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...Rifle|Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR)]], derived from an [[M14 rifle|M14]] rifle with a [[telescopic sight]].]] ...t ranges up to 800 metres (870 yd) with a highly-accurate [[semi-automatic rifle]] equipped with a [[telescopic sight]]. Like [[sniper]]s, DM's are trained

{{rifle |type= [[Automatic rifle]]

...i-tank gun, or a gun used in the delivery of naval gunfire. Calling your [[rifle]] a "gun" can result in... well, just watch the video. ...omatic firearm designed for a single user is referred to as an [[automatic rifle]]. However, many regulatory agencies, such as the American [[Bureau of Alc

... [[handguns]] and the high-precision [[Heckler & Koch PSG1|PSG1]] [[sniper rifle]]. Heckler & Koch is known for the extreme precision, durability, reliabili ...tance, the advanced but now abandoned [[Heckler & Koch G11|G11]] [[assault rifle]]). HK produces the whole range of [[small arms]], from [[pistol]]s to [[Ha

|type= [[Assault rifle]] (G11)<br>[[Light machine gun]] (LMG11)<br>[[Personal defense weapon]] (G1 |variants= Assault Rifle<br>Light Machine Gun (LMG11)<br>Personal Defence Weapon (G11 PDW)

...national law enforcement agents. It is also occasionally used as an urban combat training venue for lieutenants at the United States Marine Corps' The Basic ...nal Rifle Association]] and the Army's National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice at Camp Perry in Ohio. The facility was established after a 1920

...to designers and users of firearms of all types, from small-bore Olympic [[rifle]]s and [[pistol]]s, to high-tech [[artillery]]. Chemical [[primer]]s, advanced metallurgy and manufacturing techniques all came together in the 1800s to c

.... He is also the author of ''[[The Ultimate Sniper|The Ultimate Sniper: An Advanced Training Manual for Military and Police Snipers]]'', ''[[The History of Sni ...four times, eventually receiving a field commission in recogniztion of his combat experience. He retired from the military at the rank of Major.

... intermediate [[7.62x39mm]] cartridge. It is the most widely known assault rifle in the world.]] ...e rifle]]s, Examples are the post war era [[FN FAL]], [[H&K G3]] and [[M14 rifle]]. [[Belt (ammo)|Belt-fed]] weapons or rifles with very limited capacity fi

* [[Advanced Individual Combat Weapon]] * [[EM-2|Enfield EM-2 "Janson" rifle]], a.k.a. the "Rifle No9 Mk1"

... arms]] — [[pistol]], [[machine gun]], [[grenade launcher]], [[anti-tank rifle]] — that includes variants (most of which may be linked to the same page. *[[KBP A-91|A-91]] (Russia - Compact Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm, 5.56 x 45 mm, 7.62 x 39 mm)

{{rifle |name= Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M14

|name= Rifle, 5.56 mm, M16 |type= [[Assault rifle]]

...rnational Inc]], [[Strayer Voigt Inc]], [[Kimber Manufacturing]], [[Wilson Combat]], and [[Les Baer]]. ... units, the results of which are classified. An RFP was issued for a Joint Combat Pistol but it was ultimately canceled. Currently units are experimenting wi

{{rifle |name= Rifle, Caliber .30, M1

{{rifle ...|M1919]] [[machine gun]]s. This left the Army without the lighter, handier rifle it had wanted. This, along with lessons learned during earlier wars, observ

{{rifle |type= Assault rifle

{{rifle |type= [[Service rifle]]

...t after the failed counterattack at Brody, and eventually being wounded in combat during the defence of Bryansk and released for six months recuperation due ...ikov was assigned to the Central Scientific-developmental Firing Range for Rifle Firearms of the Chief Artillery Directorate of RKKA.

|name= United States Navy Mk12 Special Purpose Rifle |type= [[Sniper rifle]] / [[designated marksman rifle]]

...e by the late 19th century, as [[cartridge]] [[breechloading]] [[repeating rifle|repeater]]s superseded them. However, rifled muskets were the most common w ...ted muskets, eventually losing the arms race to the West by 1750. When the rifle was invented in the West, the musket lost its status as the dominant weapon

...ake] in the NRA Firearms Glossary</ref>. Muzzle brakes are very useful for combat and timed competition shooting, and are commonly found on rifles firing ver ... firearm in the opposite direction of recoil. On the [[AK-47|AKM]] assault rifle, the brake is angled slightly to the right to counteract the sideways movem

...nate detonator discs in a small magazine. Cocking the hammer automatically advanced a disc into position. ...diameter (standard sizes are 0.175 inches and 0.210 inches for handgun and rifle cartridges).

... infantry rifle designs were shortened such as in the [[Lee-Enfield|SMLE]] rifle. ... reference document ''Smalls Arms Strategy 2000'', which defines the APDW (Advanced Personal Defense Weapon).

One form of it is detailed in Lt. Col. Baron De Berenger's 1835 book on rifle and pistol shooting. :Chap. 2, Sect. II, US Army Field Manual 23-25, ''Combat Training With Pistols & Revolvers''

{{rifle |type= [[assault rifle]]

...resents a reticle found in the scope of a Russian [[SVD rifle|SVD]] sniper rifle.]] ...r precise alignment of a device which, in our case, usually means a scoped rifle. Crosshairs are most commonly represented as intersecting lines in a "+" sh

...ball behaves. The word "rifle" originally referred to the grooving, and a rifle was called a "rifled gun." Rifles are used in warfare, hunting and [[shoot ...se the word "gun" to mean a rifle. Furthermore, in many works of fiction a rifle refers to any weapon that has a [[stock]] and is shouldered before firing,

...les and to be used by all infantrymen. A similar device is the [[Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight]]. [[Image:SA-80 rifle stripped 1996.jpg|thumb|right|An L85A1 field stripped with SUSAT.]]

