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...just look at the name of this website), but usually only by civilians. In military use, a gun is an [[artillery]] piece with a relatively high [[muzzle veloci ...typically, higher [[trajectories]]. Hand-held firearms, like [[rifles]], [[carbines]], [[pistols]] and other small firearms are rarely called "guns" in the res

...ry|"Łucznik" Arms Factory]] in Radom and introduced into service with the Polish Armed Forces in 1997 as the ''5,56 mm karabinek krotki wz. 1996'' ("short c [[Category:Polish 5.56mm assault rifles]]

The 5.56 mm '''Kbk wz. 2005 Jantar''' is a [[Poland|Polish]] experimental assault rifle is configured in a [[bullpup]] layout, and was ...o gain experience to be applied in the modernisation program of the Polish Military.

* Polish [[Kbk wz. 1996 Mini-Beryl]] and [[Beryl wz.96]] assault rifles * South African Vektor [[R4 assault rifle|R4]] series of rifles and carbines, [[Vektor CR-21]] assault rifle and [[Vektor SS-77|Mini-SS]] machine gun

...been modified, with limited success, to accept AK-47 detachable magazines (military rifles designed with fixed magazines often experience feed jams when modifi ...n the bolt is released). This behavior is less likely with the hard primer military-spec ammo for which the SKS was designed, but as with any rifle the user sh

[[Image:Wist1.jpg|thumb|Contemporary [[Polish]] [[WIST-94]] semi-automatic pistol.]] [[Image:Vis rozebrany p.jpg|thumb|Dismantled [[Polish]] semi-automatic pistole Vis (right side)]]

...uns useful primarily for hunting birds and other small game. However, in a military or law enforcement context, the large number of projectiles makes the shotg ...th [[rifle]]s, which were more accurate over longer ranges. The decline in military use of shotguns reversed in World War I, when American forces used 12-gauge

...iven for the first prototypes, evaluated the following year in a series of military qualification tests resulting in an order for an initial pre-production bat ...pment stage. The Onyks was designed to equip airborne infantry, police and military special operations units and vehicle crews.

'''Polish Sten''' ...to the Armia Krajowa. Due to the simplicity of design, local production of Polish variants of Sten was started in at least 23 underground workshops in Poland

...es are redirected to the sides.<ref name="hogg">Hogg, Ian & Weeks, John. ''Military Small Arms of the 20th Century, 7th Edition'' Krause Publications. (2000) I ...apon is cycled manually in this mode of operation. The majority of AKS-74U carbines were manufactured at the Tula Arms Factory rather than [[Izhevsk Mechanical