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<span>Browning Automatic Rifle</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Browning_Automatic_Rifle-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-AVS-36" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#AVS-36"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>AVS-36</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-AVS-36-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-FG_42" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#FG_42"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>FG 42</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-FG_42-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sturmgewehr_44" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sturmgewehr_44"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>Sturmgewehr 44</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sturmgewehr_44-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-AK-47" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#AK-47"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.11</span> <span>AK-47</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-AK-47-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-M14_rifle_(battle_rifle)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#M14_rifle_(battle_rifle)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.12</span> <span>M14 rifle (battle rifle)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-M14_rifle_(battle_rifle)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-FN_FAL" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#FN_FAL"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.13</span> <span>FN FAL</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-FN_FAL-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-H&K_G3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#H&K_G3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.14</span> <span>H&K G3</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-H&K_G3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-M16_rifle" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#M16_rifle"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.15</span> <span>M16 rifle</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-M16_rifle-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-HK33" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#HK33"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.16</span> <span>HK33</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-HK33-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-5.56mm_NATO" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#5.56mm_NATO"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.17</span> <span>5.56mm NATO</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-5.56mm_NATO-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Steyr_AUG_(bullpup_rifle)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Steyr_AUG_(bullpup_rifle)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.18</span> <span>Steyr AUG (bullpup rifle)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Steyr_AUG_(bullpup_rifle)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> 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title="Аўтаматычныя вінтоўкі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Аўтаматычныя вінтоўкі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzuilh-vindrailher" title="Fuzuilh-vindrailher – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Fuzuilh-vindrailher" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusell_metrallador" title="Fusell metrallador – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Fusell metrallador" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samonab%C3%ADjec%C3%AD_a_samo%C4%8Dinn%C3%A1_pu%C5%A1ka" title="Samonabíjecí a samočinná puška – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Samonabíjecí a samočinná puška" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatriffel" title="Automatriffel – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Automatriffel" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusil_autom%C3%A1tico" title="Fusil automático – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Fusil automático" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="تفنگ خودکار – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تفنگ خودکار" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusil-mitrailleur" title="Fusil-mitrailleur – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Fusil-mitrailleur" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%90%EB%8F%99%EC%86%8C%EC%B4%9D" title="자동소총 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="자동소총" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B2" title="स्वचालित राइफल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="स्वचालित राइफल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucile_mitragliatore" title="Fucile mitragliatore – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Fucile mitragliatore" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%99" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%87%AA%E5%8B%95%E5%B0%8F%E9%8A%83" title="自動小銃 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="自動小銃" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusiu_mitralhaire" title="Fusiu mitralhaire – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Fusiu mitralhaire" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karabin_automatyczny" title="Karabin automatyczny – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Karabin automatyczny" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espingarda_autom%C3%A1tica" title="Espingarda automática – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Espingarda automática" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu%C8%99c%C4%83_automat%C4%83" title="Pușcă automată – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Pușcă automată" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Автоматическая винтовка – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Автоматическая винтовка" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushka_automatike" title="Pushka automatike – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Pushka automatike" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_rifle" title="Automatic rifle – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Automatic rifle" data-language-autonym="Simple 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searchaux" style="display:none">Type of autoloading rifle</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Val_Browning_M1918_BAR.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Val_Browning_M1918_BAR.jpg/220px-Val_Browning_M1918_BAR.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Val_Browning_M1918_BAR.jpg/330px-Val_Browning_M1918_BAR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Val_Browning_M1918_BAR.jpg/440px-Val_Browning_M1918_BAR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="968" data-file-height="1182" /></a><figcaption>2nd Lt. <a href="/wiki/Val_A._Browning" title="Val A. Browning">Val Browning</a> with the <a href="/wiki/M1918_Browning_Automatic_Rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle">Browning Automatic Rifle</a> in France during World War I</figcaption></figure> <p>An <b>automatic rifle</b> is a type of <a href="/wiki/Self-loading_rifle" title="Self-loading rifle">autoloading rifle</a> that is capable of fully <a href="/wiki/Automatic_firearm" title="Automatic firearm">automatic fire</a>. Automatic rifles are generally <a href="/wiki/Selective_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Selective fire">select-fire</a> weapons capable of firing in <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_firearm" title="Semi-automatic firearm">semi-automatic</a> and automatic firing modes (some automatic rifles are capable of <a href="/wiki/Burst_mode_(weapons)" title="Burst mode (weapons)">burst-fire</a> as well). Automatic rifles are distinguished from <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_rifle" title="Semi-automatic rifle">semi-automatic rifles</a> in their ability to fire more than one shot in succession once the trigger is pulled. Most automatic rifles are further subcategorized as <a href="/wiki/Battle_rifle" title="Battle rifle">battle rifles</a> or <a href="/wiki/Assault_rifle" title="Assault rifle">assault rifles</a>. </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=Automatic_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="Maxim">Maxim</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Maxim"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 1883 <a href="/wiki/Hiram_Maxim" title="Hiram Maxim">Hiram Maxim</a> filed his first patent to do with automatic firearms covering semi-automatic and fully automatic <a href="/wiki/Winchester_rifle" title="Winchester rifle">Winchester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martini-Henry" class="mw-redirect" title="Martini-Henry">Martini-Henry</a> rifles as well as an original automatic rifle and blowback- and recoil-operated machine guns, both single and multi-barrelled.