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...?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=140705#summary1 "WW2 Nominal Roll: Evelyn Owen]"] ''Commonwealth of Australia''.</ref> However, just before embarking for the Middle East w ... royalties per gun built. He later sold the rights to the patent to the [[Commonwealth of Australia]].<ref name=Mellor328>Mellor, 1958, pp. 328-329</ref>

...d in FAL rifles of all types. (The large front locking lug of inch pattern Commonwealth magazines is easily modified with a hand file to allow it to fit and functi ...eing the FN C1A1, similar to the British L1A1 (which became more or less a Commonwealth standard), under license by the [[Canadian Arsenal Limited]] company.<ref>[

...eat detriment to British sporting prowess in pistol events, such as at the Commonwealth and Olympic Games as they can only practise for a fraction the amount of ti

...-used GPMG among NATO and other western armies. The British Army and other Commonwealth forces used it to replace the venerable [[Vickers machine gun|Vickers Gun]]

...onsibility of each Colony and since Federation in 1901, of each State. The Commonwealth has no constitutional authority in this area, but it controls imports and m ...produced medal winning performances at the Olympics in shotgun, and in the Commonwealth Games in rifle, pistol and shotgun.

... shooting events to go ahead, as had been the case previously for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.<ref name="olympics" />

...ourt decision resulting from the "right to bear arms" issue was ''Bliss v. Commonwealth''. The court held that "the right of citizens to bear arms in defense of th

...rginia.gov/Initiatives/ExecutiveOrders/2007/EO_50.cfm Executive Order 50] Commonwealth of Virginia</ref>

...egion), and [[Italy]] (Carabinieri). Fusilier regiments in the British and Commonwealth tradition (e.g. the Princess Louise Fusiliers, Canadian Army) wear a "flami

...ch has a revolving ''[[cylinder]]'' containing multiple chambers. However, Commonwealth usage makes no distinction at a technical level—"pistol" may refer to rev

|used_by=United Kingdom & Colonies, British Commonwealth, Thailand ... first half of the 20th century, and was adopted by Britain's colonies and Commonwealth allies, including India, [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Canada]].

...p sight. Many of these rifles can be found still in service in the British Commonwealth and in former British Territories. Commonwealth competitors using the SMLE were always careful to dry the rifles' chambers

[[Image:Bren1.jpg|thumb|right|The .303 [[Bren gun]]. British and Commonwealth LMG; in service with the former from 1938 to 1991.]]

... [[World War I]], led to the Enfield No.2. Served widely with British and Commonwealth forces in World War II. ...[[Lee-Enfield|Lee Enfield No.I Mk.III*]]''': Standard rifle of British and Commonwealth forces at beginning of war, supplemented and replaced by No.IV

*[[Lee-Enfield]] (AEF soldiers in Commonwealth units)

|used_by=United States, United Kingdom, Commonwealth of Nations, (.455 caliber, WWI)

* The Browning Mk 1 and Mk 2 were older-style Commonwealth designations for the .303 caliber Browning machine guns used on the vast ma

===Commonwealth forces=== ...ritish]], [[Canadian]], [[Australian]] and New Zealand units from 1942 on. Commonwealth tank crew commanders more often than not deleted the .50 altogether as bein

...ogy and definitions on this page are strongly influenced by Australian and Commonwealth terminology. In addition the page has a military orientation. Some of the i

...tury and early 20th century, companies who made alterations were generally Commonwealth based and developed several proprietary big game rounds specifically for hu