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...S. Repeating Arms closed the New Haven, Connecticut plant where Winchester rifles and shotguns had been produced for 140 years. Along with the closing of the * The US Army announced a limited competition between the [[M4 Carbine]], FN SCAR, [[HK416]], and the previously-shelved [[XM8 rifle|HK XM8]]. Ten examp

... was one of the final developments in the long line of [[Mauser]] military rifles. ...o an internal [[Magazine (firearm)|magazine]]. It was derived from earlier rifles, namely the Karabiner 98b, which in turn had been developed from the Mauser

...e= 550 yd (503 m)<ref>http://enfieldrifles.profusehost.net/ti4.htm Enfield Rifles.Net</ref> ...ee-Metford]] rifles, and although officially replaced in the UK with the [[FN-FAL#United Kingdom|L1A1 SLR]] in 1957, it continues to see official service

sniper rifles! The typical conversion consists of rebarrelling, adaptor. These rifles occasionally appear in Shotgun News (in the

[[Image:M249mg.jpg|thumb|right|The [[FN MINIMI]], one of the most popular modern [[5.56x45mm NATO|5.56 mm]] light m ...e without the need to reload. Other modern light machine guns, such as the FN MINIMI, are capable of firing from both an ammunition belt or a detachable

... [[FN CAL|CAL]], [[FN Minimi|Minimi]], [[FN FNC|FNC]], [[FN SCAR|SCAR]], [[FN F2000|F2000]]. *Canadian [[Diemaco C7]] and the [[FN Minimi|C9]]

==Automatic and semi-automatic rifles== *Flieger-Selbstlader-Karabiner 15 ([[Mondragon]]) Former Mondragon rifles built in Switzerland (World War I only)

...wehr-44]] : The world's first assault rifle, the trend of adopting assault rifles didn't catch on until after the war * '''[[FN Model 1910]]''': Developed before World War I, many M1910s were in service

;Rifles *[[FN M1903|FN Browning M1903]]

...cludes some of the more notable Assault Rifles but also covers some Battle Rifles. | colspan="5"| Ak 5 is the Swedish version of [[Belgium| Belgian]] [[FN FNC]]. It is the main [[service rifle]] of the Swedish Armed Forces.

*[[FN MINIMI|ADI F89]] (Australia - LMG - 5.56 mm NATO: Licensed Production FN MINIMI) *[[Ak 5]] (Sweden - Assault Rifle - 5.56 mm NATO: Licensed Production FN FNC)

* [[Vigilance Rifles 408 Cheytac Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifles]] * [[Vigilance Rifles 338 Lapua Semi_Automatic Sniper Rifles]]

*[[FN P90]] * [[List of assault rifles]]

...r, and T20 prototypes served as the basis for a number of Springfield test rifles from 1945 through the early 1950s. ...egan tooling a new production line in 1958 and delivered the first service rifles to the U.S. Army in July 1959. However, long production delays resulted in

...led that many U.S. infantrymen (as many as 2/3) never actually fired their rifles in combat. By contrast, soldiers armed with rapid fire weapons (such as sub Existing rifles were poorly suited to real-world combat for both of these reasons. Although

...y known as the '''BAR'''), is a family of [[automatic rifle]]s (or machine rifles) and [[light machine gun]]s used by the [[United States]] and other countri ...nd used it into the 1990s. [[Poland]] ([[Browning wz.1928]]), [[Belgium]] (FN M1930) and [[Sweden]] (Kulsprutegevär m/21 and m/37) developed and issued

...'''Squad Automatic Weapon, 5.56mm, M249''' is an American version of the [[FN Minimi]] manufactured in the [[United States]] and used by all branches of ...o increase accuracy and conserve ammunition, the M14 and [[M16 rifle|M16]] rifles used by the U.S. Army had not been designed with sustained automatic fire i

...today is also used in high-powered [[sniper rifle]]s and long range target rifles due to its excellent long range accuracy, [[external ballistics]] performan ...cess of the M2 in this role led to the development of purpose-built sniper rifles, generally bolt-action, designed to fire the same .50-caliber round.

...1,000<ref>''"The FY2006 current ARNG requirement for M4 Carbines is 60,943 rifles at a cost of $1k each."'' [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/g ...07/11/5/nation/19381084&sec=nation Malaysia has license to make M4 assault rifles] The Star 2007-11-05</ref> It is expected that these weapons will not only

... designs, notably the [[M240]] (U.S. Forces' nomenclature for the [[FN MAG|FN MAG-58]]) in U.S service. ... of the weapons tested against it during its procurement process was the [[FN MAG]].