<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mannlicher">Mannlicher</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mannlicher"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mannlicher-1885-semi-auto.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Mannlicher-1885-semi-auto.jpg/220px-Mannlicher-1885-semi-auto.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Mannlicher-1885-semi-auto.jpg/330px-Mannlicher-1885-semi-auto.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Mannlicher-1885-semi-auto.jpg/440px-Mannlicher-1885-semi-auto.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="168" /></a><figcaption>1885 Mannlicher Self-Loading Rifle</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1885 <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Mannlicher" title="Ferdinand Mannlicher">Ferdinand Mannlicher</a> made an experimental self-loader based on work begun in 1883 in both semi-automatic and fully automatic modes. It was an impractical failure due to fouling by its black powder ammunition, but it influenced later designs. Furthermore, Mannlicher produced smokeless powder automatic rifles from the early 1890s onwards until his death in 1904.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cei-Rigotti">Cei-Rigotti</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cei-Rigotti"><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:Cei-Rigotti_-_6.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Cei-Rigotti_-_6.jpg/220px-Cei-Rigotti_-_6.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="43" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Cei-Rigotti_-_6.jpg/330px-Cei-Rigotti_-_6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Cei-Rigotti_-_6.jpg/440px-Cei-Rigotti_-_6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="101" /></a><figcaption>The Italian Cei-Rigotti, one of the world's first automatic rifles.</figcaption></figure> <p>One of the world's first automatic rifles was the Italian <a href="/wiki/Cei-Rigotti" title="Cei-Rigotti">Cei-Rigotti</a>. This rifle started out as an 1891 gas-operated conversion of the <a href="/wiki/Vetterli_rifle" title="Vetterli rifle">Vetterli rifle</a>, which received positive approval and was even adopted after further refinements in 1895 for the Royal Italian Navy, but although up to 2000 rifles were ordered, the order never came through for as yet unknown reasons.<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><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> Another version of the Cei-Rigotti was presented in 1900, these <a href="/wiki/6.5%C3%9752mm_Mannlicher%E2%80%93Carcano" class="mw-redirect" title="6.5×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano">6.5mm Carcano</a> or <a href="/wiki/7.65%C3%9753mm_Mauser" title="7.65×53mm Mauser">7.65×53mm</a> gas-operated, selective-fire carbines attracted considerable attention at the time.<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><sup id="cite_ref-HoggWeeks260_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoggWeeks260-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They used 10-, 20- and 50-round box magazines.<sup id="cite_ref-HoggWeeks260_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoggWeeks260-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cei-Rigotti had several failings, including frequent jams and erratic shooting.<sup id="cite_ref-HoggWeeks260_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoggWeeks260-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the end, no Army took an interest in the design and the rifle was abandoned before it could be further developed.<sup id="cite_ref-HoggWeeks260_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoggWeeks260-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the rifle was never officially adopted by any military, aside from the 1895 variant which never came through, it was tested extensively by the Italian Army during the lead-up to the First World War.<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-heading3"><h3 id="Chauchat">Chauchat</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Chauchat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chauchat_Memorial_de_Verdun.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Chauchat_Memorial_de_Verdun.jpg/220px-Chauchat_Memorial_de_Verdun.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Chauchat_Memorial_de_Verdun.jpg/330px-Chauchat_Memorial_de_Verdun.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Chauchat_Memorial_de_Verdun.jpg/440px-Chauchat_Memorial_de_Verdun.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3377" data-file-height="1538" /></a><figcaption>Chauchat Automatic Rifle</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2021</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Chauchat" title="Chauchat">Chauchat</a>, designed in 1907, was one of the first automatic rifles to be adopted by a military. Its official design was the <a href="/wiki/Chauchat" title="Chauchat">Fusil Mitrailleur Modele 1915 CSRG</a>. It was placed into French Infantry in 1916, and was used by the French army in the First World War. The Chauchat in <a href="/wiki/8mm_Lebel" class="mw-redirect" title="8mm Lebel">8mm Lebel</a> was also extensively used in 1917–18 by the <a href="/wiki/American_Expeditionary_Forces" title="American Expeditionary Forces">American Expeditionary Forces</a> (A.E.F.), where it was officially designated as the "Automatic Rifle, Model 1915 (Chauchat)".<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lewis_Gun">Lewis Gun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Lewis Gun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lewis_Gun_(derivated).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Lewis_Gun_%28derivated%29.jpg/220px-Lewis_Gun_%28derivated%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Lewis_Gun_%28derivated%29.jpg/330px-Lewis_Gun_%28derivated%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Lewis_Gun_%28derivated%29.jpg/440px-Lewis_Gun_%28derivated%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1587" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Lewis </figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Gun">Lewis Gun</a> was invented in 1911 by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Newton_Lewis" title="Isaac Newton Lewis">Isaac Newton Lewis</a> and first mass-produced in Belgium in 1913 for the <a href="/wiki/.303_British" title=".303 British">.303 British</a> cartridge, and widely used by the British army in the First World War, both by infantry and fitted to aircraft. <a href="/wiki/Pan_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Pan magazine">Pan magazines</a> are secured above the breech, holding either 47 or 97 rounds. Cooling fins surround the barrel. The weapon is <a href="/wiki/Gas_operated" class="mw-redirect" title="Gas operated">gas operated</a> and fires automatically at 500-600 rounds per minute. </p><p>More than 50,000 Lewis guns were produced during WW1, becoming the most common automatic weapon used by British and American troops. Although superseded by the <a href="/wiki/Bren_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Bren gun">Bren gun</a> by 1939, nearly 60,000 Lewis guns were refurbished and reissued to British forces after the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fedorov_Avtomat">Fedorov Avtomat</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fedorov Avtomat"><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:Avtomat_M1916_Fedorov_noBG.