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...combat were the '''trench guns''' or '''trench shotguns''' issued in World War I. While limited in range, the multiple projectiles typically used in a [[s ...ion, and buck and ball loads were used by both sides of the American Civil War, often by cavalry units.<ref>See main article, [[shotgun]].</ref><ref name=

...e Gun]] which was used in [[World War II]], the Korean War and the Vietnam War. ...he Korean War, the Malayan Emergency and in the early years of the Vietnam War.<ref name=Wardell549/>

...er War, Northern Ireland Troubles, Rhodesian Bush War, Falklands War, Gulf War, Both Chechen Wars, Balkan Wars ...d forces of many Western and other non-Communist countries during the Cold War, it was nicknamed "the right arm of the Free World".

...er. [[Cartridge]] ammunition was widely adopted, and as of the first World War it had become the primary form of ammunition for small arms, tanks, and art ... individual. According to international conventions governing the Laws of War, small arms are defined (with some exceptions) as firearms which fire a pro

The Gatling gun was first used in warfare during the American Civil War. The gun was not accepted by the Union Army until 1866, but a "sales engin Gatling guns were used by the US side during the Spanish-American War, most notably during the battle of San Juan Hill.<ref>[http://www.spanamwar

The origins of American gun culture trace back to the American Revolutionary War, hunting/sporting ethos and the militia/frontier ethos that draw from the c With the arrival of World War II, Hollywood produced many morale boosting movies, patriotic rallying crie

...er than weighing well over 30 lb (15 kg) were lighter and mobile. In World War I they were to be as important as the heavier designs, and were used to sup ...he venerable Browning M1917 saw its last major use during the 1960s in the Vietnam conflict. At the same time, however, Gatling-type weapons were making a com

...e remote effects of penetrating projectiles, but Frank Chamberlin, a World War II trauma surgeon and ballistics researcher, noted remote pressure wave eff ...d that many theories have been advanced in wound ballistics. During World War II, he commanded an 8,500 bed hospital center that treated over 67,000 pati

The AECA and ITAR were enacted in 1976 during the Cold War with USSR and were intended to implement unilateral arms export controls th ... Country Nationality from countries proscribed under ITAR 126.1, such as [[Vietnam]], [[the Peoples Republic of China]] (“PRC”), [[North Korea]], [[Syria]

|wars= Vietnam War Following the [[First World War]], the [[Ithaca Gun Company]] was searching for a pump-action shotgun to pr

...as one of the leading [[sniper]] experts in the world. A decorated Vietnam War veteran who served in the covert Studies and Observations Group (SOG), Plas ...unications sergeant in the Special Forces. He served three combat tours in Vietnam as a member of SOG, leading intelligence-gathering and recon teams in North

..., Yom Kippur War, Iran–Iraq War, Yugoslav wars, Romanian Civil War, Iraq War, current regional conflicts. ...ron sights.<ref>Bishop, Chris (1998), The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II, New York: Orbis Publiishing Ltd, ISBN 0-7607-1022-8.</ref>

...l-sized rifle rounds are known as [[Battle rifle]]s, Examples are the post war era [[FN FAL]], [[H&K G3]] and [[M14 rifle]]. [[Belt (ammo)|Belt-fed]] weap | China, Albania, Vietnam

... the U.S. Navy Mark 21 Mod 0 machine gun, which saw service in the Vietnam War. Once converted it cannot use other link types, as firearms made for the M1

...ia, Greece, [[Israel]], Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, [[Philippines]], South Vietnam, Taiwan, Turkey, Venezuela, [[United States]], Iceland |wars= Vietnam War–present

|wars= Vietnam War-present ... Special Forces troops in the spring of 1964.<ref> Daniel Ford, ''The Only War We've Got'', 2001.</ref>

|wars= World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War (limited) ...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 some drill

...ial [[Service pistol]])<br/>World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War ...esignation changed to '''Pistol, Caliber .45, Automatic, M1911A1''' in the Vietnam era. In total, the United States procured around 2.7 million M1911 and M191

|wars= WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam .... There were two main iterations of it; the M1917, which was used in World War I, and the M1917A1 which was used after. The M1917 was used on the ground a

... War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War (limited), Palestinian Civil War ...thumb|The BAR remained in limited use during the early part of the Vietnam War]]