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...me precision, durability, reliability and accuracy of their firearms. All firearms made by H&K are named by a prefix and the official designation, with suffix ...layed blowback]], [[Blowback#Gas delayed|gas-delayed blowback]], and [[gas-operated]]. All of their firearm models have achieved reputations for excellent accu

|action= [[Gas operated]] rotary breech, Select fire # As the projectile is accelerating up the barrel, recoil forces drive the barrel, magazine, chamber and operating mechanism rearward

... (short for ''Maschinenpistole 5'') was created within the fourth group of firearms, initially known as the '''HK54'''. ...since the bolt remains locked for a short period of time after the initial recoil impulse. After the bolt carrier has traveled rearward 4 mm, the locking pie

|name= Hi-Point Firearms '''Hi-Point Firearms''', also known as '''Beemiller''' (Distributed by '''MKS Supply'''), is a [

...lley''' is a tactical training facility of more than 10 acres (40,000 m²) operated by the FBI Training Academy. Hogan's Alley was opened in 1987, and was des Hogan's Alley is used to teach agents investigative techniques, [[firearms]] skills, and defensive tactics. Scenarios involve investigations of terro

...mi-automatic]]") use a few different types of [[gas operated]] or [[recoil operated]] systems, and the rounds are loaded automatically every time the gun is fi ...e a smooth-bore. The term ‘[[rifled]]’, however, is deceiving. Normal firearms have rifling in the bore, which impart a spin to the bullet during its pass

...ed States|American]] [[firearm]]s designer who developed many varieties of firearms, [[cartridges]], and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around ...g machine gun|Colt-Browning Model 1895]] — a system that would surpass [[recoil operation]] in popularity. Other successful designs include the [[M2 Brown

...ttp://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/uniforms_firearms/firearms/98k/k98index.htm Firearms of the Wehrmacht - Mauser Karabiner 98]</ref> ... heavy, and the rate of fire was limited by how fast the [[bolt]] could be operated. Its magazine had only half the capacity of Great Britain's [[Lee-Enfield]]

...ved in this type of jam, bullet and gas momentum, slide and barrel mass, [[recoil]] spring pre-load and spring rate, and shooting hand and arm mass are much ...When the slide is fully to the rear, it is stopped by the fully compressed recoil spring. The spring then pushes the slide forward, stripping a new cartridg

...|Belt-fed]] weapons or rifles with very limited capacity fixed [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine]]s are also generally not considered assault rifles. This list i | colspan="5"| The AB and AVB rifles were designed to reduce recoil force by using a Lever-Delayed Blowback operation and came in both Assault

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] The M16 is a lightweight, 5.56 mm caliber, air-cooled, [[gas-operated]], [[Magazine (firearm)|magazine]]-fed rifle, with a [[rotating bolt]], act

|action= [[recoil operation|Short recoil operation]] ...wning's designs to use the [[Recoil operation#Short recoil operation|short recoil]] principle in its basic design. Besides the pistol being widely copied its

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[open bolt]] The BAR is a [[Gas-operated reloading|gas-operated]], air-cooled, magazine-fed automatic rifle that fires from an [[open bolt]

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[rotating bolt]] ...equirement was for a weapon lighter and handier than the Garand, with less recoil, but at the same time, greater range, accuracy, and effective [[stopping po

The M3 is an automatic only, [[blowback]]-operated firearm (the weapon’s bolt is assisted by two parallel wire-guide action ...also improved maintenance and field stripping (i.e. to remove the bolt and recoil assembly the user simply has to unscrew the barrel; in the original M3 it w

|action= [[Gas-operated]], [[open bolt]] The M60 is an air-cooled and [[gas-operated]] machine gun firing from an [[open bolt]]. It [[Chamber|chambers]] the [[7

|action= [[Recoil operation|Recoil-operated]], [[roller-locked]] bolt ...into) via a prong type barrel extension behind the breech. As it is recoil-operated and fired from an open bolt, the weapon must be manually charged with the s

...ld War II]]. The MP 40 was characterized by its low rate of fire and low [[recoil]].<ref>Bishop, Chris (1998), ''The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II' ...n.<ref>Popenker, Max. "[http://world.guns.ru/smg/de/mp3-mp40-e.html Modern Firearms — MP-38 and MP-40 submachine guns]".</ref>

...of several hundred rounds per minute. The first machine guns were manually operated, for example, by turning a hand crank. ...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 ...

...s hard to draw, the term submachine gun usually refers to larger automatic firearms. Typically, a submachine gun's operating mechanism is scaled down from that ...loped pistol cartridge, the [[9mm Parabellum]], which was designed for low recoil without sacrificing penetration and stopping power. Although not armour pie