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Avtomat_M1916_Fedorov_noBG.jpg/220px-Avtomat_M1916_Fedorov_noBG.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Avtomat_M1916_Fedorov_noBG.jpg/330px-Avtomat_M1916_Fedorov_noBG.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Avtomat_M1916_Fedorov_noBG.jpg/440px-Avtomat_M1916_Fedorov_noBG.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1270" data-file-height="342" /></a><figcaption>Fedorov Model 1916 Automatic Rifle</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Fedorov_Avtomat" title="Fedorov Avtomat">Fedorov Avtomat</a> (also anglicized as <b>Federov</b>, Russian: Автомат Фёдорова) or <b>FA</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Selective_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Selective fire">select-fire</a>, crew-served automatic rifle and was one of the first practical automatic rifles, designed by <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Grigoryevich_Fyodorov" title="Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov">Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov</a> in 1915 and produced in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> and later in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic">Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic</a>. A total of 3,200 Fedorov rifles were manufactured between 1915 and 1924 in the city of <a href="/wiki/Kovrov" title="Kovrov">Kovrov</a>; the vast majority of them were made after 1920. The weapon saw limited combat in World War I, but was used more substantially in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a>. In 1916, the Weapons Committee of the Russian Army made a decision to order no less than 25,000 Fedorov automatic rifles. In the summer of 1916, a company from the 189th Izmail Regiment was equipped with 8 Fedorov Avtomats. Trained in tactics with the new weapon, they concluded that the Fedorov worked best as a crew served weapon. The gunner armed with the Fedorov and an ammo bearer armed with an Arisaka rifle. As both weapons used the same ammo and same 5 round stripper clips, this allowed for the greatest flexibility. It also allowed for the ammo bearer to fire defensively, while the gunner reloaded. It was also recommended that the primary mode of fire be in semi-automatic, as the Fedorov's would rapidly overheat in full-auto. Some consider it to be an "early predecessor" or "ancestor" to the modern <a href="/wiki/Assault_rifle" title="Assault rifle">assault rifle</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Westwood2005_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Westwood2005-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Walter2003_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walter2003-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MusgraveNelson1967_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MusgraveNelson1967-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while others believe that the Fedorov Avtomat was the world's first assault rifle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Browning_Automatic_Rifle">Browning Automatic Rifle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Browning Automatic Rifle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Army_Heritage_Museum_B.A.R..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Army_Heritage_Museum_B.A.R..jpg/220px-Army_Heritage_Museum_B.A.R..jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Army_Heritage_Museum_B.A.R..jpg/330px-Army_Heritage_Museum_B.A.R..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Army_Heritage_Museum_B.A.R..jpg/440px-Army_Heritage_Museum_B.A.R..jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="468" /></a><figcaption>M1918A2 <a href="/wiki/Browning_Automatic_Rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Browning Automatic Rifle">Browning Automatic Rifle</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Browning_Automatic_Rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Browning Automatic Rifle">Browning Automatic Rifle</a> (BAR) was one of the first practical automatic rifles. The BAR made its successful combat debut in World War I, and approximately 50,000 were made before the war came to an end.<sup id="cite_ref-HoggWeeks285_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoggWeeks285-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> The BAR arose from the concept of "<a href="/wiki/Walking_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Walking fire">walking fire</a>", an idea urged upon the Americans by the French who used the <a href="/wiki/Chauchat" title="Chauchat">Chauchat</a> light <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine gun</a> to fulfill that role.<sup id="cite_ref-HoggWeeks285_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoggWeeks285-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The BAR never entirely lived up to the designer's hopes; being neither a rifle nor a machinegun.<sup id="cite_ref-HoggWeeks285_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoggWeeks285-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "For its day, though, it was a brilliant design produced in record time by <a href="/wiki/John_Browning" title="John Browning">John Browning</a>, and it was bought and used by many countries around the world. It was the standard squad light automatic of the U.S. infantry during World War II and saw use in every theater of war."<sup id="cite_ref-HoggWeeks285_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoggWeeks285-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The BAR was praised for its reliability and stopping power. "The US forces abandoned the BAR in the middle 1950s, though it was retained in reserve stocks for several years; it survived in smaller countries until the late 1970s."<sup id="cite_ref-HoggWeeks285_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoggWeeks285-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AVS-36">AVS-36</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: AVS-36"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AVS-36_AM.068386_(1)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/AVS-36_AM.068386_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-AVS-36_AM.068386_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/AVS-36_AM.068386_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-AVS-36_AM.068386_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/AVS-36_AM.068386_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-AVS-36_AM.068386_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="284" /></a><figcaption>The Soviet AVS-36 battle rifle,</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/AVS-36" title="AVS-36">AVS-36</a></b> (from <i><b>A</b>vtomaticheskaya <b>V</b>intovka <b>S</b>imonova 1936 model</i>; (АВС-36)) was a Soviet automatic rifle which saw service in the early years of World War II. It was among the early <a href="/wiki/Selective_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Selective fire">selective fire</a> infantry rifles (capable of both single and full-automatic fire) formally adopted for military service. The designer, <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Gavrilovich_Simonov" title="Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov">Sergei Simonov</a>, began his work with a gas-operated self-loading rifle in 1930. The first prototype was ready in 1931 and appeared promising, and three years later a trial batch of an improved design was made. In 1935, a competition between Simonov's design and a rifle made by <a href="/wiki/Fedor_Tokarev" title="Fedor Tokarev">Fedor Tokarev</a> was held. The Simonov rifle emerged as a winner and was accepted into service as the AVS-36. The AVS-36 was first seen in public in the 1938 May Day parade in Moscow, when it was displayed by the marching <a href="/wiki/1st_Guards_Motor_Rifle_Division" title="1st Guards Motor Rifle Division">1st Rifle Division</a>. The American public became aware when it was covered in an August 1942 issue of the American <i><a href="/wiki/Infantry_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Infantry Journal">Infantry Journal</a></i>, in an article by <a href="/wiki/John_Garrett_Underhill_Jr." title="John Garrett Underhill Jr.">John Garrett Underhill Jr.