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|caption= Second Generation Colt Single Action Army |wars= Indian wars, Spanish-American war, Philippine-American War

...ould lead to the jacketing being left in the barrel and the British Indian Army produced the Mark III, Mark IV (1897) and Mark V (1899) [[.303 British]] r

... [[assault rifle]]). After testing this prototype in [[1948]], the British Army urged FN to build additional prototypes, including one in [[bullpup]] confi ...rmies of all NATO member countries. After this testing was completed, U.S. Army officials suggested that FN should redesign their rifle to fire the U.S. pr

... [[7.62x51mm NATO]] cartridge. A variant was also produced for the Swedish Army (designated the '''Ksp 58'''), that was adapted to use the [[6.5x55mm|6.5x5 ...dora Tipo 60-20 MAG, Argentine version of the FN MAG used by the Argentine Army.]]

...of the American Civil War. In fact, during the first year of the war, the Army of Tennessee (Confederacy) had over 2,000 flintlock muskets in service. Whi ...pted their technology to the type of game available and the demands of the Indian trade, and built the [[long rifle]], an improvement on the small game rifle

...litia duty gave way to voluntary militia units and a reliance on a regular army, with a decline of the importance of militia trend continuing throughout th ...e impact of a particular gun (such as [[Sam Colt]]'s "[[Colt Single Action Army|Peacemaker]])", and they ignore that the taming of the west was largely an

... years later it was adopted by the German Federal Police, border guard and army special forces. It is currently used by the armed forces and law enforcemen *[[Australia]]: Australian Army—4th Battalion (Commando), Special Air Service Regiment, Royal Australian

|wars= American Civil War, Indian Wars ...oint of pride. Although it was never officially adopted for service by the army, many union soldiers purchased Henry rifles with their own funds. The brass

|name= Indian National Small Arms System |manufacturer=[[Indian State Ordnance Factory Board]], Ishapore

... War, Suez Crisis, Falklands War, Northern Ireland, Mau Mau Uprising, Sino-Indian War, Indo-Pakistan Wars, Soviet war in Afghanistan and numerous other confl ...ms & Militaria Press, 2007</ref> In its many versions, it was the standard army service rifle for the first half of the 20th century, and was adopted by Br

:British Army manuals are useful, informative, and often entertaining. A few spare parts ... up on it. A bolt action repeater of his own design was tested by both the Army and Navy. The "Remington-Lee" was to soon catch the attention of the Britis

...as designed in Argentina to become the [[service rifle]] for the Argentine Army. The rifle was brought into service starting in 1984, but never replaced t ...uilt in Mexico to be the next generation [[service rifle]] for the Mexican Army. Though similar to the [[Heckler & Koch G36]], the two are different enoug

...K. Bag (2005), "Fathullah Shirazi: Cannon, Multi-barrel Gun and Yarghu", ''Indian Journal of History of Science'' '''40''' (3), pp. 431-436.</ref> ...uccessor of the [[MG42]], the [[MG3]], is still today in use in the German army. Many modern machine guns are derived from the MG42.

The famous Janissary corps of the Ottoman army were using [[matchlock]] muskets as early as the 1440s. As musket technolog ... the rest of India used were made of the finest quality wootz steel. These Indian muskets were manufactured by the thousands and could even use stones instea

...ubrication of the cartridges they were using were part of the cause of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. ...[needle gun]], patented in 1839, which was put to good use by the Prussian army. The needle gun used a complete cartridge, containing bullet, powder, and

...[[revolver]] in 1851. His revolvers were used during the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, the [[U.S. Civil War]], and the Anglo-Zulu War. ...n at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and subsequently approved by the British Army's Small Arms Committee in addition to being adopted by the East India Compa

...(see also [[Joint Service Small Arms Program]]), which were held by the US Army in 1984 on behalf of the US armed forces to find a replacement for the [[M1 |Special Security Force (SSF) of the Bangladesh Army

|weight= 4.337 kg (9.56 lbs) empty<ref>Army Code No. 12258, "User Handbook for Rifle, 7.62mm, L1A1 and 0.22 incle calib ...ica Defence Force]], [[Malaysian Army]], [[New Zealand Army]], [[Rhodesian Army]], [[South African Defence Force]] and the [[British Armed Forces]].<ref>''

