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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Early_FN_FAL.jpg/356px-Early_FN_FAL.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="286" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/FN_FAL" title="FN FAL">FN FAL</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:180px;max-width:180px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:44px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heckler_%26_Koch_G3_Swedish_trial_specimen_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Heckler_%26_Koch_G3_Swedish_trial_specimen_001.jpg/178px-Heckler_%26_Koch_G3_Swedish_trial_specimen_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="178" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Heckler_%26_Koch_G3_Swedish_trial_specimen_001.jpg/267px-Heckler_%26_Koch_G3_Swedish_trial_specimen_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Heckler_%26_Koch_G3_Swedish_trial_specimen_001.jpg/356px-Heckler_%26_Koch_G3_Swedish_trial_specimen_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1198" data-file-height="297" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_G3" title="Heckler & Koch G3">Heckler & Koch G3</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>A <b>battle rifle</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Service_rifle" title="Service rifle">service rifle</a> chambered to fire a <a href="/wiki/Fully_powered_cartridge" title="Fully powered cartridge">fully powered cartridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term "battle rifle" is a <a href="/wiki/Retronym" title="Retronym">retronym</a> created largely out of a need to differentiate <a href="/wiki/Automatic_rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="Automatic rifles">automatic rifles</a> chambered for <a href="/wiki/Fully_powered_cartridge" title="Fully powered cartridge">fully powered cartridges</a> from automatic rifles chambered for <a href="/wiki/Intermediate_cartridges" class="mw-redirect" title="Intermediate cartridges">intermediate cartridges</a>, which were later categorized as <a href="/wiki/Assault_rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="Assault rifles">assault rifles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ph.D.2014_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ph.D.2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Battle rifles were most prominent from the 1940s to the 1970s, when they were used as <a href="/wiki/Service_rifle" title="Service rifle">service rifles</a>. While modern battle rifles largely resemble modern <a href="/wiki/Assault_rifle" title="Assault rifle">assault rifle</a> designs, which replaced battle rifles in most roles, the term may also describe older military full-power <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_rifle" title="Semi-automatic rifle">semi-automatic rifles</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Garand</a>, <a href="/wiki/SVT-40" title="SVT-40">SVT-40</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gewehr_41" title="Gewehr 41">Gewehr 41</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gewehr_43" title="Gewehr 43">Gewehr 43</a>, <a href="/wiki/Type_4_rifle" title="Type 4 rifle">Type 4</a>, <a href="/wiki/FN_Model_1949" title="FN Model 1949">FN Model 1949</a>, and <a href="/wiki/MAS-49_rifle" title="MAS-49 rifle">MAS-49</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Tilstra2014_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tilstra2014-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Taylor1996_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taylor1996-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I">World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Semi-automatic">Semi-automatic</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Semi-automatic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>First examples of semi-automatic fully powered-cartridge rifles used in World War I are the <a href="/wiki/Fusil_Automatique_Mod%C3%A8le_1917" title="Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917">Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917</a> in <a href="/wiki/8%C3%9750mmR_Lebel" title="8×50mmR Lebel">8×50mmR Lebel</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Winchester_Model_1910" title="Winchester Model 1910">Winchester Model 1910</a> in <a href="/wiki/.401_Winchester_Self-Loading" title=".401 Winchester Self-Loading">.401 Winchester Self-Loading</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Winchester_.401_SL_Model_1910.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Winchester_.401_SL_Model_1910.jpg/220px-Winchester_.401_SL_Model_1910.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Winchester_.401_SL_Model_1910.jpg/330px-Winchester_.401_SL_Model_1910.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Winchester_.401_SL_Model_1910.jpg/440px-Winchester_.401_SL_Model_1910.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2521" data-file-height="573" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Winchester_Model_1910" title="Winchester Model 1910">Winchester Model 1910</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Select_fire">Select fire</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Select fire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Avtomat_M1916_Fedorov_noBG.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Avtomat_M1916_Fedorov_noBG.jpg/214px-Avtomat_M1916_Fedorov_noBG.jpg" decoding="async" width="214" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Avtomat_M1916_Fedorov_noBG.jpg/321px-Avtomat_M1916_Fedorov_noBG.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Avtomat_M1916_Fedorov_noBG.jpg/428px-Avtomat_M1916_Fedorov_noBG.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1270" data-file-height="342" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fedorov_Avtomat" title="Fedorov Avtomat">Fedorov Avtomat</a></figcaption></figure> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, all of the world's armies were equipped with <a href="/wiki/Bolt-action_rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolt-action rifles">bolt-action rifles</a>, and the thought of fully automatic fire in a design that was lightweight and controllable enough to be used by a single soldier was seen as something that would be extremely useful in the static conditions of <a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">trench warfare</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> produced the world's first battle rifle, the <a href="/wiki/Fedorov_Avtomat" title="Fedorov Avtomat">Fedorov Avtomat</a>, which was select-fire and fired the rather underpowered <a href="/wiki/6.5%C3%9750mmSR_Arisaka" title="6.5×50mmSR Arisaka">6.5mm Arisaka</a> round from a 25-round box magazine. Only about 100 were produced and used during the war,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a> forced Russia to withdraw its forces in 1917, and so there is an absence of reports on the combat effectiveness of Fedorov rifles, but they continued to be produced until 1925. Fedorov rifles were also used in limited numbers during the opening stages of the <a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chauchat-Ribeyrolles_1918_submachine_gun.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Chauchat-Ribeyrolles_1918_submachine_gun.jpg/214px-Chauchat-Ribeyrolles_1918_submachine_gun.jpg" decoding="async" width="214" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Chauchat-Ribeyrolles_1918_submachine_gun.jpg/321px-Chauchat-Ribeyrolles_1918_submachine_gun.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Chauchat-Ribeyrolles_1918_submachine_gun.jpg/428px-Chauchat-Ribeyrolles_1918_submachine_gun.jpg 2x" data-file-width="998" data-file-height="362" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chauchat-Ribeyrolles_1918_submachine_gun" title="Chauchat-Ribeyrolles 1918 submachine gun"> Chauchat-Ribeyrolles 1918</a></figcaption></figure> <p>France developed the <a href="/wiki/Chauchat-Ribeyrolles_1918_submachine_gun" title="Chauchat-Ribeyrolles 1918 submachine gun">Chauchat-Ribeyrolles 1918 submachine gun</a>, an automatic <a href="/wiki/Carbine" title="Carbine">shortrifle</a> chambered in <a href="/wiki/8%C3%9750mmR_Lebel" title="8×50mmR Lebel">8×50mmR Lebel</a>, intended to defend tank crews. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The battle rifle was of major significance during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Japan">Imperial Japan</a> all producing them in some capacity. Millions were produced during this era, but overall, with the sole exception of the United States, <a href="/wiki/Bolt-action_rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolt-action rifles">bolt-action rifles</a> were much more common on the battlefield. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="M1_Garand">M1 Garand</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: M1 Garand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:M1-Garand-Rifle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/M1-Garand-Rifle.jpg/220px-M1-Garand-Rifle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/M1-Garand-Rifle.jpg/330px-M1-Garand-Rifle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/M1-Garand-Rifle.jpg/440px-M1-Garand-Rifle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1728" data-file-height="562" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Garand</a> and en-bloc clips</figcaption></figure> <p>At the outbreak of World War Two, the United States was the only nation in the world to have formally adopted a battle rifle as their <a href="/wiki/Service_rifle" title="Service rifle">service rifle</a>. The <a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Garand</a> fired the <a href="/wiki/.30-06_Springfield" title=".30-06 Springfield">.30-06 Springfield</a> cartridge, which loaded from an eight-round <a href="/wiki/Clip_(firearms)#En_bloc" title="Clip (firearms)">en bloc clip</a>. When empty, this clip would eject upwards out of the rifle, making a distinctive <i>ping</i> sound in the process, after which a new en bloc clip could be inserted into the rifle. The adoption of the semi-automatic rifle allowed American riflemen to field much greater sustained firepower than their Allied and Axis contemporaries, who were still using bolt-action rifles as their primary rifle. The Garand continued to see front line service during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, saw limited service during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, and served as the basis for the creation of the <a href="/wiki/M14_rifle" title="M14 rifle">M14 rifle</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="SVT-40">SVT-40</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: SVT-40"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SVT-40_1941_Izhevsk_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/SVT-40_1941_Izhevsk_01.jpg/220px-SVT-40_1941_Izhevsk_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/SVT-40_1941_Izhevsk_01.jpg/330px-SVT-40_1941_Izhevsk_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/SVT-40_1941_Izhevsk_01.jpg/440px-SVT-40_1941_Izhevsk_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1532" data-file-height="439" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/SVT-40" title="SVT-40">SVT-40</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Soviet Union issued one major battle rifle, the <a href="/wiki/SVT-40" title="SVT-40">SVT-40</a>, which was invented by <a href="/wiki/Fedor_Tokarev" title="Fedor Tokarev">Fedor Tokarev</a>, who is also well known for creating the <a href="/wiki/Tokarev_pistol" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokarev pistol">Tokarev pistol</a>. It uses the <a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9754mmR" title="7.62×54mmR">7.62×54mmR</a> cartridge, and reloaded with a 10-round magazine, but the receiver was open-top, meaning it could also be loaded with 5-round stripper clips, the same ones used in the <a href="/wiki/Mosin-Nagant" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosin-Nagant">Mosin-Nagant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SVT's performance was overall unsatisfactory, owing largely to its lack of reliability, in particular that it needed frequent cleaning, and the <a href="/wiki/Stock_(firearms)" title="Stock (firearms)">stock</a> was of a poor quality. Nonetheless, over 1 million rifles were produced, and it continued to see service until the end of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like the Mosin-Nagant, it was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/AK-47" title="AK-47">AK-47</a> shortly after World War II. A <a href="/wiki/Select_fire" title="Select fire">select fire</a> variant named the AVT-40 was also produced in limited numbers where regular <a href="/wiki/Machine_guns" class="mw-redirect" title="Machine guns">machine guns</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/Degtyaryov_machine_gun" title="Degtyaryov machine gun">DP-27</a> were not available, but the weapon's 10 round capacity made it somewhat unsuitable for fully automatic fire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="FG-42">FG-42</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: FG-42"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mitrailleuse-p1030118.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Mitrailleuse-p1030118.jpg/220px-Mitrailleuse-p1030118.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Mitrailleuse-p1030118.jpg/330px-Mitrailleuse-p1030118.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Mitrailleuse-p1030118.jpg/440px-Mitrailleuse-p1030118.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2223" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/FG-42" class="mw-redirect" title="FG-42">FG-42</a> with bipod deployed.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> was responsible for a large amount of <a href="/wiki/Wunderwaffe" title="Wunderwaffe">experimental weaponry</a> during the war. Among these was the <a href="/wiki/FG-42" class="mw-redirect" title="FG-42">FG-42</a>, a rifle built specifically for the <a href="/wiki/Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger" title="Fallschirmjäger">Fallschirmjäger</a> (paratroopers). The rifle was meant to be a jack-of-all-trades that would be used during the first stages of an <a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">airborne</a> operation, before heavier weapons like the <a href="/wiki/MG-42" class="mw-redirect" title="MG-42">MG-42</a> could be sent in.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The FG-42 was a <a href="/wiki/Select_fire" title="Select fire">select fire</a> rifle, which had a 20-round magazine that loaded on the left of the rifle, and it used the <a href="/wiki/7.92%C3%9757mm_Mauser" title="7.92×57mm Mauser">7.92×57mm Mauser</a> cartridge. It was first used during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rhodes_(1943)" title="Battle of Rhodes (1943)">Battle of Rhodes (1943)</a>, and continued to see limited service until the end of the war, with a total of about 7,000 produced. Postwar observers were very impressed by the rifle, resulting in the British <a href="/wiki/EM-2_rifle" title="EM-2 rifle">EM-2 rifle</a> and the American <a href="/wiki/M60_Machine_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="M60 Machine Gun">M60 Machine Gun</a>, which was standard issue in the U.S. during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>. Both of these designs were heavily influenced by the FG-42.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gewehr_41_and_43">Gewehr 41 and 43</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Gewehr 41 and 43"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gewehr_43_noBG.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Gewehr_43_noBG.jpg/220px-Gewehr_43_noBG.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Gewehr_43_noBG.jpg/330px-Gewehr_43_noBG.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Gewehr_43_noBG.jpg/440px-Gewehr_43_noBG.