47 rifle and was developed in the 1950s...
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Selective-FireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x39mmThe 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine by the Soviet Union.The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German...
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1960s- |
Poland
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| 96 Beryl |
Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1997-present |
Portugal
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Enfield m/1859The Enfield Pattern 1853 Rifle-Musket was a .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifle-musket, used by the British Empire from 1853 to 1867, after which many Enfield 1853 Rifle-Muskets were converted to the cartridge-loaded Snider-Enfield rifle.-History &...
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Percussion cap The percussion cap, introduced around 1830, was the crucial invention that enabled muzzle-loading firearms to fire reliably in any weather. Before this development, firearms used flintlock ignition systems which produced flint-on-steel sparks to ignite a pan of priming powder and thereby fire the...
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14mm Minié The Minié ball is a type of muzzle-loading rifle bullet named after co-developer, Claude Etienne Minié, inventor of the Minié rifle. It came to prominence in the Crimean War and American Civil War....
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1859-1872 |
Snider-Enfield m/1872The British .577 Snider-Enfield is a type of breech loading rifle. The firearm action was invented by the American Jacob Snider. It was one of the most widely used of the Snider varieties. It was adopted by Britain as a conversion system for its ubiquitous Enfield 1853 rifled musket muzzle loading...
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Breech-loading |
14mm SniderThe .577 Snider cartridge was a British black powder metallic cartridge, which fired a .577" 480gr lead projectile, primarily used in the Snider-Enfield rifle....
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1872-1910 (after 1886 limited use with colonial troops) |
| Kropatschek m/1886 -Variants:Austria-Hungary:* Gendarmerie Repetier-Karabiner M1881: 11mm Gendarmerie Carbine ;*Kropatschek Torpedo Boats Gewehr M1893: 8mm Navy Rifle for Torpedo boat crews.France:...
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Bolt action |
8x60mm Guedes |
1886-1961 (after 1904 limited use with colonial troops) |
Mauser-Vergueiro m/1904Mauser-Vergueiro was a bolt action rifle, designed in 1904 by José A. Vergueiro, an infantry officer of the Portuguese Army. It was developed from the Mauser 98 rifle with the introduction of a new bolt system. Outside Portugal, the weapon was also known as the Portuguese Mauser...
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Bolt-action |
6.5x58mm Vergueiro |
1904-1937 |
Mauser m/937The Karabiner 98 Kurz was a bolt-action rifle adopted as the standard infantry rifle in 1935 by the German Wehrmacht, and was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser military rifles.-General information:The Karabiner 98k was a controlled-feed bolt-action rifle based on the Mauser...
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Bolt-action |
7.92x57mm MauserThe 7.92x57mm cartridge was designed by the German Gewehr-Prüfungskommission for the Gewehr 1888 and later used in Mauser bolt-action rifles. This cartridge was originally adopted by Germany in 1888 as the M/88 7.92x57mm I...
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1937-Present (limited use for drill/display in the GNRThe Portuguese Republican National Guard is the gendarmerie of Portugal. Members of the GNR are soldiers, who, unlike the officers of the Public Security Police , are subject to military law and organisation...
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G3 m/961The G3 is a 7.62mm battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CETME ....
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1961-Present |
Republic of China/Taiwan
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| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| Hanyang Type 88 The Type 88, sometimes known as "Hanyang 88", was a Chinese rifle that was issued to the regular National Revolutionary Army during Second Sino-Japanese War. The name derived from the Hanyang Arsenal factory that made this rifle. The rifle had a bayonet attachment under the rifle to use when the...
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Bolt action |
7.92x57mm MauserThe 7.92x57mm cartridge was designed by the German Gewehr-Prüfungskommission for the Gewehr 1888 and later used in Mauser bolt-action rifles. This cartridge was originally adopted by Germany in 1888 as the M/88 7.92x57mm I...
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1911-1947 |
Chiang Kai-shek rifleThe Type Zhongzheng rifle , also known as the Chiang Kai-shek Rifle and Type 24 after the Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, was a Chinese-made copy of the German Mauser Gewehr 98, the forerunner of the Karabiner 98k...
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Bolt-action |
7.92x57mm Mauser |
1935-1950 |
M1 GarandThe M1 Garand was the first semi-automatic rifle to be generally issued to the infantry of any nation. Called "The Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised" by General George S...
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Semi-automatic A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot...
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.30-06 SpringfieldThe .30-06 Springfield cartridge or 7.62 x 63 mm in metric notation, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and standardized, used until the 1960s and early 1970s. It replaced the .30-03, 6 mm Lee Navy and .30 US Army...
