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...sms, including breech loading, [[double barreled shotgun]]s, pump-action, bolt-action, lever-action, and semi-automatic models. For example, the contemporary [[Brown Bess]] [[musket]], in service with the British military from 1722 to 1838, 19 mm (.75 inch) smoothbore barrel, roughly the

...a highly trained soldier who specializes in shooting targets with modified rifles from very long distances. They're also adept in stealth, camouflage, infilt ...ymology"/> The verb ''to snipe'' originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India, where a hunter skilled enough to kill the elusive, difficult snipe (

...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 ... Alex.jpg|thumb|[[Standard sniper rifle "Alex"|Alex]] - the new [[Polish]] bolt-action sniper rifle.]]

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...ic]] (slower than the speed of sound) [[ammunition]]. The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Sterling SMG|Sterling]] suppressor is 350 mm (13.78 in) long and 75 mm ...rers even claim service life in excess of 50,000 rounds, which exceeds the service life of most firearm barrels, this has not been confirmed.

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...thumb|The famous [[Webley Revolver|Webley Mk VI]], standard sidearm of the British Army 1915-1932]] ...c pistol]]s it supplied to the British Empire's military, particularly the British Army, from 1887 through both World War I and [[World War II]].

...Tranter, c. 1885]]'''William Tranter''' (1816-1890) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] gunmaker and gun designer famous for inventing the [[Tranter Revolver]]. ...cussion rifles that used a revolver cylinder instead of a magazine. These rifles were produced in various configurations including both single and double tr

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...cilities and the newly formed Franco-Russian Alliance, an order of 500,000 rifles was placed with the French arms factory, [[Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de ...tents for automatic rifles; he had previously been working on lever action rifles for Winchester such as the [[Winchester 1886]].

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...tiles from rifles that could be carried by a single soldier, and anti-tank rifles were replaced with [[shaped charge|shaped-charge]] weapons of which the bes ...he first [[anti-tank]] weapons, among the first of which were high-powered rifles. These had appeared in the 1800s for big-game hunting. The anti-tank rifle

...limited capacity fixed magazines are also generally not considered assault rifles. ...attle rifle]]s, [[automatic rifle]]s, [[machine gun]]s, and semi-automatic rifles: