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

...during jumps. At Crete, long-range rifle fire from dug-in [[United Kingdom|British]] defenders (largely [[New Zealand]]ers from 5 Brigade's 22nd Battalion) in ...l shoulder-fired automatic rifle that would replace the bolt-action rifle, submachine gun, and light machine gun in the air assault role.<ref name="Senich"/> The

...including one in [[bullpup]] configuration, chambered for their new [[.280 British]] calibre intermediate cartridge. After evaluating the single bullpup proto ...presented the redesigned FN rifle and the British [[EM-2]], both in [[.280 British]] calibre, to the [[United States]] for comparison testing against the favo

The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[.303 British|.303]] Browning aircraft machine gun introduced in the late 1930s and used ...on|M249 SAW]] light machine guns, [[M240 machine gun|M240]] medium machine guns, [[FN FNP series|FNP series pistols]] and [[M2 machine gun]]s.

...ms]], requiring the services of more than one crewman, just like artillery guns. Generally, an automatic firearm designed for a single user is referred to For handguns and long guns, the [[projectile]] is a [[bullet]], or in historical [[cannons]], a [[cann

...led budgetary discussions. The new law, which would allow civilians to own guns, sparked heated scenes in the East Timorese parliament between the parliame ...oting for work purposes, D - long guns for hunting, E - sporting guns, F - guns collecting )

...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.

...ous series of small [[firearm]]s, notably the [[Heckler & Koch MP5|MP5]] [[submachine gun]], [[Heckler & Koch G3|G3]] and more modern [[Heckler & Koch G36|G36]] ...[Glock]] was the first firearms manufacturer to use polymers in their hand guns, however it was Heckler & Koch who actually claimed that title when they re

|type= [[Submachine gun]] }}The '''MP5''' is a [[9x19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] [[submachine gun]] of [[Germany|German]] design, developed in the 1960s by a team of eng

...an the pistol cartridges of submachine guns, but that could be used like a submachine gun in close-quarters and urban fighting. Production of the StG44 was never ...ents from Arab attack as well as to carry out guerrilla operations against British Army forces in Palestine.

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

... Mk.4]], but put into production at Enfield. Standard service revolver of British forces in World War II. The .38SW was a poor replacement for the much bet ... revolver of [[World War I]], led to the Enfield No.2. Served widely with British and Commonwealth forces in World War II.

;Machine Guns ;Machine Guns

...un]]s, intended more for sustained automatic fire in a support role, and [[submachine gun]]s, which fire a handgun cartridge rather than a rifle cartridge. Assau | [[.280 British]]

**[[L115A1]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - .338 Lapua: British Service Weapon) **[[L96A1]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - 7.62 mm NATO: British Service Weapon)

...t. By contrast, soldiers armed with rapid fire weapons (such as submachine guns) were much more likely to have fired their weapons in battle. These conclus ...g" ability of the [[.30 Carbine]].<ref>Hutton, Robert (ed.), ''The .223'', Guns & Ammo Annual Edition, 1971</ref>

...nemy's head down until it was too late. (The idea would resurface in the [[submachine gun]] and ultimately the [[assault rifle]].) It is not known if any of thes ...d under licence in Great Britain as well as a host of other locations. The British version was chambered in .303 Enfield and sported a spike-type Bipod.

...vations of conflicts during the 1930s, and dissatisfaction with existing [[submachine gun]]s and rifles contributed to the development of the M1 Carbine. ...nsufficiently accurate or powerful. Submachine guns such as the [[Thompson submachine gun|Thompson]] were more than sufficiently powerful for close-range encount

|name= M3 submachine gun |type= [[submachine gun]]

...apons for the U.S. military and those for commercial/export purposes), the British SAS uses a variant on the basic theme, the [[Diemaco C7|SFW]] built by [[Di ...with the M16A2 rifle and was intended to replace the .45 ACP M3 submachine guns and selected M9 pistols and M16 rifle series with most Army units (this pla