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1950-1968 |
| Type 57 |
Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1968-Present |
| Type 65 |
Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1976-Present |
Type 91The T91 assault rifle is produced by the 205th Armory, Ministry of Defense, Republic of China. It is based on the proven T86 assault rifle incorporating features from the M16 and AR-18 rifles with more modern features...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO |
2003-Present |
Romania
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
PA md. 86The Puşcă Automată model 1986 is the standard assault rifle used by the Romanian Military Forces and manufactured in Cugir, Romania by firm RomArm S.A. located in Bucharest, Romania...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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5.45x39mmThe Soviet 5.45x39mm round was introduced into service in 1974 for use with the new AK-74 assault rifle. It gradually supplemented and then largely replaced the 7.62x39mm round in service.-Design details:...
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1986-Present |
Russia/Soviet Union
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| Model 1857 Six Line |
Rifled musket The term rifled musket or rifle musket refers to a specific type of weapon made in the mid-19th century.-History and development:In the early 19th century, there were rifles, and there were muskets. Muskets were smooth bore weapons, firing round balls or buck and ball ammunition...
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.60 calibre |
1857-1867 |
| M1867 Russian Krnka The M1867 Russian Krnka was a breachloader conversion of the muzzle-loading Model 1857 Six Line rifle musket, similar to the contemporary Snider-Enfield and Tatabatiere conversions. Conversions were carried out at the Tula armoy . It was chambered for a 15mm cartridge.The M1867 was produced in...
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Trapdoor breechloader |
15mm |
1867-1865 |
Berdan rifleThe Berdan rifle is a Russian rifle created by famous American firearms expert and inventor Hiram Berdan in 1868. Standard issue in the Russian army from 1869-1891, the Berdan was replaced by the Mosin-Nagant rifle...
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Bolt action |
10.75x58mm |
1869-1891 |
| Mosin-Nagant The Mosin–Nagant is a bolt-action, internal magazine fed, military rifle that was used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations, most of them from Eastern bloc...
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Bolt-action |
7.62x54mmR |
1891-1963 |
| SVT-40 |
Semi-automatic |
7.62x54mmR |
1940-1963 |
SKSThe SKS is a Soviet 7.62x39mm caliber semi-automatic carbine, designed in 1945 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. SKS is an acronym for Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova , 1945 , or SKS 45...
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Semi-automatic A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot...
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7.62x39mmThe 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine by the Soviet Union.The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German...
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1945-Present (mainly used as ceremonial arm) |
AK-47The AK-47 is a selective fire, gas operated 7.62mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the 1940s. Six decades later, the AK-47 and its variants and derivatives remain in service throughout the world...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x39mm |
1949-1959 |
AKMThe AKM is a 7.62mm assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is an upgraded version of the AK-47 rifle and was developed in the 1950s...
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Selective fire |
7.62x39mm |
1959-Present (moderate usage in urban environments) |
AK-74The AK-74 is a 5.45mm assault rifle developed in the early 1970s in the Soviet Union. It was developed from the earlier AKM and introduced in 1974.The rifle first saw service with Soviet forces engaged in the Afghanistan conflict...
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Selective fire |
5.45x39mmThe Soviet 5.45x39mm round was introduced into service in 1974 for use with the new AK-74 assault rifle. It gradually supplemented and then largely replaced the 7.62x39mm round in service.-Design details:...
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1974-1991 |
| AK-74M |
Selective fire |
5.45x39mmThe Soviet 5.45x39mm round was introduced into service in 1974 for use with the new AK-74 assault rifle. It gradually supplemented and then largely replaced the 7.62x39mm round in service.-Design details:...
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1991-Present |
Serbia
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Karabiner 98kThe Karabiner 98 Kurz was a bolt-action rifle adopted as the standard infantry rifle in 1935 by the German Wehrmacht, and was one of the final developments in the long line of Mauser military rifles.-General information:The Karabiner 98k was a controlled-feed bolt-action rifle based on the Mauser...
and other Model 98 pattern rifles |
Bolt action |
7.92x57mm |
1944-1959 |
SKSThe SKS is a Soviet 7.62x39mm caliber semi-automatic carbine, designed in 1945 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. SKS is an acronym for Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova , 1945 , or SKS 45...
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Semi-automatic Semi-automatic may refer to:* A semi-automatic firearm, a firearm which automatically reloads, but will only fire one round per trigger pull** Semi-automatic rifle** Semi-automatic pistol** Semi-automatic shotgun...
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7.62x39mmThe 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine by the Soviet Union.The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German...
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1959-1970 |
| Zastava M70 The M-70 is a modern military assault rifle developed and manufactured by Zastava Arms of Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia. The M70 is designed on the basis of famous Kalashnikov rifles from Russia, which has been proven in numerous wars fought worldwide in the last sixty years of its...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x39mmThe 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine by the Soviet Union.The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German...