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2050" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gewehr_43" title="Gewehr 43">Gewehr 43</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Another German design built during the Second World War was the <a href="/wiki/Gewehr_41" title="Gewehr 41">Gewehr 41</a>, which was produced by <a href="/wiki/Walther_Arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Walther Arms">Walther Arms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mauser" title="Mauser">Mauser</a>, and had a 10-round internal magazine, loaded with 2 stripper clips and used the <a href="/wiki/7.92%C3%9757mm_Mauser" title="7.92×57mm Mauser">7.92×57mm Mauser</a> cartridge. About 145,000 were produced before the Mauser design was worked upon and made into the <a href="/wiki/Gewehr_43" title="Gewehr 43">Gewehr 43</a>. Externally, the two rifles look mostly identical, and the main difference that sets them apart is that the G43 reloads with external box magazines (10 rounds), and has a <a href="/wiki/Short-stroke_piston" class="mw-redirect" title="Short-stroke piston">short-stroke piston</a>, whereas the G41 uses the same system as that in the <a href="/wiki/M1922_Bang_rifle" title="M1922 Bang rifle">M1922 Bang rifle</a>. Over 400,000 G43s were built. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Type_4">Type 4</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Type 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Type_4_rifle.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Type_4_rifle.png/220px-Type_4_rifle.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Type_4_rifle.png/330px-Type_4_rifle.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Type_4_rifle.png/440px-Type_4_rifle.png 2x" data-file-width="1143" data-file-height="233" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Type_4_rifle" title="Type 4 rifle">Type 4</a></figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a> created the <a href="/wiki/Type_4_rifle" title="Type 4 rifle">Type 4 rifle</a>, also known as the Type 5, to act as a counter to the American <a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Garand</a>. While initial attempts were made as rudimentary copies of the Garand, it was found that the Japanese <a href="/wiki/7.7%C3%9758mm_Arisaka" title="7.7×58mm Arisaka">7.7×58mm Arisaka</a> cartridge didn't respond well to being fitted into the Garand's internals, and so, the en-bloc clip design of the Garand was replaced with a 10-round internal magazine, loaded with stripper clips, as was seen in the German <a href="/wiki/Gewehr_41" title="Gewehr 41">Gewehr 41</a>. Only 250 were built, in 1945, when the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a> was already at its breaking point, and production ceased with the surrender in August of that year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cold_War">Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="FN_FAL">FN FAL</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: FN FAL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FN-FAL_belgian_noBG.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/FN-FAL_belgian_noBG.png/220px-FN-FAL_belgian_noBG.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/FN-FAL_belgian_noBG.png/330px-FN-FAL_belgian_noBG.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/FN-FAL_belgian_noBG.png/440px-FN-FAL_belgian_noBG.png 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/FN_FAL" title="FN FAL">FN FAL</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The most enduring battle rifle of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> is the <a href="/wiki/FN_FAL" title="FN FAL">FN FAL</a> (<i>Fusil Automatique Léger</i>). The FAL is a rifle produced by <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgian</a> company <a href="/wiki/FN_Herstal" title="FN Herstal">FN Herstal</a>, firing <a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9751mm_NATO" title="7.62×51mm NATO">7.62×51mm NATO</a> from 20 or 30 round box magazines. It was first produced in 1953, at which point all the nations of the <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Pact" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a> except <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a> (which first used its own <a href="/wiki/Vz._52_rifle" title="Vz. 52 rifle">vz. 52 rifle</a> before switching to the <a href="/wiki/Vz._58" title="Vz. 58">vz. 58</a> model), were all equipping with the <a href="/wiki/AK-47" title="AK-47">AK-47</a>, or some variant of it, but most <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> countries had their own, domestically produced designs. For instance, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> used the <a href="/wiki/Lee-Enfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Lee-Enfield">Lee-Enfield</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> used the <a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Garand</a>, and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> used the <a href="/wiki/MAS-49" class="mw-redirect" title="MAS-49">MAS-49</a>. The FAL was supposed to solve this issue; however, the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> chose not to adopt it, primarily because their own design, the <a href="/wiki/M14_rifle" title="M14 rifle">M14 rifle</a>, was a pound lighter, less internally complex, and there was financial benefit for the United States in producing it domestically. At the time of its creation, it was adopted by several NATO countries, including <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, among many others. The <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> manufactured their own version of the FAL, the <a href="/wiki/L1A1_Self-Loading_Rifle" title="L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle">L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle</a>, which is <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_rifle" title="Semi-automatic rifle">semi-automatic only</a>. Though <a href="/wiki/Assault_rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="Assault rifles">assault rifles</a> are typically more common in contemporary usage, the FAL is still in active service in many nations (none of which are in NATO), most notably <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>. In total, the FAL has been used by over 90 countries and over 7,000,000 have been produced,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leading to the rifle's other, unofficial name: "The Right Arm of the <a href="/wiki/Free_World" title="Free World">Free World</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Heckler_&_Koch_G3"><span id="Heckler_.26_Koch_G3"></span>Heckler & Koch G3</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Heckler & Koch G3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kongsberg_AG3.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Kongsberg_AG3.png/220px-Kongsberg_AG3.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Kongsberg_AG3.png/330px-Kongsberg_AG3.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Kongsberg_AG3.png/440px-Kongsberg_AG3.png 2x" data-file-width="2720" data-file-height="630" /></a><figcaption>Heckler & Koch G3</figcaption></figure> <p>The '<a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_G3" title="Heckler & Koch G3">Heckler & Koch G3</a> (<i>Gewehr 3</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Blowback_(arms)#Roller-delayed" class="mw-redirect" title="Blowback (arms)">roller-delayed blowback</a> operating system rifle developed in the 1950s by the German <a href="/wiki/Small_arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Small arms">armament</a> manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch" title="Heckler & Koch">Heckler & Koch</a> (H&K) in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency <a href="/wiki/CETME" title="CETME">CETME</a> (<i>Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales</i>), firing 7.62×51mm NATO from 5, 10, 20, 30, or 40 round detachable <a href="/wiki/Box_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Box magazine">box magazines</a> and 50 or 100 round detachable <a href="/wiki/Drum_magazine" title="Drum magazine">drum magazines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Woźniak37_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woźniak37-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was first produced in 1959. The modular designed G3 has over the years been exported to over 70 countries and manufactured under licence in at least 15 countries, bringing the total number built to around 7,800,000.