</a> Simonov would later design an anti-tank rifle, the <a href="/wiki/PTRS-41" title="PTRS-41">PTRS-41</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/SKS" title="SKS">SKS</a> carbine, which employed simpler tilting bolt operation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FG_42">FG 42</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: FG 42"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FG42.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/FG42.jpg/220px-FG42.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/FG42.jpg/330px-FG42.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/FG42.jpg/440px-FG42.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="379" /></a><figcaption>Both early (top) and late-war (bottom) variants of the FG 42.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/FG_42" title="FG 42">FG 42</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Selective_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Selective fire">selective fire</a> automatic rifle<sup id="cite_ref-HoggWeeks241-242_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoggWeeks241-242-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Battle_rifle" title="Battle rifle">battle rifle</a><sup id="cite_ref-James_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McNab_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNab-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> produced in Germany during World War II. The weapon was developed specifically for the use of the <a href="/wiki/Fallschirmj%C3%A4ger_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fallschirmjäger (World War II)">Fallschirmjäger</a> <a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">airborne infantry</a> in 1942 and was used in limited numbers until the end of the war. It served as a squad automatic rifle in much the same role as the Browning BAR. It combined the firepower of a <a href="/wiki/Light_machine_gun" title="Light machine gun">light machine gun</a> in a lightweight package no larger than the standard-issue <a href="/wiki/Karabiner_98k" title="Karabiner 98k">Kar 98k</a> <a href="/wiki/Bolt-action" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolt-action">bolt-action</a> <a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">rifle</a>. It was considered one of the most advanced weapon designs of World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-Senich_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Senich-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Miller_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The FG 42 influenced post-war small arms development and most of its design was copied by the US Army when they developed the <a href="/wiki/M60_machine_gun" title="M60 machine gun">M60 machine gun</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bishop_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bishop-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sturmgewehr_44">Sturmgewehr 44</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sturmgewehr 44"><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:MP44.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/MP44.jpg/220px-MP44.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/MP44.jpg/330px-MP44.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/MP44.jpg/440px-MP44.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="322" /></a><figcaption>The German <a href="/wiki/StG_44" title="StG 44">StG 44</a>, the first assault rifle manufactured in significant numbers</figcaption></figure> <p>The Germans were the first to pioneer the <a href="/wiki/Assault_rifle" title="Assault rifle">assault rifle</a> concept, during World War II, based upon research that showed that most firefights happen within 400 meters and that contemporary rifles were over-powered for most small arms combat. The Germans sought to develop a select-fire intermediate powered rifle combining the firepower of a submachine gun with the accuracy and range of a rifle. This was done by shortening the standard <a href="/wiki/7.92%C3%9757mm_Mauser" title="7.92×57mm Mauser">7.92×57mm</a> cartridge to <a href="/wiki/7.92%C3%9733mm_Kurz" title="7.92×33mm Kurz">7.92×33mm</a> and giving it a lighter 125-grain bullet, that limited range but allowed for more controllable automatic fire. The result was the <a href="/wiki/Sturmgewehr_44" class="mw-redirect" title="Sturmgewehr 44">Sturmgewehr 44</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-janesrecog_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-janesrecog-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HoggWeeks243_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoggWeeks243-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AK-47">AK-47</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: AK-47"><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/AK-47" title="AK-47">AK-47</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AK-47_type_II_noBG.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/AK-47_type_II_noBG.png/220px-AK-47_type_II_noBG.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/AK-47_type_II_noBG.png/330px-AK-47_type_II_noBG.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/AK-47_type_II_noBG.png/440px-AK-47_type_II_noBG.png 2x" data-file-width="2450" data-file-height="950" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/AK-47" title="AK-47">AK-47</a> with a machined receiver</figcaption></figure> <p>Like the Germans, the Soviets were influenced by experience showing most combat happens within 400 meters and that their soldiers were consistently outgunned by heavily armed German troops, especially those armed with the <a href="/wiki/Sturmgewehr_44" class="mw-redirect" title="Sturmgewehr 44">Sturmgewehr 44</a> assault rifles.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost2006_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost2006-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Soviets were so impressed with the Sturmgewehr 44, that after World War II, they held a design competition to develop an assault rifle of their own.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The winner was the <a href="/wiki/AK-47" title="AK-47">AK-47</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was finalized, adopted and entered widespread service in the Soviet army in the early 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost2006_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost2006-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its firepower, ease of use, low production costs, and reliability was perfectly suited for the Red Army's new mobile warfare doctrines.