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...after firing two rounds from a full magazine when in automatic mode. The Israeli FALs were originally produced as selective-fire rifles, though later light- ...dingly difficult to handle within the confines of a vehicle. Additionally, Israeli forces experienced repeated jamming of the FAL due to heavy sand ingress in

...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

...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 ===Israeli Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle===

...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 ...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

...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

...& Koch G3|H&K G3]] and other rifles, and even the [[Heckler & Koch MP5|MP5 submachine gun]]. Most of these other companies have since devised 40 mm grenade laun *[[Israel]] [[IMI Galil|Galil SAR]], and [[IMI Tavor TAR-21|Tavor TAR-21]] in Israeli service.

...m submachine gun usually refers to larger automatic firearms. Typically, a submachine gun's operating mechanism is scaled down from that of a full-sized machine ...ole'', the German word for a submachine gun. In World War I, as submachine guns were found to be effective in trench warfare, experiments with converting v

... chapter 6, "Combat Firing with Shoulder Weapons", covers techniques for [[submachine gun]]s, [[rifle]]s and [[shotgun]]s. While aimed fire techniques are cover The Daisy company commercially sold sightless BB guns and target throwers for a number of years under the name "Quick Skill", alo

...g to buy their new products and flooding the firearms market with used S&W guns, cutting into their market share. ...t Magnum"; a popular magnum revolver when police officers still used wheel guns

|type= [[Submachine gun]] |wars= World War II, Korean War, Mau Mau Uprising, Suez Crisis, 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Sino-Indian War, Vietnam War, Indo-Pakistan Wars, Border Campaign (IRA

|type= [[submachine gun]] / [[machine pistol]] ... (Hebrew:עוזי, officially cased as '''UZI''') is a related family of [[submachine gun]]s. Smaller variants are more accurately considered [[machine pistol]]s

|known_for = Inventor of the [[Uzi submachine gun]] |nationality = German, Israeli

...M1911 Colt pistol|M1911A1]] [[.45 ACP]] caliber handgun and .45 [[Thompson submachine gun]]. The weapon was originally issued with a straight 15-round detachable ...e effect began to surface, and like the [[.45 ACP]] used in the [[Thompson submachine gun]] and [[M1911 Colt pistol]], some troops found the .30 Carbine cartridg

...s firefights. As a result, armies sought a cartridge and rifle combining [[submachine gun]] features (large-capacity magazine, selective-fire) with an intermedia ...tion along with designs by A.A Demetev and F. Bulkin. In late 1946, as the guns were being tested, one of Kalashnikov's assistants, Aleksandr Zaytsev, sugg

...br/>Charter Arms AR-7 Explorer; <br/>Charter Arms Explorer II Pistol; <br/>Israeli Pilot's Survival Rifle; <br/> Henry U.S. Survival .22 ...nal Distributors marketed .22 replicas of the Broomhandle Mauser, Thompson Submachine Gun and M1 Carbine made on AR-7 receivers and barrels.

...ht, selective fire weapon with effective range of fire much longer than of submachine gun, but shorter than of conventional semi-automatic or bolt action rifles. ...y about the importance of light-weight, high accuracy, and small size, the Israeli military maintained its cutting-edge by developing a bullpup rifle—the [[