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1970-Present |
Zastava M21The Zastava M21 is a modern assault rifle developed and manufactured by the Serbian Zastava Arms company. The M21 is designed on the basis of the famous Kalashnikov rifles from Russia.-Overview:...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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2004-Present |
Singapore
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
AR-15AR-15 is the common name for the widely owned semi-automatic rifle that is derived from the selective fire M16-series assault rifle, currently in use by the United States military....
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1968-1973 |
| M16S1 rifle The M16 is the U.S. military designation for the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle. Colt purchased the rights to the AR-15 and currently uses that designation only for semi-automatic versions of the rifle....
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1973-present |
SAR-80The Singapore Assault Rifle 80 is an indigenously built, conventional assault rifle from Singapore.-History and development:In the late 1960s, the Singapore Armed Forces adopted the AR-15 as their main service rifle...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1980s-unknown |
SR-88The SR-88 is an assault rifle designed and manufactured in Singapore by Chartered Industries of Singapore .-Development:...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1988-unknown |
| SAR 21 |
Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1999-present |
South Africa
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Lee-EnfieldThe Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire/Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957...
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Bolt Action |
.303 SAA Ball .303 British, or 7.7mmx56R, is a .311 inch calibre rifle and machine gun cartridge first developed in Britain in the 1880s as a blackpowder round, later adapted to use cordite and then smokeless powder propellant...
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19??-19?? |
| R1A1 The Fusil Automatique Léger or FAL is a 7.62x51mm NATO self-loading, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1950s-19?? |
| Vektor R4 |
Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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19??- |
Spain
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| Model 1857 rifle musket |
Rifled musket The term rifled musket or rifle musket refers to a specific type of weapon made in the mid-19th century.-History and development:In the early 19th century, there were rifles, and there were muskets. Muskets were smooth bore weapons, firing round balls or buck and ball ammunition...
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? |
1857-1867 |
M1857/67 BerdanThe Berdan rifle is a Russian rifle created by famous American firearms expert and inventor Hiram Berdan in 1868. Standard issue in the Russian army from 1869-1891, the Berdan was replaced by the Mosin-Nagant rifle...
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Trapdoor breechloader |
15x41mmR |
1867-1868 |
| M1868 Spanish Peabody The Peabody action was an early form of breechloading firearm action, where the heavy breechblock tilt downwards across a bolt mounted in the rear of the breechblock, operated by a lever under the rifle. The Peabody action most often used an external hammer to fire the cartridge.The Peabody action...
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Falling block A falling-block action is a single-shot firearm action in which a solid metal breechblock slides vertically in grooves cut into the breech of the rifle and actuated by a lever....
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.56-50R Spencer, 11.15x58mmR (.43 Spanish) |
1868-1870 |
| M1870 Remington |
Rolling block A rolling block is a form of firearm action where the sealing of the breech is done with a specially shaped breechblock able to rotate on a pin. The breechblock is shaped like a section of a circle....
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11.15x58mmR |
1870-1893 |
M1893 MauserMauser is a German arms manufacturer of a line of bolt-action rifles and pistols from the 1870s to present. Their designs were built for the German armed forces, but have been exported and licensed to a number of countries since the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as being a...
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Bolt action |
7x57mm Mauser |
1893-1945 |
| Coruña 42 |
Bolt-action |
7.92x57mm MauserThe 7.92x57mm cartridge was designed by the German Gewehr-Prüfungskommission for the Gewehr 1888 and later used in Mauser bolt-action rifles. This cartridge was originally adopted by Germany in 1888 as the M/88 7.92x57mm I...
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1942-1958 |
CETMECETME is an acronym for Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales , a Spanish government design and development establishment. While being involved in many projects CETME was mostly known for its small arms research and development...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1958-1997 |
| CETME Model L |
Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1984-1999 |
Heckler & Koch G36The G36 is a German 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1990s by Heckler & Koch and accepted into service with the Bundeswehr in 1997, replacing the 7.62mm G3 battle rifle.-Development:...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO |
2000-Present |
South Korea
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Arisaka Type 38The Type 38 rifle Arisaka is a bolt-action rifle. For a time it was the standard rifle of the Japanese infantry. It was known also as the Type 38 Year Meiji Carbine in Japan. An earlier, similar weapon was the Type 30 Year Meiji Rifle, which was also used alongside it...
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Bolt action |
6.5x50mm Arisaka |
1945-1950(limited use) |
Arisaka Type 99The Type 99 Rifle was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.-History:...