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost2006_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost2006-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The AK-47 was widely supplied or sold to nations allied with the USSR and the blueprints were shared with several friendly nations (the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> standing out among these with the <a href="/wiki/Type_56" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 56">Type 56</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost2006_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost2006-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The AK-47 and AKM type rifles are the most produced firearms in history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="M14_rifle_(battle_rifle)"><span id="M14_rifle_.28battle_rifle.29"></span>M14 rifle (battle rifle)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: M14 rifle (battle rifle)"><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:Garandcar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Garandcar.jpg/220px-Garandcar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Garandcar.jpg/330px-Garandcar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Garandcar.jpg/440px-Garandcar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1028" data-file-height="626" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Rifle</a> and M1 Carbine</figcaption></figure> <p>The U.S. Army was influenced by combat experience with semi-automatic weapons such as the <a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Garand</a> and <a href="/wiki/M1_carbine" title="M1 carbine">M1 carbine</a>, which enjoyed a significant advantage over enemies armed primarily with bolt-action rifles.<sup id="cite_ref-pogoarchives.org_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pogoarchives.org-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although U.S. Army studies of World War II combat accounts had very similar results to that of the Germans and Soviets, the U.S. Army maintained its traditional views and preference for high-powered semi-automatic rifles.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After World War II, the United States military started looking for a single automatic rifle to replace the <a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Garand</a>, <a href="/wiki/M1_carbine" title="M1 carbine">M1/M2 Carbines</a>, <a href="/wiki/M1918_Browning_Automatic_Rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle">M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle</a>, <a href="/wiki/M3_submachine_gun" title="M3 submachine gun">M3 "Grease Gun"</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun" title="Thompson submachine gun">Thompson submachine gun</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, early experiments with select-fire versions of the M1 Garand proved disappointing.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, the select-fire <a href="/wiki/M2_Carbine" class="mw-redirect" title="M2 Carbine">M2 Carbine</a> largely replaced <a href="/wiki/Submachine_gun" title="Submachine gun">submachine guns</a> in US service.<sup id="cite_ref-Rottman2011_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rottman2011-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, combat experience suggested that the <a href="/wiki/.30_Carbine" class="mw-redirect" title=".30 Carbine">.30 Carbine</a> round was underpowered.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American weapons designers reached the same conclusion as the Germans and Soviets: an intermediate round was necessary, and recommended a small caliber, high velocity-cartridge.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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>U.S. <a href="/wiki/M14_rifle" title="M14 rifle">M14 rifle</a>, advanced by the proponents of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_rifle" title="Battle rifle">battle rifle</a> concept</figcaption></figure> <p>However, senior American commanders, having faced fanatical enemies and experienced major logistical problems during World War II and the Korean War,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> insisted that a single powerful .30 caliber cartridge be developed, that could not only be used by the new automatic rifle, but by the new <a href="/wiki/General_purpose_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="General purpose machine gun">general purpose machine gun</a> (GPMG) in concurrent development.<sup id="cite_ref-independencearmory1_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independencearmory1-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AGWilliams-Ammo_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGWilliams-Ammo-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This culminated in the development of the <a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9751mm_NATO" title="7.62×51mm NATO">7.62×51mm NATO</a> cartridge and the <a href="/wiki/M14_rifle" title="M14 rifle">M14 rifle</a><sup id="cite_ref-independencearmory1_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independencearmory1-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was basically an improved select-fire M1 Garand with a 20-round magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. also adopted the <a href="/wiki/M60_machine_gun" title="M60 machine gun">M60 GPMG</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-independencearmory1_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independencearmory1-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its NATO partners adopted the <a href="/wiki/FN_FAL" title="FN FAL">FN FAL</a> and <a href="/wiki/HK_G3" class="mw-redirect" title="HK G3">HK G3</a> rifles, as well as the <a href="/wiki/FN_MAG" title="FN MAG">FN MAG</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rheinmetall_MG3" class="mw-redirect" title="Rheinmetall MG3">Rheinmetall MG3</a> GPMGs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FN_FAL">FN FAL</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=14" 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:SLRL1A1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/SLRL1A1.jpg/220px-SLRL1A1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/SLRL1A1.jpg/330px-SLRL1A1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/SLRL1A1.jpg/440px-SLRL1A1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2968" data-file-height="968" /></a><figcaption>British L1A1 (<a href="/wiki/FN_FAL" title="FN FAL">FN FAL</a>)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FN_Herstal_T48.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/FN_Herstal_T48.jpg/220px-FN_Herstal_T48.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/FN_Herstal_T48.jpg/330px-FN_Herstal_T48.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/FN_Herstal_T48.jpg/440px-FN_Herstal_T48.jpg 2x" data-file-width="639" data-file-height="219" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/T48_rifle" title="T48 rifle">T48</a>, an American copy of the <a href="/wiki/FN_FAL" title="FN FAL">FN FAL</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/FN_FAL" title="FN FAL">FN FAL</a> is a <a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9751mm_NATO" title="7.62×51mm NATO">7.62×51mm NATO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Selective_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Selective fire">selective fire</a>, automatic rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Fabrique_Nationale_de_Herstal" class="mw-redirect" title="Fabrique Nationale de Herstal">Fabrique Nationale de Herstal</a> (FN). During the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, it was adopted by many <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">North Atlantic Treaty Organization</a> (NATO) countries, most notably with the <a href="/wiki/British_Commonwealth" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commonwealth">British Commonwealth</a> as the <a href="/wiki/L1A1_Self-Loading_Rifle" title="L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle">L1A1</a>. It is one of the most widely used rifles in history, having been used by more than 90 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The FAL was predominantly chambered for the 7.62mm NATO round, and because of its prevalence and widespread use among the armed forces of many western nations during the Cold War it was nicknamed "The right arm of the <a href="/wiki/Free_World" title="Free World">Free World</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="H&K_G3"><span id="H.26K_G3"></span>H&K G3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: H&K 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:Automatic_rifle_AG-3_right.