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...ifle]]s while DMs are often equipped with accurized [[battle rifle]]s or [[assault rifle]]s fitted with optical sights. ...inly employed for targets at ranges of about 1,400 metres (1,530 yd) using rifles with larger ammunition while DMs are utilized for targets at ranges of up t

...Nazi Germany]] during [[World War II]] (see the [[Sturmgewehr 44|StG44]] [[assault rifle]]). After testing this prototype in [[1948]], the British Army urged ...actured and issued both designs at various times. Unlike the Russian AK-47 assault rifle, the FAL utilized a heavier full-power [[rifle]] [[cartridge]]. In th

...ver, or from detachable [[STANAG magazine]]s, used in other NATO 5.56 mm [[assault rifle]]s such as the [[M16 rifle|M16]] and [[FN FNC|FNC]]. Magazine feeding ... pistol grip was initially copied directly from the [[FN FAL|FAL]] and FNC rifles, currently a modified grip with lateral grooves is used, installed at a sma

...cities and, typically, higher [[trajectories]]. Hand-held firearms, like [[rifles]], [[carbines]], [[pistols]] and other small firearms are rarely called "gu ...secondary method of attack used in close combat. For example, arms such as rifles, muskets, and occasionally [[submachine gun]]s can have [[bayonet]]s affixe

|type= [[assault rifle]] ...Rifle) version, standard-length '''AR''' (Assault Rifle) and an '''ARM''' (Assault Rifle and Machine gun) [[light machine gun]].

|caption= Insas Assault Rifle (Fixed butt) |type= [[Assault rifle]]

... was one of the final developments in the long line of [[Mauser]] military rifles. ...o an internal [[Magazine (firearm)|magazine]]. It was derived from earlier rifles, namely the Karabiner 98b, which in turn had been developed from the Mauser

* Australian [[Austeyr|F88 Austeyr]] assault rifle and [[F89 Minimi]] machine gun. ([[Australian Defence Industries|ADI *Austrian [[Steyr AUG]] assault rifle

... for the intermediate [[7.62x39mm]] cartridge. It is the most widely known assault rifle in the world.]] ...cludes some of the more notable Assault Rifles but also covers some Battle Rifles.

...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

...he mechanism could bring the M60 to a halt. This was a major factor in the Israeli Defense Force declining to adopt the M60. The weapon was more difficult to ...to replace their existing stock of M60E3 machine guns fitted with shorter "assault barrels". These weapons are identical to standard M60E4s, with the exceptio

|caption= The LM5, a semi-automatic version of the R5 assault rifle. |type= [[Assault rifle]]

|type= [[assault rifle]] |weight= 3.5 kg empty<ref name="Modern Firearms">[http://world.guns.ru/assault/as43-e.htm Valmet Rk. 62 / 76 / 95 (Finland)] - Modern Firearms</ref>

...orced landing or accident in a wilderness area. Variants have been used by Israeli, Canadian, and American armed forces. Shotgun/rifle [[combination gun]]s w ...eloped earlier. The development of more accurate and deadlier long-range [[rifles]] minimized the usefulness of the shotgun on the open battlefields of Europ

== Rifles == ....zhtml?c=90977&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=805601 S&W press release on new M&P15 Rifles]</ref>

...a highly trained soldier who specializes in shooting targets with modified rifles from very long distances. They're also adept in stealth, camouflage, infilt ...http://www.boomershoot.org/general/ScaryWords.htm Assault Weapons - Sniper Rifles] Joe Huffman, February 7, 2008</ref>­<ref>[http://science.howstuffworks.co

|type= [[bullpup]] [[Assault Rifle]] |feed= 35 round [[R4 assault rifle|R4]] magazines

...rbine cartridge and the M1 Carbine were developed by Winchester to provide assault troops and rear area units more firepower and accuracy than the standard is ...rable to more powerful intermediate cartridges later developed for assault rifles.

|type= [[Assault rifle]] ...ssault rifle.<ref name="poyer">Poyer, Joe. The AK-47 and AK-74 Kalashnikov Rifles and Their Variations (Paperback). North Cape Publications. 2004. pp1.</ref>