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... The earliest shotguns specifically designed for combat were the '''trench guns''' or '''trench shotguns''' issued in World War I. While limited in range,
...hort range weapon commonly used, with a hit probability 45% greater than a submachine gun, and twice as great as an assault rifle<ref name=jscsp />. While each
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... were based directly on the design of the [[Finland|Finnish]] 9mm Model 44 submachine gun, which in turn was based on the [[Soviet]] [[PPS-43]]. A large number o
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...[[1 April]] [[1949]]) was the Australian who developed the [[Owen Gun|Owen Submachine Gun]] which was used in [[World War II]], the Korean War and the Vietnam Wa
...teer him towards less dangerous pursuits, the young Owen was obsessed with guns; with making, modifying, and firing them. At the age of eight he began his
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...tion, the FAMAS F1 replaced the aging [[MAS 49]]/56 rifle and [[MAT-49]] [[submachine gun]], and approximately 400,000 FAMAS F1 assault rifles were produced, wit
...name="Article">[http://www.riflesnguns.com/node/649 Famas F-1], ''Rifles n Guns'', 2007-01-02</ref>
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...ly [[pistol]]s and [[hand grenade]]s on them during airborne raids, with [[submachine gun]]s, [[rifle]]s and crew-served weapons stored separately in containers
...l shoulder-fired automatic rifle that would replace the bolt-action rifle, submachine gun, and light machine gun in the air assault role.<ref name="Senich"/> The
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...safety system and trigger mechanism were adopted from the [[FN P90|P90]] [[submachine gun]]; the selector toggle is a rotating disc located below the trigger. Th
...ly a shorter F2000 military barrel with an extended flash hider.<ref name="Guns Lot"/>
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|weight= 4.0–4.45 kg (8.8–9.8 lb)
...1955 the IDF adopted the [[Israel Military Industries|IMI]]-produced [[Uzi submachine gun]]. The Uzi was a superb automatic weapon, but it had one major drawback
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...ler2001">Miller, David (2001). ''The Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns''. London: Salamander Books Ltd.. ISBN 9781840652451.</ref> The P90's name
...mm]] cartridge. FN's goal was to replace the [[pistol]]-caliber submachine guns which were in use at the time by military and law enforcement personnel, as
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...on|M249 SAW]] light machine guns, [[M240 machine gun|M240]] medium machine guns, [[FN FNP series|FNP series pistols]] and [[M2 machine gun]]s.
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... (e.g., Colt [[AR-15]], [[H&K G36E]], [[TEC-9]], all [[AK-47]]s, and [[Uzi submachine gun|Uzi]]s) and other semi-automatic firearms because they possess a minimu
...ecause "It was drying up supply and driving up prices. The number of those guns used in crimes dropped because they were less available."<ref name=dud>[htt
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...ms]], requiring the services of more than one crewman, just like artillery guns. Generally, an automatic firearm designed for a single user is referred to
For handguns and long guns, the [[projectile]] is a [[bullet]], or in historical [[cannons]], a [[cann
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*'''Simple blowback''' - [[MP 18]], [[MP 40]], [[Uzi submachine gun]], [[Walther PPK]]
*'''Blish Lock''' - early [[Thompson submachine gun]]s
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...o death!"'' 2) ''noun:'' one who bubba's his (they're almost always male) guns.
* '''Chicago typewriter:''' a [[Thompson submachine gun]] with drum magazine and forward grip.
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...s of an inch or in millimeters. Differing from the [[musket]], most modern guns are [[Rifling|rifled]], with a series of grooves spiraling along the barrel
...[[mortar]]s and all hand-held firearms are excluded from the definition of guns. Two exceptions to this include: the [[shotgun]], which is a [[smoothbore]]
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...led budgetary discussions. The new law, which would allow civilians to own guns, sparked heated scenes in the East Timorese parliament between the parliame
...oting for work purposes, D - long guns for hunting, E - sporting guns, F - guns collecting )
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...455. (May 1981)</ref><ref name="CNNpoll">[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/16/guns.poll/ Majority in U.S. poll support gun ownership rights] - CNN.com</ref> w
... has never ruled against the constitutionality of reasonable regulation of guns and the prohibition of private possession of certain types of weapons.
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* From the city of Pistoia, Italy, where hand-held guns (designed to be fired from horseback) were first produced in the 1540s.<ref
...y simplest pistols. The earliest handguns were single-shot, muzzle-loading guns with ignition provided by inserting a smoldering match cord into a [[touch
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...ous series of small [[firearm]]s, notably the [[Heckler & Koch MP5|MP5]] [[submachine gun]], [[Heckler & Koch G3|G3]] and more modern [[Heckler & Koch G36|G36]]
...[Glock]] was the first firearms manufacturer to use polymers in their hand guns, however it was Heckler & Koch who actually claimed that title when they re
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|type= [[Submachine gun]]
}}The '''MP5''' is a [[9x19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] [[submachine gun]] of [[Germany|German]] design, developed in the 1960s by a team of eng
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...i of Peiraeus, for the adoption of its own-developed rifles and submachine guns, was rejected after testing proved that its weapons were not up to desired
...tories hundreds of thousands of rifles (military and civilian) and machine guns, as well as pistols, mortars, ammunition&expolsives, rocket launchers, land
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