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...combat were the '''trench guns''' or '''trench shotguns''' issued in World War I. While limited in range, the multiple projectiles typically used in a [[s ...ion, and buck and ball loads were used by both sides of the American Civil War, often by cavalry units.<ref>See main article, [[shotgun]].</ref><ref name=

...e Gun]] which was used in [[World War II]], the Korean War and the Vietnam War. ...he Korean War, the Malayan Emergency and in the early years of the Vietnam War.<ref name=Wardell549/>

...er War, Northern Ireland Troubles, Rhodesian Bush War, Falklands War, Gulf War, Both Chechen Wars, Balkan Wars ...d forces of many Western and other non-Communist countries during the Cold War, it was nicknamed "the right arm of the Free World".

...er. [[Cartridge]] ammunition was widely adopted, and as of the first World War it had become the primary form of ammunition for small arms, tanks, and art ... individual. According to international conventions governing the Laws of War, small arms are defined (with some exceptions) as firearms which fire a pro

The Gatling gun was first used in warfare during the American Civil War. The gun was not accepted by the Union Army until 1866, but a "sales engin Gatling guns were used by the US side during the Spanish-American War, most notably during the battle of San Juan Hill.<ref>[http://www.spanamwar

The origins of American gun culture trace back to the American Revolutionary War, hunting/sporting ethos and the militia/frontier ethos that draw from the c With the arrival of World War II, Hollywood produced many morale boosting movies, patriotic rallying crie

...er than weighing well over 30 lb (15 kg) were lighter and mobile. In World War I they were to be as important as the heavier designs, and were used to sup ...he venerable Browning M1917 saw its last major use during the 1960s in the Vietnam conflict. At the same time, however, Gatling-type weapons were making a com

...e remote effects of penetrating projectiles, but Frank Chamberlin, a World War II trauma surgeon and ballistics researcher, noted remote pressure wave eff ...d that many theories have been advanced in wound ballistics. During World War II, he commanded an 8,500 bed hospital center that treated over 67,000 pati

The AECA and ITAR were enacted in 1976 during the Cold War with USSR and were intended to implement unilateral arms export controls th ... Country Nationality from countries proscribed under ITAR 126.1, such as [[Vietnam]], [[the Peoples Republic of China]] (“PRC”), [[North Korea]], [[Syria]

|wars= Vietnam War Following the [[First World War]], the [[Ithaca Gun Company]] was searching for a pump-action shotgun to pr

...as one of the leading [[sniper]] experts in the world. A decorated Vietnam War veteran who served in the covert Studies and Observations Group (SOG), Plas ...unications sergeant in the Special Forces. He served three combat tours in Vietnam as a member of SOG, leading intelligence-gathering and recon teams in North

..., Yom Kippur War, Iran–Iraq War, Yugoslav wars, Romanian Civil War, Iraq War, current regional conflicts. ...ron sights.<ref>Bishop, Chris (1998), The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II, New York: Orbis Publiishing Ltd, ISBN 0-7607-1022-8.</ref>

...l-sized rifle rounds are known as [[Battle rifle]]s, Examples are the post war era [[FN FAL]], [[H&K G3]] and [[M14 rifle]]. [[Belt (ammo)|Belt-fed]] weap | China, Albania, Vietnam

... the U.S. Navy Mark 21 Mod 0 machine gun, which saw service in the Vietnam War. Once converted it cannot use other link types, as firearms made for the M1

...ia, Greece, [[Israel]], Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, [[Philippines]], South Vietnam, Taiwan, Turkey, Venezuela, [[United States]], Iceland |wars= Vietnam War–present

|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) ...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 and among some drill

...ial [[Service pistol]])<br/>World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War ...esignation changed to '''Pistol, Caliber .45, Automatic, M1911A1''' in the Vietnam era. In total, the United States procured around 2.7 million M1911 and M191

|wars= WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam .... There were two main iterations of it; the M1917, which was used in World War I, and the M1917A1 which was used after. The M1917 was used on the ground a

