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... rifle]] suitable for use in nearly all theatres and environments. Service rifles are also often selected for their upgradability (e.g. the addition of under ...e battlefield, with the muskets being phased out. Originally, these combat rifles were single-shot muzzleloading weapons, but as technology advanced through

...tary disasters when shells failed to explode, most notably during the 1916 Battle of the Somme. ...ange of shells and shot could be used, changing the adaptor in the heat of battle was highly impractical. The APCNR was superseded by the APDS design which w

...or and possibly restricted to certain types of guns, e.g. handguns only or rifles only, or they can specialize in certain shooting sports such as [[Skeet sho ...many indoor ranges restrict the use of certain more powerful [[calibers]], rifles, or [[fully-automatic]] weapons. In many shooting ranges [[.50 BMG|50 cali

... long range fire, out to perhaps 1000 metres in the first smokeless powder rifles. Since less powder was needed to propel a bullet, the [[cartridge]] could ...] which eventually became known as [[Cordite]], leading to a lengthy court battle between Nobel and the other two inventors over alleged British patent infri

...032.JPG|thumb|left|260px|Replica of "Twin Sisters" smoothbores used in the Battle of San Jacinto.]] ... arms, particularly the [[Advanced Combat Rifle]] (ACR) program. The ACR "rifles" used smoothbore barrels to fire single or multiple [[flechette]] per round

...a highly trained soldier who specializes in shooting targets with modified rifles from very long distances. They're also adept in stealth, camouflage, infilt ...http://www.boomershoot.org/general/ScaryWords.htm Assault Weapons - Sniper Rifles] Joe Huffman, February 7, 2008</ref>­<ref>[http://science.howstuffworks.co

...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 ...ate manufacturing, allowed armies to equip specially-trained soldiers with rifles that would enable them to deliver precise shots over greater distances than

...acteristics superior to the "trapdoor" Springfield and [[Krag-Jørgensen]] rifles carried by the United States troops. On [[August 15]], [[1900]], Springfiel ...fle]] to help aid American troops. These, along with the additional 47,251 rifles produced by the Rock Island Arsenal and the weapons already in service, wer

...cal submachine gun while the term carbine is used to refer to short, light rifles. The "Carbine, Machine" element of the designation resulted from the Britis The Sten emerged while Britain was engaged in the Battle of Britain, facing invasion by Germany. The army was forced to replace weap

The AUG was designed as a family of rifles that could be quickly adapted to a wide variety of roles with the change of ...nally threaded to take a [[Blank-firing adaptor|blank-firing attachment]]. Rifles equipped with 407 mm (16.0 in) and 508 mm (20.0 in) barrels are able to lau

...y other designs, including the [[M1903 Springfield rifle]], semi-automatic rifles such as the late-World War II Russian [[SKS]], and even pistols such as the Rifles utilizing a tubular magazine, such as the [[Lebel Model 1886 rifle]], gener

.... While the StG44 had less range and power than the more powerful infantry rifles of the day, Wehrmacht studies had shown that most combat engagements occurr ... offering a greatly increased volume of fire compared to standard infantry rifles. In the end, it came too late to have a significant effect on the outcome o

...utal world of trench warfare. Fighting in the trenches had become a brutal battle involving grenades, pistols, sharpened entrenching tools, improvised clubs, ...but more accurate fire (such as provided by bolt-action and semi-automatic rifles) was one of the main causes for the development of the [[assault rifle]].

...ose US Navy and US Marine snipers who use accurized [[M16 rifle|M16]] type rifles are issued the Mk 262 Mod 0 cartridge developed jointly by Black Hills Ammu For '''ultra long range precision target shooting''' with high-powered rifles and military [[sniping]] radically designed [[very-low-drag bullet|very-low

...elieved that General Custer was using them at the time of his death in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. There is some question whether the gun or guns pres ...ley introduced its '''Mark II air rifle'''. During World War II Webley air rifles were used for rifle training as well as civilian target shooting and huntin

|type= [[Battle rifle]] }}The '''M77''' is a modern military battle rifle developed and manufactured by [[Zastava Arms]] of Kragujevac, [[Repub

...5A1 rifles.jpg|thumb|right|Royal Marines snipers with L115A1 rifles. These rifles are similar to the [[L115A3]] Long Range Rifle used by [[Craig Harrison]] b * [[Vasily Zaytsev]], the Soviet sniper who amassed 225 kills during the Battle of Stalingrad.

...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]].

...as most commonly used for indicating a class of full power military main [[battle rifle]] (MBR) cartridges. The measurement equals 0.30 inches or 3 decimal l ...artridges, to this day, are in wide use in numerous world armies as sniper rifles (particularly the [[SVD (rifle)|SVD]] family) and machine guns (numerous ty

The 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge was introduced to military service in rifles and [[machine gun]]s. It was introduced in U.S. service in the [[M14 rifle| ...the number of casualties as a fully automatic burst by one of these battle rifles &mdash; regardless of the size of the round. They suggested using a much-sm