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- ...enemy targets at ranges up to 800 metres (870 yd) with a highly-accurate [[semi-automatic rifle]] equipped with a [[telescopic sight]]. Like [[sniper]]s, DM's are tr ...utomatic]] [[sniper rifle]]s while DMs are often equipped with accurized [[battle rifle]]s or [[assault rifle]]s fitted with optical sights.14 KB (2,149 words) - 16:26, 15 March 2013
- ... Africa, manufactured and issued both designs at various times. Unlike the Russian AK-47 assault rifle, the FAL utilized a heavier full-power [[rifle]] [[cart ...Russian [[SKS]] [[carbine]] and French [[MAS-49]] series of semi-automatic rifles. The gas system is fitted with a gas regulator behind the front sight base,46 KB (7,420 words) - 16:26, 15 March 2013
- ...e= 550 yd (503 m)<ref>http://enfieldrifles.profusehost.net/ti4.htm Enfield Rifles.Net</ref> ...ed the earlier [[Martini-Henry]], [[Martini-Enfield]], and [[Lee-Metford]] rifles, and although officially replaced in the UK with the [[FN-FAL#United Kingdo56 KB (8,552 words) - 16:47, 15 March 2013
- sniper rifles! The typical conversion consists of rebarrelling, adaptor. These rifles occasionally appear in Shotgun News (in the98 KB (16,350 words) - 09:34, 25 June 2017
- ...cludes some of the more notable Assault Rifles but also covers some Battle Rifles. ...0s, Izhmash designers developed the unified complex of Kalashnikov assault rifles chambered for domestic 7.62 x 39mm, 5.45 x 39mm cartridges as well as the 529 KB (4,620 words) - 09:59, 17 March 2018
- *[[AG-3]] (Norway - Battle Rifle - 7.62 mm NATO: Licensed Production HK G3) *[[Ak 4]] (Sweden - Battle Rifle - 7.62 mm NATO: Licensed Production HK G3)163 KB (24,459 words) - 09:49, 19 May 2015
- |ROF= [[Semi-automatic firearm|Semi-automatic]] (M1/A1)<br/> 850–900 rounds/min (M2/M3) ...tes Carbine, Caliber .30, M1''') is a lightweight [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] [[carbine]] that became a standard firearm in the U.S. military during Wo32 KB (5,007 words) - 16:52, 15 March 2013
- ... inception, such as the Hungarian-Gebauer single-barreled tank MGs and the Russian 7.62 mm GShak aircraft gun. However, the MG42's belt-feed and quick-change ... soldiers in dealing with the psychological trauma of facing the weapon in battle. The high rate of fire resulted from experiments with preceding weapons, th16 KB (2,615 words) - 16:52, 15 March 2013
- ...d squad leaders; the majority of German soldiers carried [[Karabiner 98k]] rifles. However, later experience with [[Soviet]] tactics - where entire units arm ...erial and labor costs made it expensive to produce alongside the [[Kar98]] rifles. Starting in [[1943]], the German army moved to replace both the Kar-98 rif14 KB (2,151 words) - 14:55, 10 June 2015
- ...iginally referred to the grooving, and a rifle was called a "rifled gun." Rifles are used in warfare, hunting and [[shooting sports]]. ...ellulose]]), although other means such as compressed air are used in [[air rifles]], which are popular for vermin control, hunting small game, and casual sho18 KB (2,877 words) - 16:56, 15 March 2013
- |type= [[Semi-automatic]] [[carbine]] |ROF= [[Semi-automatic]]28 KB (4,407 words) - 16:56, 15 March 2013
- |type= [[Battle rifle]] ...а) is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[semi-automatic rifle|semi-automatic]] [[battle rifle]], which saw widespread service during and after [[World War II]].12 KB (1,758 words) - 16:56, 15 March 2013
- ...a highly trained soldier who specializes in shooting targets with modified rifles from very long distances. They're also adept in stealth, camouflage, infilt ...http://www.boomershoot.org/general/ScaryWords.htm Assault Weapons - Sniper Rifles] Joe Huffman, February 7, 2008</ref><ref>[http://science.howstuffworks.co56 KB (8,769 words) - 16:58, 15 March 2013
- ...r.jpg|thumb|The [[Accuracy International]] Arctic Warfare series of sniper rifles is standard issue in the armies of many countries, including those of Brita ...ate manufacturing, allowed armies to equip specially-trained soldiers with rifles that would enable them to deliver precise shots over greater distances than22 KB (3,308 words) - 16:58, 15 March 2013
- ...3 Springfield rifle]], semi-automatic rifles such as the late-World War II Russian [[SKS]], and even pistols such as the [[Steyr Mannlicher M1894]] and the [[ Rifles utilizing a tubular magazine, such as the [[Lebel Model 1886 rifle]], gener4 KB (582 words) - 16:58, 15 March 2013
- ...ssault rifle.<ref name="poyer">Poyer, Joe. The AK-47 and AK-74 Kalashnikov Rifles and Their Variations (Paperback). North Cape Publications. 2004. pp1.</ref> ...i-Rigotti]] and the [[Imperial Russia|Russia]]n [[Fedorov Avtomat]] design rifles. The Germans, however, were the first to produce and field sufficient numbe32 KB (4,871 words) - 15:23, 15 March 2013
- ...limited capacity fixed magazines are also generally not considered assault rifles. ...attle rifle]]s, [[automatic rifle]]s, [[machine gun]]s, and semi-automatic rifles:39 KB (6,045 words) - 15:24, 15 March 2013
- ...and]].<ref>Pomeroy, Ashley, ''Battle Rifle'' http://everything2.com/e2node/Battle%20rifle</ref><ref>Hogg, Ian, and Weeks, John ''Military Small Arms of the 2 ...duced.<ref>Pomeroy, Ashley, ''Battle Rifle'' http://everything2.com/e2node/Battle%20rifle</ref><ref>Hogg, Ian, and Weeks, John ''Military Small Arms of the 23 KB (456 words) - 15:24, 15 March 2013
- ...defeat of forces loyal to William of Orange by Jacobite Highlanders at the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689 was due (among other things) to the use of the plu A trial with badly fitting socket or zigzag bayonets was made after the battle of Fleurus, 1690, in the presence of Louis XIV, who refused to adopt them.18 KB (2,879 words) - 15:24, 15 March 2013
- ...esigned by integrating the action of a handgun such as a [[revolver]] or [[semi-automatic handgun|autoloader]] into a longer weapon with a rifle barrel and stock. Th ...uns and thus harder to maneuver in close quarters. Like full-sized assault rifles, carbines have higher muzzle blast and recoil and may [[stopping power#Over20 KB (3,112 words) - 15:24, 15 March 2013