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...^ Khan, Iqtidar Alam (1996), "Coming of Gunpowder to the Islamic World and North India: Spotlight on the Role of the Mongols", ''Journal of Asian History'' ...other Communist allies including the Eastern Bloc, China, North Korea, and North Vietnam. Variants of both of the M16 and AK-47 are still in wide internatio

...gun to Saskatchewan in 1885 for use against the Métis during Louis Riel's North-West Rebellion.<ref name="proceedings"/> at Osan Air Base, Korea.]]

...uch as [[Vietnam]], [[the Peoples Republic of China]] (“PRC”), [[North Korea]], [[Syria]] and [[Iran]], will, as a general rule, not be authorized to ha

...n every theatre of war involving German forces, including occupied Europe, North Africa, the Soviet Union, Finland, and Norway. Although comparable to the ...ar with the [[Soviet Union]] providing military aid to the armed forces of North Vietnam and to the NLF in South Vietnam.

...Lee-Enfield relied on various woods for its stock but chiefly walnut, both North American black walnut and European 'English' walnut, renowned for their qua ...suring that the .303 British cartridge survived well into World War II and Korea, by which time the need for a rimless cartridge had become a priority to en

... cases in Vietnam. It was also used as a [[sniper rifle]] in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Furthermore, it remains in use as a civilian firearm and among ...II and saw extensive use and action in the hands of U.S. troops in Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific. The US Marines were initially armed with M1903 rif

...by=U.S. and Allies, Israel, Norway, South Vietnam, Cambodia, Brazil, South Korea ...ngs, and recorded complaints by troops for failure to stop heavily-clothed North Korean and Chinese troops at close range after multiple hits.

|wars= Russo-Japanese War, Russian Civil War, World Wars I & II, Korea, Vietnam, numerous others ...in [[Great Britain]] armed the US and British expeditionary forces sent to North Russia in 1918 and 1919. The rifles still in the US ended up being primaril

*North Korea

... PAP; Romanian SKS; Albanian SKS; East German SKS; (North) Vietnamese SKS; North Korean SKS ...s designated the "Type 56", East Germany as the "Karabiner S" and in North Korea as the "Type 63". It is today popular on the civilian surplus market in man

...t remained the first commercially available smokeless powder round for the North American consumer market. Though initially it was too expensive for most sh ...s based on the Mauser Gewehr 98 design, but with modifications and popular North American chamberings such as .30-06 which made it more appealing to America

* North Korea - Manufactured locally

...ther shortcomings, and noted complaints of failure to stop heavily-clothed North Korean and Chinese troops at close range after multiple hits. Recent test h * [[South Korea]] (1950s-Present, Reserve Force)

...viet Union]], Warsaw Pact, [[People's Republic of China]], Cambodia, North Korea, Vietnam, [[Finland]], Venezuela

.... The AK-47 and AK-74 Kalashnikov Rifles and Their Variations (Paperback). North Cape Publications. 2004. pp1.</ref><ref>[http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/workingpa ! North Korea

*North Korea: Type 68.

...viet [[PTRS-41]] and [[PTRD]] of World War II vintage were used by [[North Korea]]n and Chinese forces during the Korean War as they lacked more modern infa

...Between 1593 and 1597, about 300,000 Chinese and Japanese troops fought in Korea and both sides used heavy artillery in land and sea battles. ... artillery was dug-in with several feet of overhead protection. Even today North Korean artillery is widely thought to be somewhat resistant to CB fire beca

... Bren was considered a reliable and effective light machine gun, though in North Africa it was reported to jam regularly unless kept very clean and free of ...mployed first against the Japanese in WWII, and later against UN forces in Korea (oops), including British and Commonwealth units. Some ex-Chinese Czech ZB

...ured in [[Bulgaria]], [[China]], [[Egypt]], [[Hungary]], [[Iraq]], [[North Korea]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], [[Russia]], and the former [[Czechoslovakia]].