... 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, Congo Crisis, Vietnam War, Bush War, present day ...countries, especially during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Although it began to be superseded by newer designs in the later half of t

|wars= World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War (limited) ... in World War II, the Korean War, and, to a limited extent, in the Vietnam War. Most M1 rifles were issued to [[United States|American]] troops, though ma

|used_by=U.S. and Allies, Israel, Norway, South Vietnam, Cambodia, Brazil, South Korea |wars= WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War

|wars= Vietnam War and later ...and more or less accurate under adverse conditions, such as in the Vietnam War, the M203 was more difficult and awkward to operate, and could be sent off-

...ert Storm, Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, South African Border War ...Machine Gun'' is a [[heavy machine gun]] designed towards the end of World War I by [[John Browning]]. It was nicknamed ''Ma Deuce'' by US troops or simpl

...Bay of Pigs Incident, Vietnam, Falklands War, Desert Storm (limited), Iraq War (limited) ...ision 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]]

...an Civil War<br/>Gulf War<br/>War in Afghanistan (2001–present)<br/>Iraq War (2003-present) ...t. In many U.S. units that used the M60 as a [[squad automatic weapon]] in Vietnam, every soldier in the rifle squad would carry an additional 200 linked roun

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

...ell as manual volley guns, saw their first major use in the American Civil War. The [[Gatling gun]] and "coffee gun" both used manually-powered automatic ...e accurate enough to engage targets at great distances. During the Vietnam War, [[Carlos Hathcock]] set the record for a long-distance shot at 7382 ft (22

Originally, "Mad Minute" was a pre-World War I term used by [[British]] [[rifle]]men for the act of getting 15 aimed [[b ...g firing, usually by an entire platoon or infantry squad; it was common in Vietnam as a means of raking forests and bushes for hidden NVA soldiers, and has be

|wars= Vietnam War, 2006 Lebanon War, Gulf War, Second Iraq, Afghan War ...tary service during the Cold War, first seeing action during the [[Vietnam War]] and remaining in service today.

... too large for their opponents. This advantage was used during the Vietnam War and at other times. ...s from the propelling charge and hence the sound of the firing. Post World War II the silent Belgium Fly-K spigot mortar was accepted into French service

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

...d War I, and after the ''Miller'' decision in World War II and the Vietnam War. The decision is further criticized because the law further regulates all a

...ietnam War, Cambodian Civil War, Soviet war in Afghanistan, Second Chechen War, various others *Vietnam

... Corps doctrine. Major General William H. Rupertus wrote it during [[World War II]], probably in late 1941 or early 1942. All enlisted Marines learn the c :My rifle and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, or the smoke we make. We

|wars= Northern Ireland, 1991 Persian Gulf War, Afghanistan, Iraq War ...launched in the United Kingdom based on combat experience drawn from World War II. Two [[.280 British|7 mm]] prototypes were built in a “[[bullpup]]”

...|MP44]] ''Sturmgewehr'', or "assault rifle", which was produced during the war, chambered in the [[7.92x33mm Kurz]] intermediate round.<ref>[http://world. ...ilitia units still using the SKS along with the [[Type 56]] assault rifle. Vietnam still has Military police units armed with the SKS. Many surplus SKS rifles

...ealand in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]], and by Rhodesia in the [[Rhodesian Bush War]]. ...an enemy soldier outright. The Australian's jungle warfare tactics used in Vietnam were informed by their experience in earlier jungle conflicts (e.g., the [[

...he British [[SA80|L85A2]]; the American [[M16 rifle|M16A1]] of the Vietnam War; the ubiquitous Soviet-designed [[AKM]]; the Israeli [[Galil]]; some varian

...es fall into Pre WWI, Between the wars, WWII, and Post WWII to the Vietnam War. A number of countries have recently [[gun control|limited the use]] of the

... action shotguns in close-quarters trench fighting. Since the end of World War II, the shotgun has remained in use with modern armies mostly in specialist ...or and used in the trench warfare of WWI, in the jungle combat of WWII and Vietnam and are being used today in Iraq, being popular with soldiers and Marines i

