Search results

...rmy's [[XM8 rifle]] project cancelled in 2005 and the modernization of the British Armed Forces [[SA80]] small arms family. ...ained during its highly successful 'midlife improvement programme' for the British Army [[SA80]] assault rifle, have now borne fruit in the HK416.".<ref name=

|nationality = American, later British ...e inventor of the [[Maxim Gun]], the first portable, [[fully automatic]] [[machine gun]].

|type= [[Automatic rifle]], [[Light machine gun]] }}The '''Huot''' was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[World War I]] [[light machine gun]] project.

...heir tactical doctrine of basing a squad's firepower on the unit's [[light machine gun]] and possibly their problems of mass producing [[semi-automatic rifle] ...le round]] that was more powerful than the pistol cartridges of submachine guns, but that could be used like a submachine gun in close-quarters and urban f

...icense-produced Colt [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]]), and 40 mm anti-aircraft guns. However, production was kept down by sabotage and slow work by the employe A small number of Krag-Jørgensen rifles were converted into harpoon guns, in the same fashion as the [[Jarmann M1884]]. It was realized that convert

|cartridge= [[.303 British|.303 Mk VII SAA Ball]] |used_by=United Kingdom & Colonies, British Commonwealth, Thailand

...tained via internet mail from ... uh... whatever site holds the Sacred Rec.Guns FAQ. I'm not sure where that is, since I cannot directly access it myself. This rifle has a long and colorful history in British service. The "Lee"

...], one of the most popular modern [[5.56x45mm NATO|5.56 mm]] light machine guns among NATO countries.]] [[Image:Machine gun HK MG43 (MG4).jpg|right|thumb|[[MG4]] of the German Army.]]

==Machine guns== ==Submachine guns==

... Mk.4]], but put into production at Enfield. Standard service revolver of British forces in World War II. The .38SW was a poor replacement for the much bet ... revolver of [[World War I]], led to the Enfield No.2. Served widely with British and Commonwealth forces in World War II.

;Machine Guns *[[Skoda M1909 machine gun]]

...wered [[rifle]] ammunition. Assault rifles are categorized between [[light machine gun]]s, intended more for sustained automatic fire in a support role, and [ | [[.280 British]]

This is an extensive list of [[small arms]] — [[pistol]], [[machine gun]], [[grenade launcher]], [[anti-tank rifle]] — that includes variants **[[L115A1]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - .338 Lapua: British Service Weapon)

...t. By contrast, soldiers armed with rapid fire weapons (such as submachine guns) were much more likely to have fired their weapons in battle. These conclus ...as the German [[FG 42|FG42]] and [[M1941 Johnson machine gun|Johnson light machine gun]]; they located the barrel in line with the stock, well below eye level

|caption= Browning Model 1917A1 water cooled machine gun |type= [[Heavy machine gun]]

...R'''), is a family of [[automatic rifle]]s (or machine rifles) and [[light machine gun]]s used by the [[United States]] and other countries during the 20th ce ...nd [[Magazine (firearm)|magazine]] tended to hamper its utility as a light machine gun.

|name= Gun, Machine, Caliber .30, Browning, M1919A4 |type= [[Medium machine gun]]

...[M1917 Browning machine gun|M1917]]/[[M1919 Browning machine gun|M1919]] [[machine gun]]s. This left the Army without the lighter, handier rifle it had wanted ...]s and [[revolver]]s to be insufficiently accurate or powerful. Submachine guns such as the [[Thompson submachine gun|Thompson]] were more than sufficientl

|name= Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB |image= Machine gun M2 1.jpg

...apons for the U.S. military and those for commercial/export purposes), the British SAS uses a variant on the basic theme, the [[Diemaco C7|SFW]] built by [[Di ...'s Armament Company, Atlantic Research Marketing Systems (ARMS), and Lewis Machine & Tools. Daniel Defense has won the contract for the RIS-II, the next gener