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... fill this need until the FAMAS came into full production. The [[Heckler & Koch HK33|H&K 33]] was considered, and 1200 pieces were tested by Infantry, Mari ...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

...tridge]]. In the West, FAL's primary competitor was the German [[Heckler & Koch G3]]. ...8 rifle in 1959 (which was extensively reworked into the later [[Heckler & Koch G3|G3]] rifle). The G1 featured a pressed metal handguard identical to the

...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

[[Image:HK USP 45.jpg|thumb|A [[Heckler & Koch]] USP .45 ACP [[handgun]] with a Surefire X200a Tactical Light, surrounded ...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

...911 Colt pistol|Colt M1911]], [[CZ75]], [[Browning Hi-Power]], [[Heckler & Koch USP|HK USP]], [[Glock]], [[M2 Browning machine gun]], [[MG42]], Ceska Zbroj *'''Simple blowback''' - [[MP 18]], [[MP 40]], [[Uzi submachine gun]], [[Walther PPK]]

...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 )

* 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

...he high-precision [[Heckler & Koch PSG1|PSG1]] [[sniper rifle]]. Heckler & Koch is known for the extreme precision, durability, reliability and accuracy of ...cessful products (for instance, the advanced but now abandoned [[Heckler & Koch G11|G11]] [[assault rifle]]). HK produces the whole range of [[small arms]]

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... 1976, after an agreement to initially produce under licence [[Heckler and Koch]] models adopted by the Greek Army, but with the intent to also design arms ...tories hundreds of thousands of rifles (military and civilian) and machine guns, as well as pistols, mortars, ammunition&expolsives, rocket launchers, land

...un]]s, intended more for sustained automatic fire in a support role, and [[submachine gun]]s, which fire a handgun cartridge rather than a rifle cartridge. Assau ... the CETME would, in turn, be influential on the design of the [[Heckler & Koch G3]] family of rifles. The CETME was used by the Spanish military.

*[[Beretta|Beretta Machine Guns]] *[[Browning machine gun|Browning Machine Guns]]

...ense weapon]]s (PDWs), all of which are sometimes designated as submachine guns. *[[FMK-3 submachine gun]]

...& Koch G3|H&K G3]] and other rifles, and even the [[Heckler & Koch MP5|MP5 submachine gun]]. Most of these other companies have since devised 40 mm grenade laun ...ed on [[M16 Rifle|M-16/M-4]] type rifles being replaced by the [[Heckler & Koch AG-C/EGLM]]

...with the M16A2 rifle and was intended to replace the .45 ACP M3 submachine guns and selected M9 pistols and M16 rifle series with most Army units (this pla ...fle]], FNH USA’s [[SOF Combat Assault Rifle]] (SCAR) and the [[Heckler & Koch HK416]]. Ten of each type of rifle were used to fire 6,000 rounds each, for

...m submachine gun usually refers to larger automatic firearms. Typically, a submachine gun's operating mechanism is scaled down from that of a full-sized machine ...ole'', the German word for a submachine gun. In World War I, as submachine guns were found to be effective in trench warfare, experiments with converting v

...deswehrMP7.JPG|right|thumb|250px|A [[Heckler & Koch MP7]]: the [[Heckler & Koch|HK]] MP7 is part of Germany's [[IdZ]] modernization program and is now in u ...dges. The class of weapon as it exists today evolved as a hybrid between a submachine gun and a [[carbine]], retaining the compact size and ammunition capacity o

....</ref><ref>Lucas Timmons, [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2010/05/17/guns-confiscation.html "RCMP gun confiscations prompt legal fight"]. CBC News, [ ...iably result in the denial of the application but criminals just get their guns anyway, through the black market.

Many guns manufactured after the late 1990s include mandatory integral locking mechan ...] design is a popular example of a handgun with a grip safety. The [[Uzi]] submachine gun is another example of a firearm with a grip safety.

...tions allow the use of larger cartridges and were popular in early machine guns. ...e made by [[Hi-Point Firearms]], and semi-automatic versions of blowback [[submachine gun]]s. In contrast, locked-breech mechanisms are used for some .32, .380 p