...ed quite opportune for the partners, since the onset of the American Civil War five years later produced a great demand for Smith & Wesson's products. ...epistol m/45 or Kpist m/45) which had been popular with the U.S. forces in Vietnam as the "[[Swedish K]]") and made a similar side-folding stock. But the res

... not in widespread use in the United States until after the American Civil War. ... and any criminal equipped with a rifle in a civil context. In the Bosnian War, and for much of the Siege of Beirut, the term 'sniper' was used to refer t

[[Image:Sniper Rifle Mosin 1891 30.jpg|thumb|During World War II, the [[Mosin-Nagant]] rifle mounted with a telescopic sight was commonly ...ock%202/More/Artillery%20Of%20The%20Civil%20War.ppt Artillery of the Civil War]</ref>

... [[Harpers Ferry Armory]], until its destruction during the American Civil War. ...ouses, and a magazine were built, but no arms were manufactured. After the war, the government kept the facility to store arms for future needs.

...Mau Uprising, Suez Crisis, 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Sino-Indian War, Vietnam War, Indo-Pakistan Wars, Border Campaign (IRA) ...British and Commonwealth forces throughout [[World War II]] and the Korean War. They were notable for having a simple design and very low production cost.

...ly used by American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents during World War II, who favored the newly-designed [[High Standard HDM]] [[.22 Long Rifle]] ...mance is significantly degraded. While many suppressors used wipes in the Vietnam era, most modern suppressors eschew wipes to extend the time between servic

...] to protest the [[United States]] government's involvement in the Vietnam war.<ref name="amazon">[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0962303208/ Amazon.com: The An ...t anger at the prospect of being drafted and sent to Vietnam to fight in a war that I did not believe in."''<ref name="amazon" />

|caption= Thompson M1A1 on display at Virginia War Museum ... World War II, Korean War, First Indochina War, Vietnam War, Chinese Civil War

...fghanistan, Iran–Iraq War, Croatian War of Independence, Serbian-Bosnian War, Kosovo Conflict ...ttlefields in Africa, South-East Asia, and the Middle East during the Cold War era and were used alongside Kalashnikov rifles from both the [[Soviet Union

...vil War, Portuguese Colonial War, South African Border War, Rhodesian Bush War, anti-guerrilla operations in Colombia and the Philippines ...l Gal]] of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The weapon was submitted to the Israeli army for evaluation and won out o

|wars= Philippine-American War, WWs I & II, Korea, Vietnam ...gun]]. It was developed into a version issued to U.S. troops during World War I, which was modified by adding an adapter with [[bayonet lug]] for affixin

...in World War I, World War II, Korea, and in the early part of the Vietnam War, until inventory was exhausted when the Model 12's initial production cease ...imately 20,000 Model 12 trench guns were purchased by the US Army in World War I, differing from the civilian version by having a perforated steel heat sh

... in considerable numbers by certain Union army units in the American Civil War. Confederates called the Henry "that damned Yankee rifle that they load on After the war, [[Oliver Winchester]] renamed New Haven Arms the [[Winchester Repeating Ar

...n Lebanon<br>Invasion of Grenada<br>Gulf War<br>War in Afghanistan<br>Iraq War<ref>Sasser, Charles and Craig Roberts (1990). ''One Shot, One Kill.'' New Y [[Image:M-40A3.jpg|300px|left|thumb|The M40A3]]During the [[Vietnam War]], the Marine Corps decided they needed a standard sniper rifle.<ref name="

...an soldiers during Operation Anaconda in the beginning years of the latest War in Afghanistan. ...]], recorded a 2,475 m (2,707 yd) shot in November 2009 also during in the War in Afghanistan; in which he shot two machine gunners consecutively.<ref nam

|wars= [[World War II]] ...stols were never distributed and were destroyed by Allied forces after the war; and most of those distributed were lost or disposed of without ever seeing

|wars= WWI, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War ...ates in both World Wars and in the Korean War, its last major use being in Vietnam. Large volumes of surplus [[firearm brass|brass]] made it the basis for doz

|production_date=World War II to 1950s, present (civilian) |service= World War II to 1960s

...WII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Falklands war, Gulf War, War on Terror, Iraq War ...liber machine gun]], was used heavily in aircraft, especially during World War II, though its airborne use is limited to helicopters at present. It was an

...geable. Both type 40mm cartridges uses what the US Army during the Vietnam War called the [[High-Low System|High-Low Propulsion System]].