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Bolt action |
7.7x58mm Arisaka |
1945-1950(limited use) |
M1 GarandThe M1 Garand was the first semi-automatic rifle to be generally issued to the infantry of any nation. Called "The Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised" by General George S...
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Semi-automatic A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot...
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.30-06 SpringfieldThe .30-06 Springfield cartridge or 7.62 x 63 mm in metric notation, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and standardized, used until the 1960s and early 1970s. It replaced the .30-03, 6 mm Lee Navy and .30 US Army...
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1945-1968 |
| M16A1 The M16 is the U.S. military designation for the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle. Colt purchased the rights to the AR-15 and currently uses that designation only for semi-automatic versions of the rifle....
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1968-Present |
Daewoo K1ADaewoo K1/K1A assault carbine is the first modern firearm developed by Agency of Defense Development and manufactured by S&T Daewoo, and entered service in Republic of Korea Armed Forces in 1981.-Development:...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO |
1981-Present |
Daewoo K2The K2 is an assault rifle of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. It is manufactured by Daewoo. It is a shoulder-fired, gas-operated, selective-fire assault rifle that feeds from a 20 or 30 round magazine and is chambered for 5.56 NATO. The K2 has replaced the M16A1 rifle in South Korean military...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO |
1984-Present |
Sweden
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
M1896 Swedish MauserSwedish Mauser is the name applied by military rifle collectors to the 6.5x55 calibre Model 96 and Model 38 bolt action rifles adopted by Sweden in 1896 and 1938, respectively....
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Bolt-action The term bolt action refers to a type of firearm action in which the weapon's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon...
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6.5x55mm |
1896-1995 |
| Ag m/42 The Automatgevär m/42 is a Swedish semi-automatic rifle in limited use by the Swedish Army from 1942 until the 1960s.-History:...
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Semi-automatic Semi-automatic may refer to:* A semi-automatic firearm, a firearm which automatically reloads, but will only fire one round per trigger pull** Semi-automatic rifle** Semi-automatic pistol** Semi-automatic shotgun...
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6.5x55mm |
1942-1964 |
Ak 4The G3 is a 7.62mm battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CETME ....
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1964-1990 |
Ak 5The Ak 5 is the Swedish version of the FN FNC assault rifle with certain modifications, mostly to adapt the weapon to the Swedish climate. The Ak 5 is the service rifle of the Swedish Armed Forces. Ak 5 is an abbreviation of automatkarbin 5...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1985-Present |
Switzerland
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Infanteriegewehr Modell 1842The Infanteriegewehr Modell 1842 was one of the first standardised service rifles used by the Swiss armed forces. It was introduced in 1842 as a result of a decision by the authorities of the Old Swiss Confederacy to standardise the weapons of the then still separate armies of the Swiss...
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Muzzle-loading percussion |
18mm |
1842-1867 |
Eidgenössischer Stutzer 1851The Eidgenössischer Stutzer 1851 , also called Feldstutzer 1851, was the first service rifle used by the Swiss armed forces to be procured by the federal government, which was responsible for the armament of the Cantonal armed forces under the 1848 federal constitution...
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Muzzle-loading percussion |
18mm |
1851-1863 |
| M1842/59/67 Swiss Milbank-Amsler |
Breechloader |
18x25mmR Rimfire |
1869-1869 |
| M1867 Swiss Peabody The Peabody action was an early form of breechloading firearm action, where the heavy breechblock tilt downwards across a bolt mounted in the rear of the breechblock, operated by a lever under the rifle. The Peabody action most often used an external hammer to fire the cartridge.The Peabody action...
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Falling block |
10.4x38mmR Rimfire (.41 Swiss rimfire) |
1867-1869 |
Vetterli rifleThe Vetterli rifles were a series of Swiss army service rifles in use from 1869 to circa 1890, when they were replaced with the Schmidt-Rubin rifles. Modified Vetterli rifles were also used by the Italian Army....
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Bolt-action The term bolt action refers to a type of firearm action in which the weapon's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon...
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10.4x38Rmm Rimfire |
1869-1890 |
Schmidt-RubinThe Schmidt-Rubin rifles were a series of Swiss Army service rifles in use between 1889 and 1953. They are distinguished by the straight-pull bolt action invented by Rudolf Schmidt and use Eduard Rubin's 7.5x55mm rifle cartridge.-Schmidt-Rubin 1889:...
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Bolt-action |
7.5x55mm Swiss |
1889-1957 |
| Sturmgewehr 57 |
Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.5x55mm Schmidt Rubin |
1957-1990 |
| Sturmgewehr 90 The SG 550 is an assault rifle manufactured by Swiss Arms AG of Neuhausen, Switzerland;...