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="M14">M14</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: M14"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:M14_Stand-off_Munitions_Disruptor_(SMUD)_(7414626342).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/M14_Stand-off_Munitions_Disruptor_%28SMUD%29_%287414626342%29.jpg/220px-M14_Stand-off_Munitions_Disruptor_%28SMUD%29_%287414626342%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/M14_Stand-off_Munitions_Disruptor_%28SMUD%29_%287414626342%29.jpg/330px-M14_Stand-off_Munitions_Disruptor_%28SMUD%29_%287414626342%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/M14_Stand-off_Munitions_Disruptor_%28SMUD%29_%287414626342%29.jpg/440px-M14_Stand-off_Munitions_Disruptor_%28SMUD%29_%287414626342%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="520" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/M14_rifle" title="M14 rifle">M14</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/M14_rifle" title="M14 rifle">M14 rifle</a> is an American design, made to replace the <a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Garand</a>, which was used as the basis for the M14. It is a <a href="/wiki/Select_fire" title="Select fire">select fire</a> weapon, firing <a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9751mm_NATO" title="7.62×51mm NATO">7.62×51mm NATO</a> from 20-round detachable box magazines. It was the primary infantry rifle used during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, but once deployed into combat, there were complaints about the weapon's performance, such as it was too difficult to control in <a href="/wiki/Fully_automatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Fully automatic">full auto</a>, its profile was too long, and the weapon was generally unreliable. A 1962 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> report described it as "completely inferior" to the M1 Garand.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It went into production in 1959 and about 1,300,000 M14 rifles have been produced.<sup id="cite_ref-miller2001_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller2001-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The M14 was eventually replaced by the <a href="/wiki/M16_rifle" title="M16 rifle">M16</a> <a href="/wiki/Assault_rifle" title="Assault rifle">assault rifle</a>, which was a controversial decision as the M16's less powerful <a href="/wiki/5.56%C3%9745mm_NATO" title="5.56×45mm NATO">5.56×45mm NATO</a> cartridge, combined with the fact it was much smaller and lighter, and had plastic furniture instead of wood, led some soldiers to sarcastically call the new rifle the '<a href="/wiki/Mattel" title="Mattel">Mattel</a> 16'.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite initial shortcomings, however, the M16 remains in American military service to this day, and it is the most produced rifle in <a href="/wiki/5.56%C3%9745mm_NATO" title="5.56×45mm NATO">5.56×45mm NATO</a> cartridge. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="AR-10">AR-10</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: AR-10"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Automatisch_geweer_Armalite_AR_10_(2155_047264).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Automatisch_geweer_Armalite_AR_10_%282155_047264%29.jpg/220px-Automatisch_geweer_Armalite_AR_10_%282155_047264%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Automatisch_geweer_Armalite_AR_10_%282155_047264%29.jpg/330px-Automatisch_geweer_Armalite_AR_10_%282155_047264%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Automatisch_geweer_Armalite_AR_10_%282155_047264%29.jpg/440px-Automatisch_geweer_Armalite_AR_10_%282155_047264%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2116" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Artillerie_Inrichtingen" class="mw-redirect" title="Artillerie Inrichtingen">Artillerie Inrichtingen</a> (A.I.) produced AR-10</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/ArmaLite_AR-10" title="ArmaLite AR-10">ArmaLite AR-10</a> is a <a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9751mm_NATO" title="7.62×51mm NATO">7.62×51mm NATO</a> battle rifle designed by <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Stoner" title="Eugene Stoner">Eugene Stoner</a> in 1955, as a late entrant to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>'s Light Rifle Trials to replace the <a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Garand</a> in US service.<sup id="cite_ref-Pikula_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pikula-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was initially manufactured by <a href="/wiki/ArmaLite" title="ArmaLite">ArmaLite</a> (then a division of the <a href="/wiki/Fairchild_(aircraft_manufacturer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairchild (aircraft manufacturer)">Fairchild Aircraft Corporation</a>) and under a <a href="/wiki/Manufacturing_license" class="mw-redirect" title="Manufacturing license">manufacturing license</a> by <a href="/wiki/Artillerie-Inrichtingen#Association_with_the_AR-10_battle_rifle" title="Artillerie-Inrichtingen">Artillerie Inrichtingen</a>. First introduced in 1956, the AR-10 used an innovative combination of a straight-line barrel/stock design with <a href="/wiki/Phenol_formaldehyde_resin#Applications" title="Phenol formaldehyde resin">phenolic composite</a>, a new <span><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US2951424">U.S. patent 2,951,424</a></span> filed gas-operated bolt and carrier system and forged alloy parts resulting in a small arm significantly easier to control in automatic fire and over 1 lb (0.45 kg) lighter than other infantry rifles of the day.<sup id="cite_ref-Pikula,_Sam_pp._27-29_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pikula,_Sam_pp._27-29-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over its production life, the original AR-10 was built in relatively small numbers, with fewer than 10,000 rifles assembled. However, the ArmaLite AR-10 (later developed into the <a href="/wiki/ArmaLite_AR-15" title="ArmaLite AR-15">ArmaLite AR-15</a>, <a href="/wiki/M16_rifle" title="M16 rifle">M16 rifle</a>, and <a href="/wiki/M4_carbine" title="M4 carbine">M4 carbine</a>) would become the progenitor for a wide range of firearms. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary_usage">Contemporary usage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Contemporary usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Compliant_MDRX_in_7.62_with_20%22_Barrel_and_3-15x_Scope.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Compliant_MDRX_in_7.62_with_20%22_Barrel_and_3-15x_Scope.jpg/220px-Compliant_MDRX_in_7.62_with_20%22_Barrel_and_3-15x_Scope.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Compliant_MDRX_in_7.62_with_20%22_Barrel_and_3-15x_Scope.jpg/330px-Compliant_MDRX_in_7.62_with_20%22_Barrel_and_3-15x_Scope.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Compliant_MDRX_in_7.62_with_20%22_Barrel_and_3-15x_Scope.jpg/440px-Compliant_MDRX_in_7.62_with_20%22_Barrel_and_3-15x_Scope.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5640" data-file-height="1880" /></a><figcaption>Desert Tech MDRX</figcaption></figure> <p>After WW2, the USSR was the first global power to make an assault rifle the standard infantry weapon, with the <a href="/wiki/AK-47" title="AK-47">AK-47</a> family of firearms. After the United States formally adopted the <a href="/wiki/M16_rifle" title="M16 rifle">M16 rifle</a> in the 1960s, nearly every other nation adopted the assault rifle paradigm over the following decades. Because they were more controllable, much lighter, and still offered acceptable levels of penetration, <a href="/wiki/Intermediate_cartridge" title="Intermediate cartridge">intermediate cartridges</a> were considered a better choice, and gradually battle rifles began to be replaced with weapons such as the <a href="/wiki/Steyr_AUG" title="Steyr AUG">Steyr AUG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_G36" title="Heckler & Koch G36">Heckler & Koch G36</a>, <a href="/wiki/FAMAS" title="FAMAS">FAMAS</a>, and <a href="/wiki/SA80" title="SA80">SA80</a>. However, battle rifles do continue to be used in certain roles where the extra power is appreciated, for example, <a href="/wiki/Designated_marksmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Designated marksmen">designated marksmen</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Bundeswehr" title="Bundeswehr">Bundeswehr</a> use the <a href="/wiki/HK417" class="mw-redirect" title="HK417">HK417</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other examples of contemporary battle rifles include the <a href="/wiki/FN_SCAR" title="FN SCAR">SCAR-H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mk_14_Enhanced_Battle_Rifle" title="Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle">Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Desert_Tech_MDR" title="Desert Tech MDR">Desert Tech MDRx</a>, <a href="/wiki/IWI_Tavor_7" title="IWI Tavor 7">IWI Tavor 7</a>, and <a href="/wiki/XM7_rifle" title="XM7 rifle">XM7 rifle</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_Army_Pvt._Levi_Mooney,_right,_bumps_fists_with_a_child_during_a_patrol_in_Tarin_Kowt,_Uruzgan_province,_Afghanistan,_July_26,_2013_130726-Z-FS372-401.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Australian_Army_Pvt._Levi_Mooney%2C_right%2C_bumps_fists_with_a_child_during_a_patrol_in_Tarin_Kowt%2C_Uruzgan_province%2C_Afghanistan%2C_July_26%2C_2013_130726-Z-FS372-401.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Australian_Army_Pvt._Levi_Mooney%2C_right%2C_bumps_fists_with_a_child_during_a_patrol_in_Tarin_Kowt%2C_Uruzgan_province%2C_Afghanistan%2C_July_26%2C_2013_130726-Z-FS372-401.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Australian_Army_Pvt._Levi_Mooney%2C_right%2C_bumps_fists_with_a_child_during_a_patrol_in_Tarin_Kowt%2C_Uruzgan_province%2C_Afghanistan%2C_July_26%2C_2013_130726-Z-FS372-401.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1812" data-file-height="1213" /></a><figcaption>Australian soldier with a <a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_HK417" title="Heckler & Koch HK417">HK417</a> in Afghanistan.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_battle_rifles">List of battle rifles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: List of battle rifles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_battle_rifles" title="List of battle rifles">List of battle rifles</a></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_rifle&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assault_rifle" title="Assault rifle">Assault rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automatic_rifle" title="Automatic rifle">Automatic rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Designated_marksman_rifle" title="Designated marksman rifle">Designated marksman rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fully_powered_cartridge" title="Fully powered cartridge">Fully powered cartridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_machine_gun" title="Light machine gun">Light machine gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_firearms" title="List of firearms">List of firearms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sniper_rifle" title="Sniper rifle">Sniper rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9751mm_NATO" title="7.62×51mm NATO">7.62×51mm NATO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.30-06_Springfield" title=".30-06 Springfield">.30-06 Springfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9754mmR" title="7.62×54mmR">7.62×54mmR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7.92%C3%9757mm_Mauser" title="7.92×57mm Mauser">7.92×57mm Mauser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6.5%C3%9750mmSR_Arisaka" title="6.5×50mmSR Arisaka">6.5×50mmSR Arisaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.277_Fury" title=".277 Fury">.277 Fury</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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title="List of semi-automatic pistols">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pistol_caliber_carbine" class="mw-redirect" title="Pistol caliber carbine">Pistol caliber</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Personal_defence_weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal defence weapon">Personal defence weapon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submachine_gun" title="Submachine gun">Submachine gun</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starting_pistol" title="Starting pistol">Starting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallet_gun" title="Wallet gun">Wallet gun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">Rifles</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_rifles" title="List of rifles">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">Machine guns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_purpose_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="General purpose machine gun">General purpose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_machine_gun" title="Light machine gun">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medium_machine_gun" title="Medium machine gun">Medium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_machine_gun" title="Heavy machine gun">Heavy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squad_automatic_weapon" title="Squad automatic weapon">SAW</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shotgun" title="Shotgun">Shotguns</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_shotguns" title="List of shotguns">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Automatic_shotgun" title="Automatic shotgun">Automatic shotgun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coach_gun" title="Coach gun">Coach gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combat_shotgun" title="Combat shotgun">Combat shotgun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double-barreled_shotgun" title="Double-barreled shotgun">Double-barreled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pump_action" title="Pump action">Pump action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riot_shotgun" title="Riot shotgun">Riot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sawed-off_shotgun" title="Sawed-off shotgun">Sawed-off</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;">Ammunition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/20-gauge_shotgun" title="20-gauge shotgun">20-gauge shotgun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breaching_round" title="Breaching round">Breaching round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon%27s_breath_(ammunition)" title="Dragon's breath (ammunition)">Dragon's breath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shotgun_shell" class="mw-redirect" title="Shotgun shell">Shotgun shell</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/.410_bore" title=".410 bore">.410 bore</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shot_(pellet)" title="Shot (pellet)">Shot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shotgun_slug" title="Shotgun slug">Slug</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_firearm" title="History of the firearm">Historic</a> or famous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AK-47" title="AK-47">AK-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AR-15_style_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="AR-15 style rifle">AR-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M16" class="mw-redirect" title="M16">M16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antique_firearms" title="Antique firearms">Antique firearms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gatling_gun" title="Gatling gun">Gatling gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester_rifle" title="Winchester rifle">Winchester rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Garand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauser_rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauser rifles">Mauser rifles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun" title="Thompson submachine gun">Tommy Gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MP_40" title="MP 40">MP 40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzi" title="Uzi">Uzi</a></li> 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gun_barrel" title="Gun barrel">Barrel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feed_ramp" title="Feed ramp">Feed ramp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slug_barrel" title="Slug barrel">Slug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrel_threads" title="Barrel threads">Threads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trunnion" title="Trunnion">Trunnion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayonet" title="Bayonet">Bayonet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belt_(firearms)" title="Belt (firearms)">Belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blank-firing_adapter" title="Blank-firing adapter">Blank-firing adapter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breechblock" title="Breechblock">Breechblock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breechface" title="Breechface">Breechface</a></li> <li><a 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suppressor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fluting_(firearms)" title="Fluting (firearms)">Fluting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward_assist" title="Forward assist">Forward assist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freebore" title="Freebore">Freebore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forearm_(firearm_component)" title="Forearm (firearm component)">Forearm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertical_forward_grip" title="Vertical forward grip">Foregrip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammer_(firearms)" title="Hammer (firearms)">Hammer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Half-cock" title="Half-cock">Half-cock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammer_(firearms)#Linear_hammer" title="Hammer (firearms)">Linear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammer_(firearms)#Striker" title="Hammer (firearms)">Striker</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lock_(firearm)" title="Lock (firearm)">Lock</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flintlock" title="Flintlock">Flintlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheellock" title="Wheellock">Wheellock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magazine_(firearms)" title="Magazine (firearms)">Magazine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bottom_metal" title="Bottom metal">Bottom metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clip_(firearms)" title="Clip (firearms)">Clip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drum_magazine" title="Drum magazine">Drum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-capacity_magazine" title="High-capacity magazine">High-capacity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speedloader" title="Speedloader">Speedloader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stripper_clip" title="Stripper clip">Stripper clip</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_brake" title="Muzzle brake">Muzzle brake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_shroud" title="Muzzle shroud">Muzzle shroud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pistol_grip" title="Pistol grip">Pistol grip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pistol_slide" title="Pistol slide">Pistol slide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_system_(firearms)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail system (firearms)">Rail system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Receiver_(firearms)" title="Receiver (firearms)">Receiver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recoil_pad" title="Recoil pad">Recoil pad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rim_(firearms)" title="Rim (firearms)">Rim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safety_(firearms)" title="Safety (firearms)">Safety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sear_(firearm)" title="Sear (firearm)">Sear</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Auto_sear" title="Auto sear">Auto sear</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrel_shroud" title="Barrel shroud">Shroud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silencer_(firearms)" title="Silencer (firearms)">Silencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squeeze_bore" title="Squeeze bore">Squeeze bore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choke_(firearms)" title="Choke (firearms)">Choke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stock_(firearms)" title="Stock (firearms)">Stock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synchronization_gear" title="Synchronization gear">Synchronization gear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapering_(firearms)" title="Tapering (firearms)">Tapering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trigger_(firearms)" title="Trigger (firearms)">Trigger</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trigger_guard" title="Trigger guard">guard</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sight_(device)" title="Sight (device)">Sights</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diopter_sight" title="Diopter sight">Diopter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finderscope" title="Finderscope">Finderscope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Globe_sight" title="Globe sight">Globe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holographic_weapon_sight" title="Holographic weapon sight">Holographic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_sights" title="Iron sights">Iron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laser_sight_(firearms)" class="mw-redirect" title="Laser sight (firearms)">Laser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reticle" title="Reticle">Reticle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reflex_sight" class="mw-redirect" title="Reflex sight">Reflex</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Red_dot_sight" title="Red dot sight">Red dot</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sight_magnifier" title="Sight magnifier">Magnifier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scope_mount" title="Scope mount">Scope mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tang_sight" title="Tang sight">Tang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telescopic_sight" title="Telescopic sight">Telescopic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night-vision_device" title="Night-vision device">Night vision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thermal_weapon_sight" title="Thermal weapon sight">Thermal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sighting_in" title="Sighting in">Zeroing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Action_(firearms)" title="Action (firearms)">Actions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blowback_(firearms)" title="Blowback (firearms)">Blowback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blow-forward" class="mw-redirect" title="Blow-forward">Blow-forward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolt_action" title="Bolt action">Bolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxlock_action" title="Boxlock action">Boxlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breechloader" title="Breechloader">Breechloading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Break_action" title="Break action">Break</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open_bolt" title="Open bolt">Open bolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Closed_bolt" title="Closed bolt">Closed bolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_firing" title="Electronic firing">Electronic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gas-operated_reloading" title="Gas-operated reloading">Gas-operated</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lever_action" title="Lever