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Automatic_rifle_AG-3_right.jpg/220px-Automatic_rifle_AG-3_right.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Automatic_rifle_AG-3_right.jpg/330px-Automatic_rifle_AG-3_right.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Automatic_rifle_AG-3_right.jpg/440px-Automatic_rifle_AG-3_right.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2871" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Norwegian <a href="/wiki/AG-3" class="mw-redirect" title="AG-3">AG-3</a> (HK G3)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/H%26K_G3" class="mw-redirect" title="H&K G3">H&K G3</a> is a <a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9751mm_NATO" title="7.62×51mm NATO">7.62×51mm NATO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Selective_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Selective fire">selective fire</a>, automatic rifle produced by the German armament manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch" title="Heckler & Koch">Heckler & Koch GmbH</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>).<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rifle proved successful in the export market, being adopted by the armed forces of over 60 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After World War II, German technicians involved in developing the <a href="/wiki/Sturmgewehr_45" class="mw-redirect" title="Sturmgewehr 45">Sturmgewehr 45</a>, continued their research in France at CEAM. The StG45 mechanism was modified by Ludwig Vorgrimler and Theodor Löffler at the Mulhouse facility between 1946 and 1949. Vorgrimler later went to work at CETME in Spain and developed the line of CETME automatic rifles based on his improved Stg45 design. Germany eventually purchased the license for the CETME design and manufactured the Heckler & Koch G3 as well as an entire line of weapons built on the same system, one of the most famous being the <a href="/wiki/MP5" class="mw-redirect" title="MP5">MP5 SMG</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="M16_rifle">M16 rifle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: M16 rifle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/M16_rifle" title="M16 rifle">M16 rifle</a></div> <p>The first confrontations between the AK-47 and the M14 (<a href="/wiki/Assault_rifle" title="Assault rifle">assault rifle</a> vs <a href="/wiki/Battle_rifle" title="Battle rifle">battle rifle</a>) came in the early part of the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>. Battlefield reports indicated that the M14 was uncontrollable in automatic mode and that soldiers could not carry enough ammo to maintain fire superiority over the AK-47.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A replacement was needed: A medium between the traditional preference for high-powered rifles such as the M14, and the lightweight firepower of the M2 Carbine. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AR-10_in_the_National_Firearms_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/AR-10_in_the_National_Firearms_Museum.jpg/220px-AR-10_in_the_National_Firearms_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/AR-10_in_the_National_Firearms_Museum.jpg/330px-AR-10_in_the_National_Firearms_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/AR-10_in_the_National_Firearms_Museum.jpg/440px-AR-10_in_the_National_Firearms_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1142" data-file-height="266" /></a><figcaption>AR-10 rifle</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ArmaLite_AR-15_SPAR_3240_DEC._17._2004.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/ArmaLite_AR-15_SPAR_3240_DEC._17._2004.png/220px-ArmaLite_AR-15_SPAR_3240_DEC._17._2004.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/ArmaLite_AR-15_SPAR_3240_DEC._17._2004.png/330px-ArmaLite_AR-15_SPAR_3240_DEC._17._2004.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/ArmaLite_AR-15_SPAR_3240_DEC._17._2004.png/440px-ArmaLite_AR-15_SPAR_3240_DEC._17._2004.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="268" /></a><figcaption>ArmaLite <a href="/wiki/AR-15_style_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="AR-15 style rifle">AR-15</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:M16A1_brimob.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/M16A1_brimob.jpg/220px-M16A1_brimob.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/M16A1_brimob.jpg/330px-M16A1_brimob.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/M16A1_brimob.jpg/440px-M16A1_brimob.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1192" data-file-height="340" /></a><figcaption>American 5.56×45mm <a href="/wiki/M16A1" class="mw-redirect" title="M16A1">M16A1</a></figcaption></figure> <p>As a result, the Army was forced to reconsider a 1957 request by General Willard G. Wyman, commander of the U.S. Continental Army Command (CONARC) to develop a .223 caliber (5.56 mm) select-fire rifle weighing 6 lbs (2.7 kg) when loaded with a 20-round magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 5.56mm round had to penetrate a standard U.S. <a href="/wiki/Helmet" title="Helmet">helmet</a> at 500 yards (460 meters) and retain a velocity in excess of the speed of sound while matching or exceeding the wounding ability of the .30 Carbine cartridge.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This request ultimately resulted in the development of a scaled-down version of the <a href="/wiki/ArmaLite_AR-10" title="ArmaLite AR-10">ArmaLite AR-10</a>, called <a href="/wiki/ArmaLite_AR-15" title="ArmaLite AR-15">ArmaLite AR-15</a> rifle.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nodakspud.com_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nodakspud.com-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-m-14parts.com_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m-14parts.com-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, despite overwhelming evidence that the AR-15 could bring more firepower to bear than the M14, the Army opposed the adoption of the new rifle.<sup id="cite_ref-m-14parts.com_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m-14parts.com-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1963, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara concluded that the AR-15 was the superior weapon system and ordered a halt to M14 production.<sup id="cite_ref-m-14parts.com_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m-14parts.com-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, the AR-15 was the only rifle available that could fulfill the requirement of a universal infantry weapon for issue to all services. After modifications (Most notably: the charging handle was re-located from under the carrying handle like AR-10 to the rear of the receiver),<sup id="cite_ref-nodakspud.com_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nodakspud.com-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the new redesigned rifle was subsequently adopted as the <a href="/wiki/M16_rifle" title="M16 rifle">M16</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-m-14parts.com_54-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m-14parts.com-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated5_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated5-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The M16 entered U.S. service in the mid-1960s and was much lighter than the M14 it replaced, allowing soldiers to carry more ammunition.