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...]] made before the year 1900 and including some of the first functioning [[firearms]] ever invented. The list is not comprehensive; create an entry for listing *[[List of firearms]]

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|wars= Vietnam War-present ... Special Forces troops in the spring of 1964.<ref> Daniel Ford, ''The Only War We've Got'', 2001.</ref>

|wars= World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War (limited) ...some cases in Vietnam. It was also used as a [[sniper rifle]] in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Furthermore, it remains in use as a civilian firearm an

...ial [[Service pistol]])<br/>World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War ...s widely used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Its formal designation as of 1940 was '''Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1

... War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War (limited), Palestinian Civil War ...thumb|The BAR remained in limited use during the early part of the Vietnam War]]

|wars= World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War (limited) ...rer=[[Springfield Armory]], [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company]], [[H & R Firearms|Harrington & Richardson Co.]], International Harvester, [[Beretta]]

|wars= WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War ...a standard firearm in the U.S. military during World War II and the Korean War, and was produced in several variants. It was widely used by U.S. and forei

...designation for a steel disintegrating link designed for .30 cal. belt-fed firearms and rounds. M1 links were used during World War I, World War II, and the Korean War but were replaced in frontline service by the NATO [[M13 link]] developed f

...Bay of Pigs Incident, Vietnam, Falklands War, Desert Storm (limited), Iraq War (limited) ...n facility. Close to 600,000 weapons were produced by the end of World War II, including approx. 25,000 models chambered for the [[9x19mm Parabellum]] ca

|wars= World War II ... war.<ref>Bishop, Chris (1998), ''The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II'', New York: Orbis Publiishing Ltd, ISBN 0-7607-1022-8</ref> The MG42 has a

|wars= [[World War II]], Cold War (Limited)<ref name=ingram>Ingram, Mike (2001). [http://books.google.com/boo ...il]].<ref>Bishop, Chris (1998), ''The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II'', New York: Orbis Publishing Ltd, ISBN 0-7607-1022-8.</ref>

...In United States law, a Machine Gun is defined (in part) by The [[National Firearms Act]] of 1934, 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) as “''... any weapon which shoots ... ...nt of nearly all other [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi]] and fully automatic firearms of 20th century.

...le]] which was the main French infantry weapon used during the First World War (1914-18). *[[List of firearms]]

In 1838, the annual production was well over 30,000 firearms. #''"Standard Catalog of Military Firearms"'',Ned Schwing,2003,Krause Publications,ISBN 0-87349-525-X. Contains an i

...version of an earlier Prussian design, the [[Dreyse]]. The Franco-Prussian war had shown their current rifle inferior to the Chassepot, so in [[1871]] the ...ger guard. Interestingly, [[Fabrique Nationale]], one of the world's major firearms developers and manufacturers, was established in [[1889]] in order to manuf

...panish Civil War, Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War, Anglo-Irish War ...ve appearance earned it the nickname "Broomhandle" in the English-speaking world (from the shape of its grip), and in China, the C96 was nicknamed the "box

|wars= Russo-Japanese War, Russian Civil War, World Wars I & II, Korea, Vietnam, numerous others ...flicts due to its ruggedness and the vast number produced during World War II.

...oses a statutory excise tax on the manufacture and transfer of all [[Title II weapons]] and mandates the registration of those weapons. ...Department of Justice). The transfer tax of $200 placed on the transfer of firearms controlled by the Act was roughly equivalent to five months' salary in 1934

|industry= Firearms manufacturer ...ayderman>Flayderman, Norm (1994). ''Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms''. DBI Books. p. 209.</ref> Business was slow into 1870, when it occupied a