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Selective fire |
Gewehr Patrone 905.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1990-Present |
Thailand
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| Type 45 Siamese Mauser The Type 45 Siamese Mauser was a service rifle adopted by the government of Siam in 1903. It was a bolt-action rifle based on the Mauser design, originally chambered for the 8x50mmR rimmed centrefire cartridge....
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Bolt action |
8x50mmR The Austrian 8x50mmR is an old cartridge dating back to the days of blackpowder. The 8x50mmR cartridge was first introduced in 1888 for the Mannlicher Repetier-Gewehr M.88. The rifle was an updated version of the Mannlicher M.86, the M.88 used a slightly updated version of the "wedge-lock" bolt...
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1903-1960s |
M1 CarbineThe M1 carbine is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine that became a standard firearm in the U.S. military during World War II and the Korean War, and was produced in several variants. It was widely used by U.S...
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Semi-automatic |
.30 CarbineThe .30 Carbine is the cartridge used in the M1 Carbine introduced in the 1940s. It is an intermediate round designed to be fired from the M1 carbine's 18-inch barrel.-History:...
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1930's-1970 |
M1 GarandThe M1 Garand was the first semi-automatic rifle to be generally issued to the infantry of any nation. Called "The Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised" by General George S...
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Semi-automatic rifle A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot...
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.30-06 |
1930's-1970 |
| M16A1/A2/A4 M16 or M-16 may refer to:Firearms and military equipment* M16 rifle, a United States military rifle* M16 mine, a United States landmine* Grigorovich M-16, a Russian World War I-era biplane flying boat* Stahlhelm, a German World War I helmet...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1967-present |
| HK 33 |
Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1968-present |
IMI Tavor TAR-21The T.A.R. 21 is an Israeli bullpup assault rifle chambered for 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition with a selective fire system. The name "T.A.R. 21" stands for "Tavor Assault Rifle - 21st Century". It is the standard issued weapon of the Givati Brigade and Golani Brigade , with the Nahal Brigade receiving...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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2008-present |
United Kingdom, British Empire & Commonwealth of Nations
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Brown BessBrown Bess is a nickname of uncertain origin for the British Army's Land Pattern Musket and its derivatives. This musket was used in the era of the expansion of the British Empire and acquired symbolic importance at least as significant as its physical importance. It was in use for over a hundred...
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FlintlockFlintlock is the general term for any firearm based on the flintlock mechanism. The term may also apply to the mechanism itself. Introduced about 1630, the flintlock rapidly replaced earlier firearm-ignition technologies, such as the matchlock and wheellock mechanisms...
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.650 Ball |
1722-1838 |
| Ferguson rifle The Ferguson rifle was most likely the first breech loading rifle to be adopted by any organized military force. It was a .65 caliber rifle used by the British Army in the American Revolutionary War at the end of the 1770s....
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Breech-loadingA breech-loading weapon is a firearm in which the bullet or shell is inserted or loaded at the rear of the barrel, or breech; the opposite of muzzle-loading....
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.650 Ball |
1776 |
| Baker rifle The Baker rifle was a flintlock rifle used by the Rifle regiments of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. It was the first standard-issue, British-made rifle accepted by the British armed forces....
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Flintlock |
.615 Ball |
1801-1837 |
| Brunswick rifle The Brunswick rifle was a large caliber muzzle-loading percussion rifle manufactured for the British Army at the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield in the early 1800s.The Brunswick had a two groove barrel designed to accept a "belted" round ball...
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Percussion cap The percussion cap, introduced around 1830, was the crucial invention that enabled muzzle-loading firearms to fire reliably in any weather. Before this development, firearms used flintlock ignition systems which produced flint-on-steel sparks to ignite a pan of priming powder and thereby fire the...
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.704 Ball |
1837-1851 |
Pattern 1853 EnfieldThe Enfield Pattern 1853 Rifle-Musket was a .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifle-musket, used by the British Empire from 1853 to 1867, after which many Enfield 1853 Rifle-Muskets were converted to the cartridge-loaded Snider-Enfield rifle.-History &...
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Percussion cap |
.577 Ball |
1853-1867 |
Snider-EnfieldThe British .577 Snider-Enfield is a type of breech loading rifle. The firearm action was invented by the American Jacob Snider. It was one of the most widely used of the Snider varieties. It was adopted by Britain as a conversion system for its ubiquitous Enfield 1853 rifled musket muzzle loading...
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Breech-loadingA breech-loading weapon is a firearm in which the bullet or shell is inserted or loaded at the rear of the barrel, or breech; the opposite of muzzle-loading....
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.577 SniderThe .577 Snider cartridge was a British black powder metallic cartridge, which fired a .577" 480gr lead projectile, primarily used in the Snider-Enfield rifle....
