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==Automatic and semi-automatic rifles== *Flieger-Selbstlader-Karabiner 15 ([[Mondragon]]) Former Mondragon rifles built in Switzerland (World War I only)

...wehr-44]] : The world's first assault rifle, the trend of adopting assault rifles didn't catch on until after the war * '''[[M1911 Colt pistol|Colt M1911A1]]''': .45ACP calibre pistol of Browning design, standard service p

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...cludes some of the more notable Assault Rifles but also covers some Battle Rifles. ...0s, Izhmash designers developed the unified complex of Kalashnikov assault rifles chambered for domestic 7.62 x 39mm, 5.45 x 39mm cartridges as well as the 5

...SMOLT]] (US/Netherlands - Revolver - .357 Magnum: Custom S&W Model 19 with Colt Python barrel) *[[Beretta|Beretta Rifles]]

*[[Colt 9mm SMG]] * [[List of assault rifles]]

|manufacturer=[[Colt Manufacturing]] and [[Fabrique Nationale]] Manufacturing Inc. (primaries) ...maLite]] [[AR-15]] and further developed by [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]] starting in the mid-20th century.

... Patent Numbers]</ref>; he had previously been working on [[lever action]] rifles for Winchester such as the [[Winchester rifle#Winchester Model 1886|Winches ...ng's prototype lever mechanism was offered to [[Colt Manufacturing Company|Colt]] by Browning in 1892. The lever was moved back, and power was supplied by

...Lee]]), as well as a series of revolvers by [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]] and [[Smith & Wesson]] for the Army and Navy were adopted just in that de ...omhandle"]]), Mannlicher (the [[Steyr Mannlicher M1894]]), and Colt (the [[Colt M1900]]).

...y known as the '''BAR'''), is a family of [[automatic rifle]]s (or machine rifles) and [[light machine gun]]s used by the [[United States]] and other countri ...pacific as a S.A.W. and on rare occasion due to weight, misused as assault rifles. The BAR was produced under licence in Great Britain as well as a host of o

... II, the Korean War, and, to a limited extent, in the Vietnam War. Most M1 rifles were issued to [[United States|American]] troops, though many were also len ...rphy-Manning of 1911, and there were trials in 1916-8,<ref>Walter, John. ''Rifles of the World''. (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2006), p.142, "Garand".</re

...uring the 1930s, and dissatisfaction with existing [[submachine gun]]s and rifles contributed to the development of the M1 Carbine. ...re not significantly easier to carry or maintain than the existing service rifles (such as the M1903 and Garand).

...s a hand grip when firing the M203. A separate sighting system is added to rifles fitted with the M203, as the rifle's standard sights are not matched to the ...[[M79 grenade launcher]] and conceptually similar [[XM148 grenade launcher|Colt XM148]] design. However, while the M79 was a separate weapon entirely, the

...o increase accuracy and conserve ammunition, the M14 and [[M16 rifle|M16]] rifles used by the U.S. Army had not been designed with sustained automatic fire i ...). Weapons submitted by manufacturers included the experimental [[Colt]] [[Colt CMG-1 machine gun|CMG-1]], based on the M16, the [[Heckler & Koch]] HK23 an

|manufacturer=[[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt Defense]] ...1,000<ref>''"The FY2006 current ARNG requirement for M4 Carbines is 60,943 rifles at a cost of $1k each."'' [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/g

...e first gas-operated machine gun was the [[M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun|Colt-Browning M1895]].<ref>[http://www.nationalgunsmithsassociation.com/famous_g ... intended for use in [[side arm]]s (chiefly [[semi-automatic pistol]]s) or rifles; the difference between machine guns and autocannons is based on [[caliber]

** The [[Colt Python .357 Magnum]] ==Rifles==

...Marlin Firearms''' Company of North Haven, Connecticut manufactures Marlin Rifles. Major models of Marlin rifles include:

... usually operated by one to two soldiers. Light machine guns and automatic rifles are often an individual weapon with a fixed, naked barrel. On the other han ... were developed, some powered by gas or recoil or some combination of two (Colt 1895, [[Hotchkiss]], etc). Also, rather than the rather heavy water jacket,

...Rs came solely from ArmaLite, or were a mix of receivers from ArmaLite and Colt/Diemaco. All of these upper receivers are flat-topped, but have been seen w ...ified the weapon, Precision Reflex Incorporated (PRI) began assembling the rifles themselves. While a number of trigger options were tried in the end, the [[