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...on was to make a larger gun. The largest bore guns in common use (and bore rifles with the advent of breech loading and rifling in the late 1800s) included t === Nitro Express rifles ===

...wer [[rifle]] [[cartridge]]. In the West, FAL's primary competitor was the German [[Heckler & Koch G3]]. ...Russian [[SKS]] [[carbine]] and French [[MAS-49]] series of semi-automatic rifles. The gas system is fitted with a gas regulator behind the front sight base,

...a relatively high [[muzzle velocity]], such as a field gun, a tank gun, an anti-tank gun, or a gun used in the delivery of naval gunfire. Calling your [[rifle]] ...cities and, typically, higher [[trajectories]]. Hand-held firearms, like [[rifles]], [[carbines]], [[pistols]] and other small firearms are rarely called "gu

...8.jpg|thumb|[[Heckler & Koch GMG]], 40mm automatic grenade launcher of the German Army]] ...r attachments mounted under the barrel of a [[rifle]]. Alternatively, many rifles have been designed to fire [[rifle grenade]]s from their muzzle. Larger gre

...d bans their possession, bringing into circulation etc. In comparison, the German Weapons Law is one of the tightest in Europe. ...ated, "Within two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, German arms, munitions, and war material, including anti-aircraft material, existi

Not all grenades are thrown by hand. Several types are fired from rifles or purpose-designed [[grenade launcher]]s. For example, [[tear gas]] grenad ...se of a modified rifle with a blank cartridge to propel the grenade. These rifles would often be permanently fixed in wooden support frames and would not be

...NATO|7.62 mm]] [[automatic rifle]] developed in the 1950s by the [[Germany|German]] armament manufacturer [[Heckler & Koch|Heckler & Koch GmbH]] (HK) in coll ... rifle can be traced back to the end of World War II when engineers at the German [[Mauser]] factory designed the [[7.92x33mm Kurz|7.92 mm]] [[StG45]] [[assa

{{USgunorgs}}:''see also: [[German Weapons Law]] ...pes of weapons, similar to the "sporting purpose" test that existed in the German law in question. Senator Thomas Dodd was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Tria

...899 Carbine<br/>M1899 Constable Carbine<br/>''[[#Norwegian Krag-Jørgensen rifles|Norwegian Krags]]:''<br/>M1894 Rifle<br/>M1895 Carbine<br/>M1897 Carbine<br ...e Krag-Jørgensen action was its [[magazine (firearms)]]. While many other rifles of its era used an integral box magazine, the magazine of the Krag-Jørgens

*[[MP 3008]] (German near-copy of the [[Sten]] Mk. II made at the end of the war) ==Automatic and semi-automatic rifles==

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...cludes some of the more notable Assault Rifles but also covers some Battle Rifles. ...0s, Izhmash designers developed the unified complex of Kalashnikov assault rifles chambered for domestic 7.62 x 39mm, 5.45 x 39mm cartridges as well as the 5

...of [[small arms]] — [[pistol]], [[machine gun]], [[grenade launcher]], [[anti-tank rifle]] — that includes variants (most of which may be linked to the same ...al AWM#German Army|G22]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - .300 Winchester Magnum: German Service Weapon)

...98 [[Krag-Jørgensen|Krag]] and contemporary German [[Mauser]] bolt-action rifles. The M1903 not only replaced the various versions of the Krag, but also th ...smokeless powder used by both was an advantage over the older black-powder rifles still used in the war (on both sides of the conflict), such as issued to vo

...two all-new service rifles (the [[Krag-Jørgensen#American Krag-Jørgensen rifles|M1892/96/98 Krag]] and [[M1895 Navy Lee]]), as well as a series of revolver ...uction continued; these pistols are highly regarded by modern collectors. German forces used captured M1911A1 pistols, using the designation "Pistole 660(a)

...y known as the '''BAR'''), is a family of [[automatic rifle]]s (or machine rifles) and [[light machine gun]]s used by the [[United States]] and other countri ...R was chambered in several calibers including 7.92 x 57 for use of surplus German ammunition.

...uring the 1930s, and dissatisfaction with existing [[submachine gun]]s and rifles contributed to the development of the M1 Carbine. ...re not significantly easier to carry or maintain than the existing service rifles (such as the M1903 and Garand).

...s a hand grip when firing the M203. A separate sighting system is added to rifles fitted with the M203, as the rifle's standard sights are not matched to the ...onents, usually including the launcher, adaptors for attachment to assault rifles, and leaf sights (which can be used with the rifle's front sight post). M2

...er]], the [[.50 BMG]] round was designed as a response to the German 13 mm anti-tank rifle of World War I and employed in a redesigned and scaled-up [[M1917 Bro ...today is also used in high-powered [[sniper rifle]]s and long range target rifles due to its excellent long range accuracy, [[external ballistics]] performan

...e:T44.jpg|thumb|right|The experimental T-44 machine gun developed from the German [[FG42]] and [[MG42]] machine guns.]] ...ns an M60 machine gun on a HMMWV in Afghanistan, in March 2004. An [[AT4]] anti-tank rocket can be seen in the foreground.]]