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated5_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated5-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite its early failures, the M16 proved to be a revolutionary design and stands as the longest continuously serving rifle in American military history.<sup id="cite_ref-smallarmsreview.com_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smallarmsreview.com-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a benchmark against which other assault rifles are judged,<sup id="cite_ref-m-14parts.com_54-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m-14parts.com-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and used by 15 NATO countries, and more than 80 countries worldwide<sup id="cite_ref-colt_customers_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colt_customers-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="HK33">HK33</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: HK33"><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:HK33A2_Flickr_(yet_another_finn).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/HK33A2_Flickr_%28yet_another_finn%29.jpg/220px-HK33A2_Flickr_%28yet_another_finn%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/HK33A2_Flickr_%28yet_another_finn%29.jpg/330px-HK33A2_Flickr_%28yet_another_finn%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/HK33A2_Flickr_%28yet_another_finn%29.jpg/440px-HK33A2_Flickr_%28yet_another_finn%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Heckler & Koch HK33A2 with Trijicon Compact ACOG</figcaption></figure> <p>During the 1960s, other countries would follow the Americans lead and begin to develop 5.56×45mm assault rifles, most notably Germany with the <a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_HK33" title="Heckler & Koch HK33">Heckler & Koch HK33</a>. The HK33 was essentially a smaller 5.56mm version of the 7.62×51mm <a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_G3" title="Heckler & Koch G3">Heckler & Koch G3</a> rifle. As one of the first 5.56mm assault rifles on the market, it would go on to become one of the most widely distributed assault rifles. The HK33 featured a modular design with a wide range of accessories (telescoping butt-stocks, optics, <a href="/wiki/Bipod" title="Bipod">bipods</a>, etc.) that could be easily removed and arranged in a various configurations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="5.56mm_NATO">5.56mm NATO</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 5.56mm NATO"><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:7.62x51_and_5.56x45_bullet_cartridges_compared_to_AA_battery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/7.62x51_and_5.56x45_bullet_cartridges_compared_to_AA_battery.jpg/220px-7.62x51_and_5.56x45_bullet_cartridges_compared_to_AA_battery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/7.62x51_and_5.56x45_bullet_cartridges_compared_to_AA_battery.jpg/330px-7.62x51_and_5.56x45_bullet_cartridges_compared_to_AA_battery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/7.62x51_and_5.56x45_bullet_cartridges_compared_to_AA_battery.jpg/440px-7.62x51_and_5.56x45_bullet_cartridges_compared_to_AA_battery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1592" data-file-height="1676" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9751mm_NATO" title="7.62×51mm NATO">7.62×51mm NATO</a> and 5.56×45mm NATO cartridges compared to an <a href="/wiki/AA_battery" title="AA battery">AA battery</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The adoption of the M16, the H&K33, and the 5.56×45mm cartridge inspired an international trend towards relatively small-sized, lightweight, high-velocity military service cartridges that allow a soldier to carry more ammunition for the same weight compared to the larger and heavier <a href="/wiki/7.62%C3%9751mm_NATO" title="7.62×51mm NATO">7.62×51mm NATO</a> cartridge. The 5.56mm cartridge is also much easier to shoot.<sup id="cite_ref-AGWilliams-Ammo_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGWilliams-Ammo-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1961 marksmanship testing, the U.S. Army found that 43% of <a href="/wiki/ArmaLite_AR-15" title="ArmaLite AR-15">ArmaLite AR-15</a> shooters achieved Expert, while only 22% of M-14 rifle shooters did so. Also, a lower <a href="/wiki/Free_recoil" title="Free recoil">recoil</a> impulse allows for more controllable automatic weapons fire.<sup id="cite_ref-AGWilliams-Ammo_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AGWilliams-Ammo-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Therefore, in March 1970, the U.S. recommended that all <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> forces adopt the <a href="/wiki/5.56%C3%9745mm" class="mw-redirect" title="5.56×45mm">5.56×45mm</a> cartridge.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This shift represented a change in the philosophy of the military's long-held position about caliber size. By the middle of the 1970s, other armies were looking at assault rifle type weapons. A NATO standardization effort soon started and tests of various rounds were carried out starting in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. offered the 5.56×45mm M193 round, but there were concerns about its penetration in the face of the wider introduction of <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_vest" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballistic vest">body armor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_28-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the end, the Belgian 5.56×45mm SS109 round was chosen (<a href="/wiki/STANAG" class="mw-redirect" title="STANAG">STANAG</a> 4172) in October 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_61-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SS109 round was based on the U.S. cartridge but included a new stronger, heavier, 62 grain bullet design, with better long range performance and improved penetration (specifically, to consistently penetrate the side of a steel helmet at 600 meters).<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_28-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1970s, the USSR developed the <a href="/wiki/AK-74" title="AK-74">AK-74</a> and the <a href="/wiki/5.45%C3%9739mm" title="5.45×39mm">5.45×39mm</a> cartridge, which has similar physical characteristics to the U.S. 5.56×45mm cartridge.<sup id="cite_ref-HoggWeeks271_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoggWeeks271-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also during the 1970s, Finland, Israel, South Africa and Sweden introduced AK type rifles in 5.56×45mm.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1990s, the Russians developed the <a href="/wiki/AK-101" title="AK-101">AK-101</a> in 5.56×45mm NATO for the world export market.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and former countries of Yugoslavia have also rechambered their locally produced assault rifle variants to 5.56mm NATO.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The adoption the 5.56mm NATO and 5.45×39mm cemented the worldwide trend toward small caliber, high-velocity cartridges. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Steyr_AUG_(bullpup_rifle)"><span id="Steyr_AUG_.28bullpup_rifle.29"></span>Steyr AUG (bullpup rifle)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Steyr AUG (bullpup rifle)"><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:AUG_A1_508mm_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/AUG_A1_508mm_04.jpg/220px-AUG_A1_508mm_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/AUG_A1_508mm_04.jpg/330px-AUG_A1_508mm_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/AUG_A1_508mm_04.jpg/440px-AUG_A1_508mm_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="217" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Steyr_AUG" title="Steyr AUG">Steyr AUG</a> was one of the first bullpup rifles to enter widespread use.