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* To adopt the most modern measuring techniques for the arms and ammunition testing procedures; ... Houses to perform the proofing of all arms they manufacture or import. No small arm can be put on the market in any of the C.I.P. member states without pri

...as also exported to many other countries, such as Venezuela, where a small-arms industry produces some basically unchanged variants, as well as ammunition. The Australian L1A1/L2A1 rifles were produced by the Small Arms Factory, Lithgow, with approximately 220,000 L1A1 rifles produced between 1

...www.global-defence.com/2002/weap-herstal.html Big Scale Progress for Small Arms]. Global Defence Review, 2002</ref><ref name="fortierusg02">Fortier, David. ... for maximum visibility.<ref name="remtekp90laser">[http://www.remtek.com/arms/fn/p90/laser/index.htm FN P90 Laser Target Designator]. Remtek, 1999</ref>

A '''hand grenade''' is a small hand-held anti-personnel weapon designed to be thrown and then explode afte ...and extensively used by Serbian infantry in World War I[http://www.zastava-arms.co.yu/english/zastava.htm]. That grenade was popular under name of "Vasićk

|designer= [[James Paris Lee]], [[Royal Small Arms Factory|RSAF Enfield]] ...,000,000 <ref>Skennerton, Ian: ''The Lee-Enfield Story'', pages 153 & 230. Arms & Militaria Press, 1993</ref>

the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock in England, where for many years most military development work was done on arms later adopted by

|manufacturer=General Motors, [[Rock Island Arsenal]], [[Birmingham Small Arms Company|BSA]], others ...k Island Arsenal]]. In the UK production was chiefly by [[Birmingham Small Arms Company|BSA]].

...o prevent them from being confused for standard cartridges. Large calibre arms, such as [[artillery]], will in general use an inert solid projectile (the For both small arms and heavy weapons, the gun is fired remotely and then examined; if undamage

Adams was the manager for the London arms manufacturers [[George & John Deane]]. On [[August 22]], [[1851]], he was g ...t Exhibition of 1851 and subsequently approved by the British Army's Small Arms Committee in addition to being adopted by the East India Company for use by

...8, but some of its work was transferred to other sites.[[Image:Royal Small Arms Factory.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Machine shop overlooking basin November 2007 ...tory completed by 1816.<ref name=pam>Pam, David, (1998). ''The Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield & Its Workers''. Enfield: Published by the author. ISBN 0-9

...l-e.html| title=FN FAL| accessdate=2011-01-22}}</ref><br />[[Lithgow Small Arms Factory]] (Australia)<br />[[Canadian Arsenals, Limited|Canadian Arsenals, ...ifles)</small><br />L2A1/C2/C2A1 <small>([[Squad automatic weapon|SAWs]])</small>

|manufacturer=[[Royal Small Arms Factory]], Enfield; [[BSA]]; ROF Fazakerley; ROF Theale, Berkshire; Lines B ...ald '''S'''hepherd and Harold '''T'''urpin, and '''EN''' for [[Royal Small Arms Factory|Enfield]].<ref>Not all sources agree. Colonel Shepherd discussing h

|manufacturer=[[Auto-Ordnance Company]] (originally), [[Colt]], [[Savage Arms]] ...gh price resulted in few sales. Model of 1921 Thompsons were first sold in small quantities to the U.S. Post Office (to protect the mail from a spate of rob

|founded= Birmingham, England 1790 '''Webley & Scott''' is an arms manufacturer based in Birmingham, [[England]]. Webley produced [[handgun]]s and [[long gun]]s from 1834&nda

...llis Bros & Company. In 1839 a small legacy allowed him to buy out another Birmingham gunsmith. ... [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] States began buying British arms in quantity and Tranter's high-quality weapons were much esteemed. The New

...oped in 1778 or 1779 <ref>Arne Hoff, ''Airguns and Other Pneumatic Arms'', Arms & Armour Series, London, 1972''</ref> by the Tyrolese watchmaker, mechanic ...nd associations existed across [[United Kingdom|Britain]], many of them in Birmingham. During this time, the air gun was associated with poaching because it coul

... by the opening and closing of the [[Breech-loading weapon|breech]] with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon. As the h [[Image:Striker 3.jpg|270px|thumb|right|Bolt-action [[Savage Arms|Savage]] Striker pistol]]