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...ver, necessitating a slightly different receiver cover, recoil spring, and bolt carrier.<ref name="popeneker">Popeneker, Maxim & Williams, Anthony. ''Assau FAL rifles have also been manufactured in both light and heavy-barrel configurations,

...as an [[automatic rifle]]. However, many regulatory agencies, such as the American [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|US BATFE]], consider ...secondary method of attack used in close combat. For example, arms such as rifles, muskets, and occasionally [[submachine gun]]s can have [[bayonet]]s affixe

...ler-delayed blowback]] mechanism originally adapted from the roller-locked recoil operating system of the [[MG42]] machine gun but with a fixed barrel and ga ...ral modifications including the ability to fire from a closed bolt in both semi-automatic and automatic firing modes, a new perforated sheet-metal handguard (the fol

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] |ROF= [[Semi-automatic firearm|Semi-automatic]] (M1/A1)<br/> 850–900 rounds/min (M2/M3)

|action= [[recoil operation|Short recoil-operated]] ... continues to move rearwards relative to the barrel. This action opens the bolt, and pulls the belt of ammunition through the weapon, readying it to fire a

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[open bolt]] ...tates Machine Gun, Caliber 7.62 mm, M60''') is a family of [[United States|American]] [[general purpose machine gun]]s firing [[7.62x51mm NATO]] [[cartridge]]s

...using bullet energy would also drive the development of nearly all other [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi]] and fully automatic firearms of 20th century. ...e burning powder to cycle the action, whereas the recoil operated uses the recoil generated from the ejecting bullet. The first gas-operated machine gun was

|type= [[Semi-automatic rifle|Semi-automatic]] [[battle rifle]] (L1A1/C1A1)<br />[[Light machine gun]] (L2A1/C2A1) |variants= L1A1/C1/C1A1 <small>(Rifles)</small><br />L2A1/C2/C2A1 <small>([[Squad automatic weapon|SAWs]])</small>

|type= [[Anti-materiel rifle]] |action= [[Recoil operation|Recoil operated]], [[rotating bolt]]

|action= [[Gas-operated reloading|Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ...iginal AR-10 was built in relatively small numbers, with fewer than 10,000 rifles assembled.