...eir inception at the squad level, often in the hands of NCOs, while the US Army often issued them to a squad's point man. Shotguns were modified for and u ...otguns. American cavalry went on to use the shotgun extensively during the Indian Wars throughout the latter half of the 19th century. Horseback units favore

[[Image:Heathscotta2005-02-15.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Arkansas Army National Guard soldiers practice sniper marksmanship at their firing range ..."civilwar"/> They were deployed individually on the extremes of the moving army primarily to scout for the possibility of an enemy ambush. Consequently, a

...II, Korean War, Mau Mau Uprising, Suez Crisis, 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Sino-Indian War, Vietnam War, Indo-Pakistan Wars, Border Campaign (IRA) ...tain was engaged in the Battle of Britain, facing invasion by Germany. The army was forced to replace weapons lost during the evacuation from Dunkirk while

...]] machine gun produced by [[Vickers Limited]], originally for the British Army. The [[machine gun]] typically required a six- to eight-man team to operat ...es an action that took place in August, [[1916]], during which the British Army's 100th Company of the Machine Gun Corps fired their ten Vickers guns conti

...m (2,288 yd) || Barrett M82A1 || .50 BMG || United States || United States Army 1-91 Cav/173d ABCT || War in Afghanistan ...0 || .50-90 Sharps || United States || Civilian Buffalo Hunter || American Indian Wars

|used_by= Union Army, Confederate Army ...mpany]] in Hartford, Connecticut. It was used in the Civil War by the U.S. Army Marksman, known popularly as "Berdan's Sharpshooters" in honor of their lea

...sh; The [[FN SCAR]] and [[HK416]] were among the weapons displayed to U.S. Army officials during an invitation-only Industry Day. The goal of the Industry ...6]] &mdash; The first shots are fired in the attacks on Mumbai, [[India]]. Indian [[gun control]] laws had made it easy for the Pakistan-based terrorists to

...ield Model 1873]] .45 caliber rifle, known to collectors (but never to the Army) as the "Trapdoor Springfield." The new cartridge was a replacement for th ...ntly hit targets that were 6 X 6 feet (1.8 m) at 600 yards (550 m) — the Army standard target, and a skill mainly of value in mass or volley fire, since

...xed stock version was introduced into service with select units of the Red Army (the folding stock model was developed later). The AK-47 was officially acc ... would later become the [[SKS]] battle rifle. At the same time, the Soviet Army was interested in developing a true assault rifle employing a shortened M19

*[[Colt Army Model 1860]] ...mpany|Winchester]] lever action rifle with its stock studded with American Indian tribal brass tacks.

... said to be one of the largest cannons in the world. Artillery was used by Indian armies predominantly for defending against besieging armies.]] ... suppress a local minority rebellion near today's Burmese border, the Ming army used a 3-line method of arquebuses/muskets to destroy an elephant formation

... Gulf war, Northern Ireland, Mau Mau Uprising, 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Sino-Indian War, Indo-Pakistan Wars ...a Czechoslovak-designed light machine gun, the [[ZB vz.26]], which British Army officials had tested during a firearms service competition in the 1930s. T

|caption= Belgian Army Browning ...reviously sold the rights to his successful [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911 U.S. Army automatic pistol]] to Colt's Patent Firearms, and was therefore forced to d

...ley/ Army Technology - Bradley M2/M3 - Tracked Armoured Fighting Vehicles] Army Technology.com</ref> ...oops deployed a variety of cannon to bombard an equally large [[Japan]]ese army. Despite both forces having similar numbers, the Japanese were defeated in

* JSP - Jacketed Soft Point - In the late 1800s, the Indian Army arsenal at Dum Dum, near Calcutta, developed a variation of the FMJ design * .30 US Carbine - In 1940, the US Army's Ordnance Department approached Winchester with a light rifle concept. Thi

In 1944, Heston enlisted in the US Army Air Forces. He served for two years as a radio operator and aerial gunner a ...y blood into the Miniconjou Lakota Nation, but claimed no natural American Indian heritage (his great-great-granny was <u>not</u> a Cherokee princess). He cl