action">Lever</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzleloader" title="Muzzleloader">Muzzleloading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Out-of-battery" title="Out-of-battery">Out-of-battery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pump_action" title="Pump action">Pump</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Push_feed_and_controlled_feed" title="Push feed and controlled feed">Push/Controlled feed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recoil_operation" title="Recoil operation">Recoil-operated</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repeating_firearm" title="Repeating firearm">Repeating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolver" title="Revolver">Revolver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-loading_rifle" title="Self-loading rifle">Self-loading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Single-shot" title="Single-shot">Single-shot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slamfire" title="Slamfire">Slamfire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Physics_of_firearms" title="Physics of firearms">Physics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballistics" title="Ballistics">Ballistics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballistic_coefficient" title="Ballistic coefficient">Ballistic coefficient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/External_ballistics" title="External ballistics">External</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terminal_ballistics" title="Terminal ballistics">Terminal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transitional_ballistics" title="Transitional ballistics">Transitional</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physics_of_firearms" title="Physics of firearms">Physics of firearms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangefinder" title="Rangefinder">Rangefinding/keeping</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mathematical_discussion_of_rangekeeping" title="Mathematical discussion of rangekeeping">Mathematics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stadiametric_rangefinding" title="Stadiametric rangefinding">Stadiametric</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Metrics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accurizing" title="Accurizing">Accurizing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bore_axis" title="Bore axis">Bore axis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caliber" title="Caliber">Caliber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circular_error_probable" title="Circular error probable">Circular error probable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effective_range#Weapons" title="Effective range">Effective range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauge_(firearms)" title="Gauge (firearms)">Gauge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_chronograph" title="Gun chronograph">Gun chronograph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_harmonisation" title="Gun harmonisation">Gun harmonisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Headspace_(firearms)" title="Headspace (firearms)">Headspace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Length_of_pull" title="Length of pull">Length of pull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lock_time" title="Lock time">Lock time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Match_grade" title="Match grade">Match grade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mean_time_between_failures" title="Mean time between failures">Mean time between failures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minute_and_second_of_arc#Firearms" title="Minute and second of arc">Minute of Angle (MOA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_(firearms)" class="mw-redirect" title="Muzzle (firearms)">Muzzle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_energy" title="Muzzle energy">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_rise" title="Muzzle rise">Rise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_velocity" title="Muzzle velocity">Velocity</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penetration_(weaponry)" title="Penetration (weaponry)">Penetration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_factor_(shooting_sports)" title="Power factor (shooting sports)">Power factor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Precision-guided_firearm" title="Precision-guided firearm">Precision-guided</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rate_of_fire" title="Rate of fire">Rate of fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recoil" title="Recoil">Recoil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shot_grouping" title="Shot grouping">Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stock_(firearms)#Stock_measurements" title="Stock (firearms)">Stock measurements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stopping_power" title="Stopping power">Stopping power</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handgun_effectiveness" title="Handgun effectiveness">Handgun effectiveness</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifling#Twist_rate" title="Rifling">Twist rate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Shooting_and_ammunition56" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Shooting" title="Shooting">Shooting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ammunition" title="Ammunition">ammunition</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gunshot" title="Gunshot">Gunshot</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dry_fire" title="Dry fire">Dry fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shooting" title="Shooting">Firing (Shooting)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunshot" title="Gunshot">Gunshot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shootout" title="Shootout">Firefight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firearm_maintenance" title="Firearm maintenance">Maintenance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Field_strip" title="Field strip">Field strip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fouling" title="Fouling">Fouling</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firearm_malfunction" title="Firearm malfunction">Malfunction</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cooking_off" title="Cooking off">Cooking off</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hang_fire" title="Hang fire">Hang fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squib_load" title="Squib load">Squib load</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricochet" title="Ricochet">Ricochet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;">Ignition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fire_forming" title="Fire forming">Fire forming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obturation" title="Obturation">Obturation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primer_(firearms)" title="Primer (firearms)">Primer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gunpowder" title="Gunpowder">Gunpowder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percussion_cap" title="Percussion cap">Percussion cap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rimfire_ammunition" title="Rimfire ammunition">Rimfire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tubes_and_primers_for_ammunition" title="Tubes and primers for ammunition">Tubes and Primers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firearm_propellant" title="Firearm propellant">Propellant</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ball_propellant" title="Ball propellant">Ball propellant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cordite" title="Cordite">Cordite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Improved_military_rifle_powder" title="Improved military rifle powder">Improved Military Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramrod" title="Ramrod">Ramrod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smokeless_powder" title="Smokeless powder">Smokeless powder</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ammunition" title="Ammunition">Ammunition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannelure" title="Cannelure">Cannelure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dummy_round" title="Dummy