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... ammunition is consumed. Cooking off limits the [[rate of fire]] of many [[rifle]]s, since heavy use will heat up the gun's barrel.
...ing ammunition compartments. The current technique, used in tanks like the M1 Abrams, is to armor the compartments and provide blow-off panels to channel
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...ain the gas completely and vent excess back into the barrel, such as the [[M1 Carbine]] and [[FN SCAR]].
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...xamples include the [[Lee-Enfield#Rifle No 4 Mk I|Lee-Enfield No IV Mk 1]] Rifle used between 1941 and 1955.
...ef>. The Most popular weapons used in America are the M1903A3 Springfield, M1 Garand, and the M14.
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...of the [[M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle|Browning M1918 (BAR)]] [[automatic rifle]], and the feed and trigger mechanisms are from the [[World War II|WWII]]-e
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...gazine]]s, used in other NATO 5.56 mm [[assault rifle]]s such as the [[M16 rifle|M16]] and [[FN FNC|FNC]]. Magazine feeding is used only as an auxiliary mea
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...i-tank gun, or a gun used in the delivery of naval gunfire. Calling your [[rifle]] a "gun" can result in... well, just watch the video.
...omatic firearm designed for a single user is referred to as an [[automatic rifle]]. However, many regulatory agencies, such as the American [[Bureau of Alc
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*'''Lever-delayed blowback''' - [[FAMAS (rifle)|FAMAS]], [[AA-52]]
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...14]]), vented ([[AK-47]]), or the piston head reaches a stop ([[M1 carbine|M1 Carbine]]).<ref>Hatcher, Julian. (1947). '''Hatcher's Notebook.''' The Mili
...t be ported from the barrel very near the muzzle of the weapon as in the [[M1 Garand]]. This relatively lower pressure gas acts over a longer period of
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...[magazines]], limiting [[handguns]] to 10 rounds and most [[semi-automatic rifle]]s to 5. The restrictions did not cover [[rimfire]] rifles or manual (e.g.,
...imit of some historically significant firearms such as the Lee-Enfield and M1 Garand. The restrictions did not cover rimfire rifles. The provinces have t
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...]] 5.56x45 mm assault rifle for enlisted personnel, the [[SIG 510]] battle rifle and/or the [[SIG P220|SIG-Sauer P220]] 9 mm semi-automatic pistol for offic
...o the discharged owner. The rifle is then a semi-automatic or self-loading rifle.
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...yan, armed with a semi-automatic [[AK-47]], a [[Beretta]] handgun and an [[M1 carbine]], dressed up in combat fatigues and proceeded around the town of H
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...a Major General. Afterward, he served as Technical Editor of the National Rifle Association's "American Rifleman" magazine.
...roduction issues associated with the early iterations of the [[M1 Garand]] Rifle.
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...not be replaced until [[1936]], by the faster-firing, [[semi-automatic]] [[M1 Garand]].
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This rifle has a long and colorful history in British service. The "Lee"
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...mgewehr 44#MP43|MP 43/1]] Variant of MP 43 with provision for a screw-on [[rifle grenade]] launcher
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* [[StG 44|Sturmgewehr-44]] : The world's first assault rifle, the trend of adopting assault rifles didn't catch on until after the war
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... intermediate [[7.62x39mm]] cartridge. It is the most widely known assault rifle in the world.]]
...e rifle]]s, Examples are the post war era [[FN FAL]], [[H&K G3]] and [[M14 rifle]]. [[Belt (ammo)|Belt-fed]] weapons or rifles with very limited capacity fi
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... arms]] — [[pistol]], [[machine gun]], [[grenade launcher]], [[anti-tank rifle]] — that includes variants (most of which may be linked to the same page.
*[[KBP A-91|A-91]] (Russia - Compact Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm, 5.56 x 45 mm, 7.62 x 39 mm)
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...ng|John M. Browning]]. The weapon originally fired the [[.30-06]] M1 or M2 rifle cartridge from woven cloth or metallic link [[Belt (ammo)|belts]] feeding f
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... [[Thompson submachine gun|Thompson]] series submachine guns: the M1928A1, M1 and M1A1 that were slowly being withdrawn from use. The weapon’s designer
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...d the M60 as a [[squad automatic weapon]] in Vietnam, every soldier in the rifle squad would carry an additional 200 linked rounds of ammunition for the M60
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... portable [[firearm]], usually designed to fire [[List of rifle cartridges|rifle cartridge]]s in quick succession from an [[Belt (ammo)|ammunition belt]] or
...blurred. Often, the criterion for a machine gun as opposed to an automatic rifle is considered to be the presence of a quick change barrel or other cooling
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...magazines.JPG|thumb|220px|[[M1 Garand rifle]]s 8-round en-bloc clip, [[M14 rifle]]s 20-round magazine, AR-15/M16 series of rifles 20- and 30-round magazines
...his type of magazine may be straight or curved, the curve necessary if the rifle uses rimmed ammunition or ammunition with a tapered case. Box magazines are
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...Factory was ready to begin manufacturing the Huot, using parts from [[Ross rifle|Rosses]] scheduled for scrapping.
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...rate of fire while on the move during World War I, while also allowing the rifle to be used in conventional [[bolt action]] mode for long-range fire from th
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... infantry rifle designs were shortened such as in the [[Lee-Enfield|SMLE]] rifle.
...ters and could partially meet this requirement. The [[World War II]] era [[M1 carbine]] can be considered a forerunner of modern personal defense weapons
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... on a weapons platform or involve a recoilless system (e.g. a [[recoilless rifle]]).
....357 magnum]], an [[M1 Garand rifle|M1 Garand]], a [[.50 BMG|.50 caliber]] rifle, and a [[shotgun]] with a [[deer slug]], they found that the lower velocity
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...ified as restricted. Many <s>military-</s> scary-looking, [[semi-automatic rifle]]s, such as the [[AR15]] are also classified as restricted. Other examples
... variant of it including Mitchell M16A-1/22, M-16/22, CAR-15/22, AP74 Auto Rifle
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...ball behaves. The word "rifle" originally referred to the grooving, and a rifle was called a "rifled gun." Rifles are used in warfare, hunting and [[shoot
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...nd rifgren-shooting line.jpg|thumb|Rifle grenade launch from a [[M1 Garand rifle]].]]
...e during World War I and continues to this day. Many armies have replaced rifle grenades with dedicated [[grenade launcher]]s.
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....jpg|thumb|right|250px|Close-up shot of a safety of an [[M16 rifle|M16A2]] rifle.]]
...me use a cross-bolt safety button, others a wing safety at the rear. The [[M1 Garand]] created a safety with a metal rocking lever at the front of the tr
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...e:Garand.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The [[M1 Garand]]. the first semi-automatic rifle to be generally issued to the infantry in any nation.]]
...ally three) per pull of the trigger, such as the [[M16 rifle#M16A2|M16A2]] rifle, are considered fully automatic.
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...oviet]] weapons designer; he is one of the fathers of the modern [[assault rifle]].
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