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|name= Colt Woodsman |image= Colt Woodsman.jpg

...f the firearm and indicates the weapon is ready to fire. The black polymer pistol grip was initially copied directly from the [[FN FAL|FAL]] and FNC rifles, ......]</ref> Two C9s are carried by each infantry section. All are made by [[Colt Canada|Diemaco]]<ref name="Arms">[http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/port

*[[.32-20 Winchester]] (.32 WCF, .32-20 Marlin, .32 Colt Lightning) * [[Table of pistol and rifle cartridges]] (by year)

|name= United States Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911. |image= M1911 Pistol US.jpg

...ers and [[mortar]] crews) found the full-size rifles too cumbersome, and [[pistol]]s and [[revolver]]s to be insufficiently accurate or powerful. Submachine ...d that a new weapon was needed for these other roles. While the range of a pistol is about 50 yards and the range of existing rifles was several hundred yard

...e first gas-operated machine gun was the [[M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun|Colt-Browning M1895]].<ref>[http://www.nationalgunsmithsassociation.com/famous_g ...nition used is intended for use in [[side arm]]s (chiefly [[semi-automatic pistol]]s) or rifles; the difference between machine guns and autocannons is based

[[Image:recoil operation key.png|thumb|right|300px|Key for recoil operation diagrams.]] The short recoil action dominates the world of [[centerfire]] [[automatic pistol]]s, being found on nearly all of [[9 x 19 mm]] or greater caliber. Short r

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] }}The '''SIG P226''' is a full-sized, service-type pistol made by [[SIG Sauer]]. It is chambered for the [[9x19mm Parabellum]], [[.40

...[.44 Special]]/[[.44 Magnum]], [[.45 Colt]] (sometimes called the .45 Long Colt or .45 Cowboy) as well as the [[.44-40 Winchester]]. Typically, the tube ma ...n Henry]]'s toggle-link system, and can easily handle modern high-pressure pistol cartridges such as .44 Magnum. (So also can the even stronger Model 1892, a

|manufacturer=originally [[ArmaLite]] & [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]] ...], and is distinguished from later civilian-model AR-15 rifles marketed by Colt Firearms. Currently, AR-15 is a generic term for a civilian semi-automatic

...litary customers. In 1959, Armalite sold its rights to the AR-10/AR-15 to Colt, who successfully marketed the AR-15 to the U.S. military. Disappointed wit ...s an in-line stock, an aluminum alloy receiver and a reinforced fiberglass pistol grip, handguard, and buttstock. While mostly an original design, the AR-10

|type= [[pistol]] ...hanism. The manual thumb operated [[safety (firearms)|safety]] locks the [[Pistol slide|slide]] in the closed position when engaged using side thumb pressure

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] [[File:M9 DA-SN-91-11017.jpg|thumb|right|M9 pistol partially field stripped]]

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...]], [[9x19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] [[semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] [[pistol]]. It is based on ideas conceived and patented in 1922 by American firearms