round">Dummy round</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Snap_cap" title="Snap cap">Snap cap</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flechette" title="Flechette">Flechette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gas_check" title="Gas check">Gas check</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overpressure_ammunition" title="Overpressure ammunition">Overpressure ammunition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polymer-cased_ammunition" title="Polymer-cased ammunition">PCA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabot_(firearms)" title="Sabot (firearms)">Sabot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadding" title="Wadding">Wadding</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bullet" title="Bullet">Bullets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armor-piercing_bullet" title="Armor-piercing bullet">Armour piercing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cast_bullet" title="Cast bullet">Cast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expanding_bullet" title="Expanding bullet">Expanding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_metal_jacket_(ammunition)" title="Full metal jacket (ammunition)">Full metal jacket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frangible_bullet" title="Frangible bullet">Frangible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_bullet" title="Green bullet">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incendiary_ammunition" title="Incendiary ammunition">Incendiary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-explosive_incendiary" title="High-explosive incendiary">High explosive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-explosive_incendiary/armor-piercing_ammunition" title="High-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition">HEIAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Projectile" title="Projectile">Projectile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raufoss_Mk_211" title="Raufoss Mk 211">Raufoss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round_shot" title="Round shot">Round shot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saboted_light_armor_penetrator" title="Saboted light armor penetrator">SLAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soft-point_bullet" title="Soft-point bullet">Soft point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supercavitating_ammunition" class="mw-redirect" title="Supercavitating ammunition">Supercavitating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_metal_jacket" title="Total metal jacket">Total metal jacket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracer_ammunition" title="Tracer ammunition">Tracer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollow-base_bullet" title="Hollow-base bullet">Hollow base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollow-point_bullet" title="Hollow-point bullet">Hollow point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mini%C3%A9_ball" title="Minié ball">Minié</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meplat" title="Meplat">Meplat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plastic-tipped_bullet" title="Plastic-tipped bullet">Plastic tipped</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armour-piercing,_capped,_ballistic_capped_shell" title="Armour-piercing, capped, ballistic capped shell">ABCBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snake_shot" title="Snake shot">Snake shot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spitzer_(bullet)" title="Spitzer (bullet)">Spitzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Very-low-drag_bullet" title="Very-low-drag bullet">VLD</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Cartridge_(firearms)" title="Cartridge (firearms)">Cartridges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blank_(cartridge)" title="Blank (cartridge)">Blank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caseless_ammunition" title="Caseless ammunition">Caseless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centerfire_cartridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Centerfire cartridge">Centrefire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handloading" title="Handloading">Handloading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifle_cartridge" title="Rifle cartridge">Rifle cartridge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fully_powered_cartridge" title="Fully powered cartridge">Fully powered</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intermediate_cartridge" title="Intermediate cartridge">Intermediate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rifle_cartridges" title="List of rifle cartridges">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paper_cartridge" title="Paper cartridge">Paper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinfire_cartridge" title="Pinfire cartridge">Pinfire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildcat_cartridge" title="Wildcat cartridge">Wildcat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Society,_safety,_industry,_and_laws133" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Gun_cultures" title="Gun cultures">Society</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gun_safety" title="Gun safety">safety</a>, <a href="/wiki/Firearm_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Firearm industry">industry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation" title="Overview of gun laws by nation">laws</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gun_cultures" title="Gun cultures">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celebratory_gunfire" title="Celebratory gunfire">Celebratory gunfire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_ownership" title="Gun ownership">Civilian gun ownership</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Percent_of_households_with_guns_by_country" title="Percent of households with guns by country">Household ownership rates</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exhibition_shooting" title="Exhibition shooting">Exhibition shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_cultures" title="Gun cultures">Gun cultures</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gun_culture_in_the_United_States" title="Gun culture in the United States">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_shows_in_the_United_States" title="Gun shows in the United States">Gun shows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_firearms" title="List of U.S. state firearms">State firearms</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting" title="Hunting">Hunting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jungle_style_(firearm_magazines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jungle style (firearm magazines)"><i>Jungle style</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pistol_duelling" class="mw-redirect" title="Pistol duelling">Pistol duelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_gun_politics_articles" title="Index of gun politics articles">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports" title="Shooting sports">Shooting sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civilian_Marksmanship_Program" title="Civilian Marksmanship Program">Civilian Marksmanship Program</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gun_violence" title="Gun violence">Gun violence</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Gun_safety" title="Gun safety">safety</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States" title="Gun violence in the United States">in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_assassinations_by_firearm" title="List of assassinations by firearm">Assassinations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by firearm-related death rate">Deaths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forensic_firearm_examination" title="Forensic firearm examination">Forensics</a></li> <li><a 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