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1866-1901 |
Martini-HenryThe Martini-Henry was a breech-loading lever-actuated rifle adopted by the British, combining an action worked on by Friedrich von Martini , with the rifled barrel designed by Scotsman Alexander Henry. It first entered service in 1871 replacing the Snider-Enfield, and variants were used throughout...
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Falling block A falling-block action is a single-shot firearm action in which a solid metal breechblock slides vertically in grooves cut into the breech of the rifle and actuated by a lever....
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.577/450 Martini-HenryThe .577/450 Martini-Henry was a black powder, centerfire round used by the British and British Empire militaries prior to the adoption of the .303 calibre cartridge used in the Lee-Metford, Martini-Enfield, and Lee-Enfield series of rifles alongside the Nepalese Bira gun...
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1871-1918 |
| Lee-Metford The Lee-Metford rifle was a breech-loading British army service rifle, combining James Paris Lee's rear-locking bolt system and ten-round magazine with a seven groove rifled barrel designed by William Ellis Metford...
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Bolt action |
.303 British .303 British, or 7.7mmx56R, is a .311 inch calibre rifle and machine gun cartridge first developed in Britain in the 1880s as a blackpowder round, later adapted to use cordite and then smokeless powder propellant...
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1888-1926 |
Lee-EnfieldThe Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire/Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957...
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Bolt-action |
.303 British |
1895-Present (limited use) |
Ross rifleThe Ross rifle was a straight-pull bolt-action 0.303 inch calibre rifle produced in Canada from 1903 until the middle of the First World War....
(Canada) |
Straight Pull |
.303 British |
1905-1916 |
| L1A1 SLR The Fusil Automatique Léger or FAL is a 7.62x51mm NATO self-loading, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries...
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Semi-automatic A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1956-Present |
| C7 rifle (Canada) |
Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1984-Present |
SA80The SA80 is a British family of 5.56mm small arms. It is a selective fire, gas-operated weapon. SA80 prototypes were trialled in 1976 and production was completed in 1994....
(UK) |
Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO |
1985-Present |
Steyr AUGThe AUG is an Austrian bullpup 5.56mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1970s by Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co KG . The AUG was adopted by the Austrian Army as the StG 77 in 1977, where it replaced the 7.62mm StG 58 automatic rifle...
(Australia) |
Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO |
1987-Present |
| INSAS (India) |
Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO |
1997-Present |
United States
| Firearm |
Type |
Calibre |
Service |
Brown BessBrown Bess is a nickname of uncertain origin for the British Army's Land Pattern Musket and its derivatives. This musket was used in the era of the expansion of the British Empire and acquired symbolic importance at least as significant as its physical importance. It was in use for over a hundred...
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FlintlockFlintlock is the general term for any firearm based on the flintlock mechanism. The term may also apply to the mechanism itself. Introduced about 1630, the flintlock rapidly replaced earlier firearm-ignition technologies, such as the matchlock and wheellock mechanisms...
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.75 BallA musket ball was an early form of ammunition used for loading muskets. Musket balls were generally made from lead , and were muzzle-loaded into the barrel of the musket, wrapped in a loosely-fitting paper patch and backed with gunpowder.Musket balls were of a diameter considerably larger than...
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1776-1795 |
Model 1795 MusketthumbThe Model 1795 Musket was a .69 caliber flintlock musket produced in the late 18th and early 19th century at both the Springfield and Harper's Ferry US Armories.The Model 1795 was the first musket to be produced in the United States...
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Flintlock |
.69 BallA musket ball was an early form of ammunition used for loading muskets. Musket balls were generally made from lead , and were muzzle-loaded into the barrel of the musket, wrapped in a loosely-fitting paper patch and backed with gunpowder.Musket balls were of a diameter considerably larger than...
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1795-1816 |
| Model 1816 Musket thumbThe US Model 1816 Musket was a .69 caliber flintlock musket used in the United States during the early 19th century.The War of 1812 had revealed many weaknesses in American muskets. The Model 1812 Musket was created in an attempt to improve both the design and manufacture of the musket. The...
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Flintlock |
.69 Ball |
1816-1835 |
Springfield Model 1835The US Model 1835 Musket was a .69 caliber flintlock musket used in the United States during the early 19th Century.The Model 1835 was produced by the Springfield Armory, and was also produced by the Harper's Ferry Armory and other contractors. It was a smooth bore musket and fired a .69 caliber...
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Flintlock |
.69 Ball |
1835-1842 |
Springfield Model 1842The US Model 1842 Musket was a .69 caliber musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th Century. It is a continuation of the Model 1816 line of muskets but is generally referred to as its own model number rather than just a variant of the Model 1816.The Model 1842 was the last...