{{rifle |type= [[Battle rifle]]

...n modern forces, this is typically a highly versatile and rugged [[assault rifle]] suitable for use in nearly all theatres and environments. Service rifles ...ely considered 'service weapons' in the truest sense, certain specialist [[rifle]]s and [[submachine gun]]s are categorized as such if issued as per standar

...g]] or [[10 m Air Pistol|10&nbsp;m&nbsp;Air&nbsp;Pistol]]/[[10 m Air Rifle|Rifle]]. ...pational Safety and Health, Publication No. 2009-136. April 2009.</ref> To combat this, it is commonly recommended to "double up" ear protection at indoor ra

...large number of projectiles makes the shotgun useful as a [[close quarters combat]] weapon or a [[defensive weapon]]. Shotguns are also used for target shoot ...tury, shotgun-type weapons were largely replaced on the battlefield with [[rifle]]s, which were more accurate over longer ranges. The decline in military us

...lution has also shown up in small arms, particularly the [[Advanced Combat Rifle]] (ACR) program. The ACR "rifles" used smoothbore barrels to fire single o

... of small scope between these forces. In general, a skirmish was a limited combat, involving troops other than those of the main body.<ref name="civilwar">[h ...me people even called it sniping when a handgun was used; the term 'sniper rifle' was considered very "scary sounding" and was very effective in inciting fe

...mb|The [[M40 rifle|M40]], United States Marine Corps standard-issue sniper rifle.]] ...of many countries, including those of Britain and Germany (picture shows a rifle of the German Army).]]

...roduced at the armory from 1794 to 1968 were referred to as "[[Springfield rifle]]s". The other major gun manufacturing center was the [[Harpers Ferry Armo ...urned two wheels: a friction wheel that followed the contours of the metal rifle pattern, and the cutting wheel that imitated the movements of the friction

...r section. Typically the ammunition used is interchangeable with [[assault rifle]]s carried by other members of the unit,<ref>[http://www.mil.fi/maavoimat/k ...ng a limited magazine capacity, was still higher than the typical infantry rifle, and it gave the infantry a base of fire weapon that was more suited to man

{{rifle |type= [[Assault rifle]]

...ld War II, who favored the newly-designed [[High Standard HDM]] [[.22 Long Rifle]] pistol. "Wild Bill" Donovan, director of the OSS, demonstrated the pisto ...rifle suppressor, showing expansion chamber "reflexed" (going back around) rifle barrel, and four baffles. Diffractor and baffles are carefully shaped to d

[[Image:Edit 4x rifle scope.jpg|thumb|250px|View through a 4x rifle scope]] [[Image:Swift687M.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Swift model 687M variable power rifle scope with parallax compensation (the ring around the objective lens is use

|name= USMC Squad Advanced Marksman Rifle |caption= A Squad Advanced Marksman of the 22nd MEU in Afghanistan

[[Image:PTRS 41.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Soviet [[PTRS-41]] 14.5 mm anti-tank rifle]] ...ight|thumb|250px|[[Type 97 20 mm AT Rifle|Japanese Type 97 20 mm anti-tank rifle]]]]

... been tried on small arms in the 15th century. The machinery to accurately rifle a cannon barrel did not arrive until the 19th. Cavelli, Wahrendorff, and Wh *Logistic services – to provide combat supplies, particularly ammunition, and equipment support.

...mash AKM Assault Rifle.jpg|thumb|right|An [[AKM]], a commonly-used assault rifle designed by [[Mikhail Kalashnikov]]]] ...arev SVT]]. Examples of assault rifles include the [[AK-47]] and the [[M16 rifle]]. Semi-automatic rifles, including commercial versions of the [[AR-15]], a

|type= [[combat shotgun]] ...It served as the basis of several later weapons, including the [[USAS-12]] combat shotgun. The weapon could fire in semi automatic or fully automatic modes.

...cause of high pressures, delayed blowback firearms, such as the [[HK G3|G3 rifle]], have fluted chambers to ease extraction. There are various delay mechani ...Spanish]] [[CETME]]. Modern examples are the [[Heckler & Koch]] [[HK G3|G3 rifle]], [[HK MP5|MP5 submachine gun]], and [[Heckler & Koch P9|P9 pistol]] as we

...nary definition of a bullet is "a projectile of lead ... for firing from a rifle, revolver etc." <ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bullet bul ...r at the end of a closed tube. As [[firearm]]s became more technologically advanced, from 1500 to 1800, bullets changed very little. They remained simple ''rou

...ver]] or [[semi-automatic handgun|autoloader]] into a longer weapon with a rifle barrel and stock. They are generally employed as a more accurate alternativ ...nd lighter weight of carbines makes them easier to handle in close-quarter combat situations (such as urban or jungle warfare), or when deploying from vehicl

...reveals other important products of the 19th century. The [[Colt Revolver Rifle]], one of the first repeating rifles, and used during the American Civil Wa ...tomatic pistol]]s, [[M4 carbine|M4 Carbine]]s, [[M16 rifle|M16]] [[assault rifle]]s, and [[M203 grenade launcher]]s, although none of these were Colt design

[[File:APS underwater rifle REMOV.jpg|thumb|[[APS amphibious rifle]]]] ...dern firearm that fires small fin-stabilized metal darts. For the [[early rifle]] known as the "needle gun" see "[[Needle gun]]."

|type= [[Sniper rifle]] ...s the '''XM110 sniper rifle''', is an American [[semi-automatic]] [[sniper rifle]] that is chambered for the [[7.62×51mm NATO]] round, developed by U.S. [[