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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, ..., the blunderbuss was used through the 18th century in warfare by British, Austrian, and Prussian regiments, as well as in the American colonies. As use of

...evaluating both the Spanish [[CETME]] and American Armalite [[AR-10]], the Austrian Army adopted a variant of the FAL under the designation Sturmgewehr 58 (Stg ...ier with C2 DA-SC-84-02213.JPEG|thumb|right|Canadian soldier with C2 light machine gun. The C2 is the Canadian version of the FN FAL, with a heavier barrel th

|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

...ock GmbH''' (trademarked as '''GLOCK''') is a weapons manufacturer of hand guns that are trade marked as the 'Safe Action Pistol'. Glock is headquartered i ...he 17 was so-named because it was Gaston Glock's seventeenth patent.) The Austrian Army adopted the Glock 17 in 1982<ref name="GlockFaqTimeline" /> with the N

...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 ...pany was registered in 1950. In the beginning, the company produced sewing machine parts and other fine mechanical devices, but this changed in 1956 when the

|type= [[Assault rifle]] (G11)<br>[[Light machine gun]] (LMG11)<br>[[Personal defense weapon]] (G11 PDW) |variants= Assault Rifle<br>Light Machine Gun (LMG11)<br>Personal Defence Weapon (G11 PDW)

...tle of Caporetto. it also aided development of the next Italian submachine guns, the OVP 1918 and the Beretta 1918. It is always claimed that the Beretta b ...explains the reputation of unreliability of these first Beretta submachine guns.

==Machine guns== ==Submachine guns==

...wered [[rifle]] ammunition. Assault rifles are categorized between [[light machine gun]]s, intended more for sustained automatic fire in a support role, and [ ...er to manufacture alternative to the existing [[FN FAL]], although the two guns are not directly related. The CAL never met with any significant interest

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

...ng mechanism is scaled down from that of a full-sized machine gun, while a machine pistol is built up from a semi-automatic pistol design. ...small, concealable weapon with a high rate of fire. In a military setting, machine pistols are issued as personal defense sidearms to paratroopers, artillery

|type= [[Machine pistol]] (M712 Schnellfeuer)<br>[[Semi-automatic pistol]] (all others) ...un'' January 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.1896mauser.com/spanish.htm Spanish Guns] - 1896mauser.com</ref>

...p. 223</ref> In production since 1978, it is the standard small arm of the Austrian Bundesheer and various police units. It has also been adopted by the armed ...8 mm (20.0 in) standard rifle-length barrel and a 621 mm (24.4 in) [[light machine gun]] barrel.<ref name="ezell_224">Ezell(1993) p. 224</ref> The AUG is a mo

... the sidewalls, creating turbulence across the boreline. Z is expensive to machine and includes "pockets" of dead airspace along the sidewalls which trap expa ..."ru">[http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn00-e.htm "Modern sniper rifles"] world.guns.ru, 2001-01-26.</ref>

The M1 Carbine was issued to infantry officers, machine gun, artillery and tank crews, paratroopers and other line-of-communication * [[Austria]] (1950s–70s, Austrian Army and Police)

...ewehr 98]] and the later [[Karabiner 98k]] [[rifle]]s and medium [[machine guns]]. ...fle and the license-built [[MG42]] copy, the [[M53 machine gun|M53 Sarac]] machine gun.