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1977, Austria introduced the 5.56×45mm <a href="/wiki/Steyr_AUG" title="Steyr AUG">Steyr AUG</a> <a href="/wiki/Bullpup" title="Bullpup">bullpup</a> rifle, often cited as the first successful <a href="/wiki/Bullpup" title="Bullpup">bullpup rifle</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lewis2011_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewis2011-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> finding service with the armed forces of over twenty countries. It was highly advanced for the 1970s, combining in the same weapon the bullpup configuration, a polymer housing, dual vertical grips, an optical sight as standard, and a modular design. Highly reliable, light, and accurate, the Steyr AUG showed clearly the potential of the bullpup layout. In 1978, France introduced the 5.56×45mm <a href="/wiki/FAMAS" title="FAMAS">FAMAS</a> bullpup rifle. In 1985, the British introduced the 5.56×45mm <a href="/wiki/L85" class="mw-redirect" title="L85">L85</a> bullpup rifle. In the late 1990s, Israel introduced the <a href="/wiki/IMI_Tavor_TAR-21" class="mw-redirect" title="IMI Tavor TAR-21">Tavor TAR-21</a> and China's <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a>'s adopted <a href="/wiki/QBZ-95" title="QBZ-95">QBZ-95</a>. By the turn of the century, the bullpup design had achieved world-wide acceptance. </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=Automatic_rifle&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other weapons: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madsen_machine_gun" title="Madsen machine gun">Madsen machine gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauchat" title="Chauchat">Chauchat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fedorov_Avtomat" title="Fedorov Avtomat">Fedorov Avtomat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farquhar-Hill_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Farquhar-Hill rifle">Farquhar-Hill rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lmg_25" title="Lmg 25">Leichtes Maschinengewehr Modell 1925 "Lmg 25"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huot_Automatic_Rifle" title="Huot Automatic Rifle">Huot Automatic Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mors_submachine_gun" title="Mors submachine gun">Mors submachine gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kn%C3%B6tgen_automatic_rifle" title="Knötgen automatic rifle">Knötgen automatic rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sieg_automatic_rifle" title="Sieg automatic rifle">Sieg automatic rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colt_Automatic_Rifle" title="Colt Automatic Rifle">Colt Automatic Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M27_Infantry_Automatic_Rifle" title="M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle">M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howell_Automatic_Rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Howell Automatic Rifle">Howell Automatic Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rieder_Automatic_Rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Rieder Automatic Rifle">Rieder Automatic Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SIG_SG_510" title="SIG SG 510">SIG SG 510</a></li></ul> <p>Other related articles: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_rifle" title="Semi-automatic rifle">Semi-automatic rifle</a></li> <li><a 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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/Anti-materiel_rifle" title="Anti-materiel rifle">Anti-materiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_rifle" title="Anti-tank rifle">Anti-tank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assault_rifle" title="Assault rifle">Assault</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_assault_rifles" title="List of assault rifles">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Automatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_rifle" title="Battle rifle">Battle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battle_rifles" title="List of battle rifles">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbine_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbine rifle">Carbine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_carbines" title="List of carbines">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_rifle" title="Double rifle">Double</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunting rifle">Hunting</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_rifle" title="Buffalo rifle">Buffalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elephant_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Elephant rifle">Elephant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Express_rifle" class="mw-redirect" title="Express rifle">Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punt_gun" title="Punt gun">Punt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varmint_rifle" title="Varmint rifle">Varmint</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Designated_marksman_rifle" title="Designated marksman rifle">Marksman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifling" title="Rifling">Rifling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polygonal_rifling" title="Polygonal rifling">Polygonal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repeating_rifle" title="Repeating rifle">Repeating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sniper_rifle" title="Sniper rifle">Sniper</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sniper_rifles" title="List of sniper rifles">list</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/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> <li><a href="/wiki/Colt_Single_Action_Army" title="Colt Single Action Army">Colt Peacemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1911" class="mw-redirect" title="M1911">M1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glock" title="Glock">Glock</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="Mechanics_and_components" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Mechanics and <a href="/wiki/Category:Firearm_components" title="Category:Firearm components">components</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Firearm_components" title="Category:Firearm components">Components</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/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 href="/wiki/Bolt_(firearms)" title="Bolt (firearms)">Bolt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rotating_bolt" title="Rotating bolt">Rotating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telescoping_bolt" title="Telescoping bolt">Telescoping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flapper_locking" title="Flapper locking">Flapper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roller_locked" title="Roller locked">Roller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilting_bolt" title="Tilting bolt">Tilting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bump_stock" title="Bump stock">Bump stock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_(firearms)" title="Chamber (firearms)">Chamber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocking_handle" title="Cocking handle">Cocking handle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cylinder_(firearms)" title="Cylinder (firearms)">Cylinder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extractor_(firearms)" title="Extractor (firearms)">Extractor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firing_pin" title="Firing pin">Firing pin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flash_suppressor" title="Flash suppressor">Flash 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_ammunition" 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 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