...ion]], Warsaw Pact, [[People's Republic of China]], Cambodia, North Korea, Vietnam, [[Finland]], Venezuela ...n [[7.92x33mm Kurz]] ("Kurz" meaning "short" in German). Shortly after the war, the world's most recognized assault rifle was designed for this cartridge:

... would eventually develop into the 7.62x51mm NATO started just after World War I, when it became clear that the long cartridge of the U.S. standard .30-06 ... a decade later, and the .30-06 remained in service well beyond the Korean War and into the 1960s.

During World War II, the [[Germans]] developed the [[assault rifle]] concept, based upon res ...ets; the experience deeply influenced Soviet military doctrine in the post-war years.

|wars= Afghan War, various other conflicts in Asia and the Middle East ...ced in 1974 and first saw service with Soviet forces engaged in the Soviet war in Afghanistan. The weapon’s name is an abbreviation for ''Avtomat Kalash

|wars= Vietnam War, Soviet war in Afghanistan, Iran–Iraq War, Chechen War, various others ...ATO optics. The military version, used by Egyptian forces in the 1991 Gulf War, was a very high quality clone of the AKM with a side folding stock, chrome

The M463 was a specialist type developed during the [[Vietnam War]] by AAI, and was "SF" or Smokeless/Flashless, and used a type of piston sy ... and had been used during the landings at Normandy during the Second World War at Pointe du Hoc, but the XM688 allowed an existing infantry weapon to be u

...e Stoner]] became Chief Engineer at ArmaLite. Stoner was a Marine in World War II and an expert with small arms. His design for the [[AR-10]] [[battle rif ...atant nations, and even then only to non-Asian nations. During the Vietnam War, the AR-18 could not even be exported to the United States. Howa produced

...or supplemented larger, more powerful [[battle rifle]]s, such as the World War II-era [[M1 Garand|M1 Garand]] and [[SVT-40|Tokarev SVT]]. Examples of assa ... affair as witnessed by the high level of casualties in the American Civil War. Skirmisher tactics were given greater emphasis as gunpowder weapons increa

... of this awesome weapon, which traces its ancestry to late days of Vietnam war. ...32,Soldiertech_AA12,,00.html THE AUTO ASSAULT-12: A Killer Shotgun for the War on Terror]

...orld War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, and the Iraq War. In World War I & II, bandoliers were issued primarily to riflemen. Today bandoliers are

....303 British]]<br>[[7.92x57mm Mauser]] (for [[Republic of China]] in World War II)<br>[[7.62x51mm NATO]] ...ar, Northern Ireland, Mau Mau Uprising, 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Sino-Indian War, Indo-Pakistan Wars

...soldiers who fired their rifles in fully-automatic mode during the Vietnam War.

...age with a rifle that his father had brought back from Europe during World War II. Hathcock dreamed of being a Marine throughout his childhood,<ref name=a ...pionships.<ref name="sgtgrit"/> In 1966 Hathcock started his deployment in Vietnam as an MP and later became a sniper after Captain Edward J. Land Jr. pushed

After the war, Heston and Clarke lived in Hell's Kitchen, New York City, where they worke He opposed the [[Vietnam War]] and in 1969 was approached by the Democratic Party to run for the U.S. Se

...e]], one of the first repeating rifles, and used during the American Civil War. In addition to this were a large number of famous revolvers, such as the ...duce revolvers, of which Colt held the patent, during the Mexican-American War. Colt's earlier venture, the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company, had declare

Flechettes again came into mass use in [[World War I]], when they were dropped from airplanes. ...ailable for the [[M16 rifle|M-16]], shotguns, and other weapons for use in Vietnam.