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Percussion cap The percussion cap, introduced around 1830, was the crucial invention that enabled muzzle-loading firearms to fire reliably in any weather. Before this development, firearms used flintlock ignition systems which produced flint-on-steel sparks to ignite a pan of priming powder and thereby fire the...
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.69 Ball |
1842-1855 |
Springfield Model 1855The Model 1855 Springfield was a rifled musket used in the mid 19th century. It was produced by the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts....
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Percussion cap |
.58 Minié The Minié ball is a type of muzzle-loading rifle bullet named after co-developer, Claude Etienne Minié, inventor of the Minié rifle. It came to prominence in the Crimean War and American Civil War....
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1855-1861 |
Springfield Model 1861The Springfield Model 1861 was a Minié-type rifled musket shoulder arm used by the United States Army and Marine Corps during the American Civil War. Commonly referred to as the "Springfield" , it was the most widely used U.S...
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Percussion cap |
.58 Minié |
1861-1867 |
| Springfield Model 1863 The Springfield Model 1863 rifled musket is a .58 caliber rifled musket produced by the Springfield Armory between 1863 and 1865.The Model 1863 was only a minor improvement over the Springfield Model 1861. As such, it is sometimes classified as just a variant of the Model 1861. The Model 1861, with...
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Percussion cap |
.58 Minié |
1863-1867 |
Springfield Model 1865The Springfield Model 1865 was an early breech-loading modification of the Springfield rifle musket design.During the U.S. Civil War, the advantage of breech loading rifles became obvious. The rifled muskets used during the war had a rate of fire of 3 or 4 rounds per minute. Breech loading rifles...
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Breech-loadingA breech-loading weapon is a firearm in which the bullet or shell is inserted or loaded at the rear of the barrel, or breech; the opposite of muzzle-loading....
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.58 Musket Rimfire |
1865-1867 |
Springfield Model 1866The Springfield Model 1866 was the second iteration of the Allin-designed trapdoor breech-loading mechanism. Originally developed as a means of converting rifled muskets to breechloaders, the Allin modification ultimately became the basis for the definitive Model 1873, the first breech-loading...
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Breech-loading |
.50-70 Government The .50-70 Government cartridge was a black powder round adopted in 1866 for the Springfield Model 1866 Trapdoor Rifle. The cartridge was developed after the unsatisfactory results of the .58 rimfire cartridge for the Springfield Model 1865 Trapdoor Rifle....
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1866-1873 |
Springfield Model 1868The Springfield Model 1868 was one of several model "trapdoor Springfields", which used the trapdoor breechblock design developed by Erskine S. Allin. Originally, the trapdoor Springfields were created to convert Model 1863 Springfield rifled muskets to breech loading rifles at a relatively low cost...
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Breech-loading |
.50-70 Government |
1869-1873 |
| Springfield Model 1873 The Model 1873 Trapdoor Springfield was the first standard-issued breech-loading rifle adopted by the United States Army...
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Breech-loading |
.45-70The .45-70 rifle cartridge, also known as .45-70 Government, was developed at the U.S. Army's Springfield Armory for use in the Springfield Model 1873 .45 caliber rifle, known to collectors as the "Trapdoor Springfield." The new cartridge was a replacement for the stop-gap .50-70 Government...
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1873-1886 |
| Krag-Jørgensen The Krag-Jørgensen is a repeating bolt action rifle designed by the Norwegians Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen in the late 19th century. It was adopted as a standard arm by Denmark, the United States of America and Norway...
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Bolt action |
.30-40 KragThe .30-40 Krag/.30 U.S./.30 Army/.30 Government was a cartridge developed in the early 1890s to provide the US armed forces with a new, powerful round to fire from the rifle it was going to select in the 1892 trials. Since the round it was replacing was the .45-70 Government, the round was...
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1894-1903 |
| M1895 Lee Navy The Lee Model 1895 was a straight-pull bolt-action rifle adopted by the U.S. Navy in 1895 as a service weapon. The Navy referred to the rifle as the "Lee Straight Pull"...
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Straight-pull |
6mm Lee Navy The 6mm Lee Navy is a American rifle cartridge.Introduced in the Lee straight-pull rifle, manufactured by Winchester for the United States Navy, the 6mm was ahead if its time...
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1895-1903 |
| M1903 Springfield |
Bolt-action |
.30-06 SpringfieldThe .30-06 Springfield cartridge or 7.62 x 63 mm in metric notation, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and standardized, used until the 1960s and early 1970s. It replaced the .30-03, 6 mm Lee Navy and .30 US Army...
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1903-1957 |
| M1917 Enfield |
Bolt-action |
.30-06 Springfield |
1917-1943 |
M1 GarandThe M1 Garand was the first semi-automatic rifle to be generally issued to the infantry of any nation. Called "The Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised" by General George S...
