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...including one in [[bullpup]] configuration, chambered for their new [[.280 British]] calibre intermediate cartridge. After evaluating the single bullpup proto ...presented the redesigned FN rifle and the British [[EM-2]], both in [[.280 British]] calibre, to the [[United States]] for comparison testing against the favo

|cartridge= [[.303 British]] ([[7.70×56 mm R]])<br>[[.280 Ross]] ...us distinction of quite possibly being the most despised rifle in Canadian military history.

...just look at the name of this website), but usually only by civilians. In military use, a gun is an [[artillery]] piece with a relatively high [[muzzle veloci ...typically, higher [[trajectories]]. Hand-held firearms, like [[rifles]], [[carbines]], [[pistols]] and other small firearms are rarely called "guns" in the res

...odel 1840 U.S. musket was the last flintlock firearm produced for the U.S. military although there is evidence obsolete flintlocks were seeing action in the ea ...all, but it could also be loaded with [[Lead shot|shot]] for hunting. For military purposes, the weapon was loaded with ball, or a mixture of ball with severa

...], the current main service rifle of the ''Bundeswehr'' and numerous other military and police forces. In 2002 BAE Systems, as it was by now known, resold HK t ...e fact that Heckler & Koch provides firearms for many of the world's elite military and paramilitary units, like the Special Air Service, U.S. Navy SEALs, Delt

...rmy's [[XM8 rifle]] project cancelled in 2005 and the modernization of the British Armed Forces [[SA80]] small arms family. ... M4 in dust test]</ref> The HK416 has been tested by the [[United States]] military and is in use with some law enforcement agencies and special operations uni

|unit_cost=US$ 894<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/mp-5n-specs.htm globalsecurity.org]</ref> ... Ordnance Factories]]), [[Sudan]] ([[Military Industry Corporation (Sudan)|Military Industry Corporation]]), [[Turkey]] ([[Mechanical and Chemical Industry Cor

...s" /> and was one of the final developments in the long line of [[Mauser]] military rifles. The 98k had the same disadvantages as all other turn-of-the-century military rifles in that it was comparatively bulky and heavy, and the rate of fire w

*'''Engineer carbine M1889''', wooden hand guard, shorter than the other carbines. ... [[Springfield Armory]] in Massachusetts from 1894–1904. It was the U.S. military's main rifle from 1894 to 1903 (when it was replaced by the [[M1903 Springf

|cartridge= [[.303 British|.303 Mk VII SAA Ball]] |used_by=United Kingdom & Colonies, British Commonwealth, Thailand

This rifle has a long and colorful history in British service. The "Lee" years most military development work was done on arms later adopted by

|unit_cost= USD$586<ref>For M16A2, per [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m16-specs.htm GlobalSecurity.org]. Civilian purchase costs '''The M16''' (more formally '''Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16''') is the U.S. military designation for a family of [[rifle]]s derived from the [[ArmaLite]] [[AR-1

...field M1903 rifle]] as the standard [[service rifle]] of the United States military (the M1903 retaining a valuable role as a [[sniper rifle]]), and was subseq ...sh;2005). [http://www.olive-drab.com/od_other_firearms_rifle_m1garand.php3 Military Firearms: M1 Garand Rifle].</ref>

|type= military [[carbine]] |manufacturer=[[M1 Carbine#Military Contractors|''Military contractors'']]<br/> [[M1 Carbine#Commercial copies|''Commercial copies'']]

... is 60,943 rifles at a cost of $1k each."'' [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m4.htm globalsecurity.org]</ref> Except for the very first delivery order, all U.S. military-issue '''M4''' and '''M4A1''' possess a flat-top NATO [[Picatinny rail|M191

|wars= British colonial wars, Anglo-Zulu War, Boer War, World War I ...Cartidge, a later drawn brass .577/450 Martini-Henry cartridge, and a .303 British Mk VII SAA Ball cartridge.]]

... following Mauser rifles are split between company designations and German military designations. For example, the Mauser Model 92 was not adopted by Germany, ...opelled at higher velocities, with accuracy out to 1,000 yards; most other military rifles became obsolete. Its disadvantage was a tube magazine.

...rds]] in the UK for this purpose, although its popularity with the British military had waned by the onset of World War I.<ref>Maze (2002), p.56,70</ref> As a military sidearm, the pistols saw service in various colonial wars, as well as World

|length= 1,232 mm (48.5 in) (M91/30)<br/>1,013 mm (39.9 in) (carbines) |barrel= 730 mm (28.7 in) (M91/30)<br/>514 mm (20.2 in) (carbines)

...ave included full and converted [[automatic firearm]]s; some firearms with military history or appearance, regardless of calibre or action type (even some bolt ...Bren gun]]s ([[Charlton Automatic Rifle]]).<ref>See Ian D. Skennerton, The British Service Lee, (London: Arms and Armour Press, 1982).</ref> Another well-know