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...fnhusa.com/le/products/firearms/family.asp?fid=FNF011&gid=FNG006 FN FS2000 Carbines], [[FNH USA]], 2010</ref> <li>443 mm (17.44 in) (''FS2000 Tactical'') <ref ...le/products/firearms/model.asp?fid=FNF011&gid=FNG006&mid=FNM0030 FN FS2000 Carbines - FS2000 Tactical], [[FNH USA]], 2010</ref>

...iderable abuse from recoil, and the weapon climbs off-target quickly. Most military forces adopting the FAL eventually eliminated full-automatic firearms train ... weapon. The FAL's receiver is normally machined, whilst most other modern military rifles use quicker stamping or casting techniques. Modern FALs have many im

...or keep the existing MK 16s they have already purchased. <ref>http://kitup.military.com/2010/06/socom-cancels-mk-16-scar.html#ixzz0rtef9uMB</ref> ...sing future needs, not to select a replacement for the M4.<ref>[http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,143790,00.html?ESRC=army-a.nl Army Agrees to M4 San

...us distinction of quite possibly being the most despised rifle in Canadian military history. ==Military variants==

...just look at the name of this website), but usually only by civilians. In military use, a gun is an [[artillery]] piece with a relatively high [[muzzle veloci ...as an [[automatic rifle]]. However, many regulatory agencies, such as the American [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|US BATFE]], consider

...vidence obsolete flintlocks were seeing action in the earliest days of the American Civil War. In fact, during the first year of the war, the Army of Tennesse ...all, but it could also be loaded with [[Lead shot|shot]] for hunting. For military purposes, the weapon was loaded with ball, or a mixture of ball with severa

...e. The personal weapon of militia personnel is kept at home as part of the military obligations. This, in addition to liberal gun laws and strong shooting trad ...-kopel.html ''"What America can learn from Switzerland..."'', David Kopel, American Rifleman, February 1990]</ref>

...], the current main service rifle of the ''Bundeswehr'' and numerous other military and police forces. In 2002 BAE Systems, as it was by now known, resold HK t ...e fact that Heckler & Koch provides firearms for many of the world's elite military and paramilitary units, like the Special Air Service, U.S. Navy SEALs, Delt

...ed and manufactured by [[Heckler & Koch]]. It is a modified version of the American [[M4 carbine]] with many changes, most notably a new gas operating system f ... M4 in dust test]</ref> The HK416 has been tested by the [[United States]] military and is in use with some law enforcement agencies and special operations uni

|unit_cost=US$ 894<ref>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/mp-5n-specs.htm globalsecurity.org]</ref> ... Ordnance Factories]]), [[Sudan]] ([[Military Industry Corporation (Sudan)|Military Industry Corporation]]), [[Turkey]] ([[Mechanical and Chemical Industry Cor

|wars= American Civil War, Indian Wars The original '''Henry repeating rifle''' was an American [[.44 Henry|.44 caliber rimfire]], lever-action, breech-loading [[rifle]] d

...l provided a good, reliable source of ignition. The flintlock remained in military service for over 200 years, and flintlocks are still made today for histori ...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

...also began teaching shotgun and rifle classes to train law enforcement and military personnel as well as civilians and did on-site training for individuals and ...to firearms design was what he termed a [[Scout Rifle]]. These bolt action carbines are typically .30 caliber (7.62&nbsp;mm), less than 1 meter in length and l

...s" /> and was one of the final developments in the long line of [[Mauser]] military rifles. ...g with 5 round [[stripper clip]]s. While the Allies (both Soviet and Anglo-American) developed and moved towards standardization of semi-automatic rifles, the

... 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/> *'''Engineer carbine M1889''', wooden hand guard, shorter than the other carbines.

... present day—notably with the Indian Police—and is the longest-serving military bolt-action rifle still in official service.<ref>Wilson, Royce ''"SMLE: The ...230. Arms & Militaria Press, 1993</ref> making it one of the most numerous military bolt-action rifles ever produced—second only to the Russian [[Mosin-Nagan

in its name is for James Paris Lee, a Scottish-born American who years most military development work was done on arms later adopted by

...] firing [[7.62x51mm NATO]] [[ammunition]]. Although largely superseded in military use by the [[M16 rifle]], it remains in limited front line service with the ... T25) and the [[FN FAL]] (T48). This led to the T44's adoption by the U.S. military as the M14 in 1957. Springfield Armory began tooling a new production line

|unit_cost= USD$586<ref>For M16A2, per [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m16-specs.htm GlobalSecurity.org]. Civilian purchase costs '''The M16''' (more formally '''Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16''') is the U.S. military designation for a family of [[rifle]]s derived from the [[ArmaLite]] [[AR-1

... '''United States Rifle, Caliber .30, Model 1903''', is an [[United States|American]] [[Magazine (firearm)|magazine-fed]], [[bolt-action]] [[rifle]] used prima It was officially adopted as a United States military [[service rifle]] on [[June 19]]th [[1903]], and was officially replaced as