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...utomatic, full-automatic, and single-shot rifles; shotguns; semi-automatic pistols; and single-action and double-action revolvers. ... producing firearms in all four market segments: [[rifle]]s, [[shotgun]]s, pistols, and [[revolver]]s.

...ired by the trench warfare of World War I to develop a "one-man, hand-held machine gun", firing a [[rifle]] caliber round. While searching for a way to allow ...uard asked him what was in his violin case. Benny replied "A Thompson sub-machine gun" with the guard supposedly saying "That's a relief, I thought it was yo

|caption= From left: [[7.92x57mm Mauser|8 mm Mauser]], two [[8 mm Lebel]] cartridges, .30 Carbine ... rounded nose of its bullet led some to believe it was designed for use in pistols.

* [[7.63x25mm Mauser]] (which has nearly identical dimensions to Tokarev, but different loading ...gested ".32 LC" be changed to ".32 S & W Long" relative to use in sporting pistols.

* [[7.63×25mm Mauser]], which was the basis for, and has nearly identical dimensions to the Toka * [[7.65×25mm Borchardt]], from which both the Mauser and Parabellum cartridges were developed.

...[battle rifle]] ammunition. Assault rifles are categorized between [[light machine gun]]s, intended more for sustained automatic fire in a support role, and [ ...er<ref>"[http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ttt07/stg44-assault-rifle.html Machine Carbine Promoted]," ''Tactical and Technical Trends'', No. 57, April 1945.<

...in order to increase production of the successful [[Campo-Giro]] series of pistols, produced since 1912. Several models of which, including [[model 1913-16]], ...ies production of [[Astra Model 900|Mod.900]] largely inspired by famous [[Mauser C96]] and intended for the Nationalist Chinese. Some of these models (Mod.9

This type of weapons is called Carabine Mitrailleuse (English: Machine Carbine, German: Maschinenkarabiner) Finally, a [[Sturmgewehr_45|StG 45]] is designed by [[Mauser]] using a modified [[MG 42]] roller locking system.

...k was first used in the experimental MG 42 derivative MG42V and the 1945 [[Mauser]] [[Sturmgewehr 45]] prototype. The first full-scale production rifle to ut ...''] world.guns.ru article</ref>, the [[Benelli B76]] and the [[AA-52|AA-52 machine gun]].

...o 730 mm (28.75 in.) in 1930, and to 510 mm (20 in.) in 1938; the German [[Mauser]] 98 rifles went from 740 mm (29 in.) in 1898 to 600 mm (23.6 in.) in 1935 ... accomplished by reducing the power and the length of the standard 7.92x57 Mauser rifle cartridge to create the 7.92x33 ''Kurz'' (Short) cartridge. A selecti

... diameter of cartridges for the different kinds and calibers of rifles and pistols. The ''best'' cartridge for different purposes is subject to much discussio ...ng a Japanese Navy 7.7 mm rimed rounds as fired by the Type 92 and Type 97 machine guns - copies of Vickers and Lewis designs. The round is effectively interc

... the popularization of the revolver and the shift away from earlier single pistols and pepperbox type weapons. While Colt did not invent the revolver concept, ... machine guns, developed with John Browning. It became the first automatic machine gun adopted by the United States and saw limited use in the Spanish-America