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...?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=140705#summary1 "WW2 Nominal Roll: Evelyn Owen]"] ''Commonwealth of Australia''.</ref> However, just before embarking for the Middle East w ... royalties per gun built. He later sold the rights to the patent to the [[Commonwealth of Australia]].<ref name=Mellor328>Mellor, 1958, pp. 328-329</ref>

...d in FAL rifles of all types. (The large front locking lug of inch pattern Commonwealth magazines is easily modified with a hand file to allow it to fit and functi ...eing the FN C1A1, similar to the British L1A1 (which became more or less a Commonwealth standard), under license by the [[Canadian Arsenal Limited]] company.<ref>[

...eat detriment to British sporting prowess in pistol events, such as at the Commonwealth and Olympic Games as they can only practise for a fraction the amount of ti

...-used GPMG among NATO and other western armies. The British Army and other Commonwealth forces used it to replace the venerable [[Vickers machine gun|Vickers Gun]]

...onsibility of each Colony and since Federation in 1901, of each State. The Commonwealth has no constitutional authority in this area, but it controls imports and m ...produced medal winning performances at the Olympics in shotgun, and in the Commonwealth Games in rifle, pistol and shotgun.

... shooting events to go ahead, as had been the case previously for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.<ref name="olympics" />

...ourt decision resulting from the "right to bear arms" issue was ''Bliss v. Commonwealth''. The court held that "the right of citizens to bear arms in defense of th

...rginia.gov/Initiatives/ExecutiveOrders/2007/EO_50.cfm Executive Order 50] Commonwealth of Virginia</ref>

...egion), and [[Italy]] (Carabinieri). Fusilier regiments in the British and Commonwealth tradition (e.g. the Princess Louise Fusiliers, Canadian Army) wear a "flami

...ch has a revolving ''[[cylinder]]'' containing multiple chambers. However, Commonwealth usage makes no distinction at a technical level—"pistol" may refer to rev

|used_by=United Kingdom & Colonies, British Commonwealth, Thailand ... first half of the 20th century, and was adopted by Britain's colonies and Commonwealth allies, including India, [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Canada]].

...p sight. Many of these rifles can be found still in service in the British Commonwealth and in former British Territories. Commonwealth competitors using the SMLE were always careful to dry the rifles' chambers

[[Image:Bren1.jpg|thumb|right|The .303 [[Bren gun]]. British and Commonwealth LMG; in service with the former from 1938 to 1991.]]

... [[World War I]], led to the Enfield No.2. Served widely with British and Commonwealth forces in World War II. ...[[Lee-Enfield|Lee Enfield No.I Mk.III*]]''': Standard rifle of British and Commonwealth forces at beginning of war, supplemented and replaced by No.IV

*[[Lee-Enfield]] (AEF soldiers in Commonwealth units)

|used_by=United States, United Kingdom, Commonwealth of Nations, (.455 caliber, WWI)

* The Browning Mk 1 and Mk 2 were older-style Commonwealth designations for the .303 caliber Browning machine guns used on the vast ma

===Commonwealth forces=== ...ritish]], [[Canadian]], [[Australian]] and New Zealand units from 1942 on. Commonwealth tank crew commanders more often than not deleted the .50 altogether as bein

...ogy and definitions on this page are strongly influenced by Australian and Commonwealth terminology. In addition the page has a military orientation. Some of the i

...tury and early 20th century, companies who made alterations were generally Commonwealth based and developed several proprietary big game rounds specifically for hu

...e+Name&L3=M+-+S&sid=Dmdaa&b=terminalcontent&f=courts_runyan&csid=Dmdaa The Commonwealth V. Runyan]'', 456 Mass. 230 (2010) The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachus

... early 1920s. The facilities were greatly expanded to accommodate the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, when the [[National Clay Shooting Centre]] was opened.

...imposed+upon+every+freeman+to+provide+himself%22+%22for+the+defense+of+the+commonwealth,+with+arms%22&ei=j8zrR-3RAaLstAPapeCYBQ Page 267]. ''The science of jurispr In ''Bliss v. Commonwealth'' (1822, KY), which evaluated the right to bear arms in defence of themselv

...gename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029393987 UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Small Arms and Light Weapons]

|used_by= British Commonwealth ([[L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle#Users|See Users]]) ...AL'''.<ref>especially on the American surplus market</ref> It is a British Commonwealth derivative of the Belgian [[FN FAL]] [[battle rifle]] (''Fusil Automatique

...> Others, however, have seen no conflict with the Second Amendment by the Commonwealth of Kentucky's statute under consideration in ''Bliss'' since "The Kentucky ... arms in defence of themselves and the State shall not be questioned."<ref>Commonwealth of KY Const. of 1799, art. , x§ 23</ref> did guarantee individuals the rig

...-Loading Rifle)]], the service rifle of the [[United Kingdom|British]] and Commonwealth militaries from the 1950s to the 1980s.

===[[United Kingdom]]/British Empire & Commonwealth of Nations===

...19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] [[submachine gun]]s used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout [[World War II]] and the Korean War. They were notable fo ... 1953, being slowly withdrawn from British service in the 1960s. The other Commonwealth nations made or adopted their own replacements. The Sten was used extensive

Before NATO defined the term the [[British]] and Commonwealth armies generally used ‘neutralization’ with the same definition as supp

In the Pacific Theater, Australian Army infantry and other Commonwealth forces initially used the Thompson extensively in jungle patrols and ambush

*Commonwealth of Nations

...re widely used as a substitute-standard or personal weapons by British and Commonwealth forces in both World Wars. Versions were also marketed to colonial military ...d a number of single-shot, break open signal [[flare gun]] devices used by Commonwealth Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. Perhaps the most pr

...emains unknown. A few were distributed to [[Philippine]] troops under the Commonwealth Army and Constabulary and resistance fighters.<ref name="AR"/>

...ld not enter the conflict for more than another two years, Britain and the Commonwealth faced down the Nazi menace from the beginning.

|used_by=[[United Kingdom]], Commonwealth, others ... then [[smokeless powder]] [[propellant]]. It was the standard British and Commonwealth military cartridge from 1889 until the 1950s, when it was replaced by the [

Some brands/makers that are popular with [[United Kingdom]] and Commonwealth of Nations antique gun collectors include: [[Robert Adams of London]], [[Co

The 17th century book by Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth inventor Kazimierz Siemienowicz "''Artis Magnae Artilleriae pars prima''" (

=== Commonwealth armies === In armies of the Commonwealth of Nations, in close-order drill the command to fix bayonets is a two-part

... While it is best known for its role as the [[United Kingdom|British]] and Commonwealth forces' primary infantry [[light machine gun]] (LMG) in [[World War II]], i ...n WWII, and later against UN forces in Korea (oops), including British and Commonwealth units. Some ex-Chinese Czech ZB weapons were also in use in the early stage

...es Caused by Celebratory Gunfire --- Puerto Rico, 2003]</ref> In the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, about two people die and about 25 more are injured each yea