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Semi-automatic A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot...
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.30-06 Springfield |
1936-1963 |
M1 CarbineThe M1 carbine is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine that became a standard firearm in the U.S. military during World War II and the Korean War, and was produced in several variants. It was widely used by U.S...
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Semi-automatic |
.30 CarbineThe .30 Carbine is the cartridge used in the M1 Carbine introduced in the 1940s. It is an intermediate round designed to be fired from the M1 carbine's 18-inch barrel.-History:...
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1942-1960 |
M14The M14 rifle, formally the United States Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M14, is an American selective fire automatic rifle firing 7.62x51mm NATO ammunition. It was the standard issue US rifle until 1970...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1957-Present |
| M16 The M16 is the U.S. military designation for the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle. Colt purchased the rights to the AR-15 and currently uses that designation only for semi-automatic versions of the rifle....
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO countries. It is derived from, but not identical to, the .223 Remington cartridge...
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1961-Present |
M4 carbineThe M4 carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16, all based on the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite. It is a shorter and lighter version of the M16A2 assault rifle, achieving 80% parts commonality with the M16A2...
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Selective fire |
5.56x45mm NATO |
1994-Present |
Uruguay
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| FN FAL The Fusil Automatique Léger or FAL is a 7.62x51mm NATO self-loading, selective fire rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal during the Cold War, and adopted by many North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x51mm NATOThe 7.62x51mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard for small arms among NATO countries. Specifications for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge are not identical to the commercial .308 Winchester though they are safely interchangeable....
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1950s-Present |
AK-101The AK-101 is an assault rifle of the Kalashnikov series. The AK-101 is designed for the world export market, using 5.56x45mm NATO cartridges, which is the standard of all NATO armies. The AK-101 is marketed at those looking for a weapon that combines the logistical compatibility and familiarity of...
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Selective fire |
5.45x39mmThe Soviet 5.45x39mm round was introduced into service in 1974 for use with the new AK-74 assault rifle. It gradually supplemented and then largely replaced the 7.62x39mm round in service.-Design details:...
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200?-Present |
Venezuela
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Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| Gewehr 98 |
Bolt-action The term bolt action refers to a type of firearm action in which the weapon's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon...
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7x57mm |
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AK-101The AK-101 is an assault rifle of the Kalashnikov series. The AK-101 is designed for the world export market, using 5.56x45mm NATO cartridges, which is the standard of all NATO armies. The AK-101 is marketed at those looking for a weapon that combines the logistical compatibility and familiarity of...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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5.45x39mmThe Soviet 5.45x39mm round was introduced into service in 1974 for use with the new AK-74 assault rifle. It gradually supplemented and then largely replaced the 7.62x39mm round in service.-Design details:...
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2008-Present |
Vietnam
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Type |
Calibre |
Service |
| Mosin-Nagant The Mosin–Nagant is a bolt-action, internal magazine fed, military rifle that was used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations, most of them from Eastern bloc...
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Bolt-action The term bolt action refers to a type of firearm action in which the weapon's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon...
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7.62x54mmR |
1960s-Present |
SKSThe SKS is a Soviet 7.62x39mm caliber semi-automatic carbine, designed in 1945 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. SKS is an acronym for Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova , 1945 , or SKS 45...
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Semi-Automatic Semi-automatic may refer to:* A semi-automatic firearm, a firearm which automatically reloads, but will only fire one round per trigger pull** Semi-automatic rifle** Semi-automatic pistol** Semi-automatic shotgun...
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7.62x39mmThe 7.62x39mm rifle cartridge was designed during World War II and first used in the SKS carbine by the Soviet Union.The cartridge was likely influenced by a variety of foreign developments, especially the pre-war German GeCo, 7.75x39mm experimental round, and possibly by the late-war German...
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1960s-Present |
AK-47The AK-47 is a selective fire, gas operated 7.62mm assault rifle developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the 1940s. Six decades later, the AK-47 and its variants and derivatives remain in service throughout the world...
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Selective fireA selective fire firearm fires semiautomatically and at least one automatic mode by means of a selector depending on the weapons design. Some selective fire weapons utilize burst fire mechanisms to limit the maximum or total number of shots fired automatically in this mode...
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7.62x39mm |
1960s-Present |
See also
- Rifle
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile , imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the...
- Battle rifle
A battle rifle is a full-size rifle designed for military use that fires a high-power rifle cartridge such as the U.S. .30-06 Springfield, the German 7.92x57mm IS, the Russian 7.62x54mmR, or the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge...
- List of assault rifles
- List of service rifles of national armies