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... The earliest shotguns specifically designed for combat were the '''trench guns''' or '''trench shotguns''' issued in World War I. While limited in range, ...e Texas Revolution, 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>

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|type= [[General purpose machine gun]] ...eavy infantry '''Model 60-20''' machine gun, the '''Model 60-40''' coaxial machine gun for armoured fighting vehicles and the '''Model 60-30''' aircraft varia

|type= [[Light machine gun]] ...achine gun”) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[5.56x45mm NATO|5.56 mm]] [[light machine gun]] developed by [[Fabrique Nationale de Herstal|Fabrique Nationale]] (FN

...er Repeating Arms Company|Winchester]]) and [[Browning Arms Company]] (an American gun company founded by [[John Browning|John Moses Browning]]'s family). Tog In 1898 the company entered into a long lasting relationship with the famous American firearms designer, [[John Browning|John Moses Browning]].

...Rifle, Ross Mk I*</i> became <i>Rifle, G.P. Ross</i> (G.P. meaning general purpose). ...Mk II</i> became <i>Rifle, Ross, .303", Cadet D.P.</i> (D.P. meaning Drill Purpose).<ref name="Phillips, J. 2005"/><ref name="Duguid, Col. A.F. 1999">Duguid,

...AMENDMENT SECURES AN INDIVIDUAL RIGHT] MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, August 24, 2004</ref><ref>[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.p obvious purpose to assure the continuation and render possible the

...sted that they could solve their problems by firing models out of existing guns in order to gather real-world data. This was Bull's introduction to artille ...CARDE, now on the DRB's payroll, and continued working on the instrumented guns. On one of these trips, in 1953, he and a friend stopped in Charny after a

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...455. (May 1981)</ref><ref name="CNNpoll">[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/16/guns.poll/ Majority in U.S. poll support gun ownership rights] - CNN.com</ref> w ... has never ruled against the constitutionality of reasonable regulation of guns and the prohibition of private possession of certain types of weapons.

...sh partisans firing a [[Ckm wz.30]] (a [[Poland|Polish]]-made clone of the American Browning M1917) in 1944.]] [[Image:M2 machine gun.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[M2 Browning machine gun]] with a [[tripod]] weighs 58 kg (128&nbsp;lb).]]

...nge of [[small arms]], from [[pistol]]s to [[Hand grenade|grenade]]s and [[machine gun]]s. In its extensive product range, HK has used most of the operating s ...old HK to a German group (H&K Beteiligungs-GmbH) that was created for this purpose.

...which used it, called the "caplock". The caplock appeared just before the American Civil War, and was quickly adopted by both sides as it was even simpler and Berdan primers are named after their American inventor, [[Hiram Berdan]] of New York who invented his first variation of

... Krags]]:''<br/>Rifle 1889<br/>Carbine 1889<br/>Sniper Rifle 1928<br/>''[[#American Krag-Jørgensen rifles|US Krags]]:''<br/>M1892 Rifle<br/>M1892 Carbine<br/> ...ment of modern firearms. During this decade [[smokeless powder]] came into general use, and the calibre of various service rifles diminished. Several nations

...tained via internet mail from ... uh... whatever site holds the Sacred Rec.Guns FAQ. I'm not sure where that is, since I cannot directly access it myself. ==General Info and Wisdom (ENFAQ-01.MSG)==

...wered [[rifle]] ammunition. Assault rifles are categorized between [[light machine gun]]s, intended more for sustained automatic fire in a support role, and [ The complex comprises assault rifles for general purpose use (AK-74M, AK-101, AK-103) and for auxiliary designation (AK-102, AK-104,

This is an extensive list of [[small arms]] — [[pistol]], [[machine gun]], [[grenade launcher]], [[anti-tank rifle]] — that includes variants ...lt Rifle/Grenade Launcher - 5.56 mm Fléchette/40 x 46 mm Grenade: Special Purpose Individual Weapon)

|name= Gun, Machine, Caliber .30, Browning, M1919A4 |type= [[Medium machine gun]]

...[M1917 Browning machine gun|M1917]]/[[M1919 Browning machine gun|M1919]] [[machine gun]]s. This left the Army without the lighter, handier rifle it had wanted ...]s and [[revolver]]s to be insufficiently accurate or powerful. Submachine guns such as the [[Thompson submachine gun|Thompson]] were more than sufficientl

|name= Machine Gun, 7.62 mm, M240 |type= [[General purpose machine gun]]