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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

|caliber=7.62mm ...Nazi Germany]] during [[World War II]] (see the [[Sturmgewehr 44|StG44]] [[assault rifle]]). After testing this prototype in [[1948]], the British Army urged

*[[KBP A-91|A-91]] (Russia - Compact Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm, 5.56 x 45 mm, 7.62 x 39 mm) *[[9A-91]] (Russia - Assault Rifle - 9 x 39 mm)

...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).

...haped pattern on the side, rather than the waffle style stamp found on the Russian and Chinese magazines. The magazines, though they look similar in shape and ...le is illuminated by mildly radioactive Tritium rather than the LED of the Russian PSO-1. The optical sight is of 4x magnification and the lens is 24 mm

|caliber=7.62mm ...nov]]. SKS is an acronym for '''Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova''' (Russian: Самозарядный карабин системы Симонова),

|name= Type 56 Assault Rifle |type= [[Assault rifle]]

|type= [[Assault rifle]] ...Serbia]]. The M70 is designed on the basis of famous [[AK-47|Kalashnikov]] rifles from [[Russia]], which has been proven in numerous wars fought worldwide in

...ed for the [[RPD]] and the [[SKS]] and used in the [[AK-47]] and [[AKM]] [[assault rifle]]s and [[RPK]] light machine guns. ... cartridges to this day are in wide use in numerous world armies as sniper rifles (particularly the [[SVD rifle|SVD]] family) and machine guns (numerous type

[[File:SSA 7.62mm 143gr AP.png|thumb|300px|SSA 7.62mm 143gr AP rifle cartridge.]] ...ombloc]], designed for the [[SKS]] and used in the [[AK-47]] and [[AKM]] [[assault rifle]]s and [[RPK]] and [[RPD]] light machine guns;

...ing "short" in German). Shortly after the war, the world's most recognized assault rifle was designed for this cartridge: the [[AK-47]]. The cartridge remaine ...s the [[7.62x54mmR]]. (Note that the "R" in 7.62x54mmR does not stand for "Russian", but "Rimmed".)

|type= [[Assault rifle]] }}The '''AEK-971''' is a [[Russia]]n [[assault rifle]] made by the Kovrov Machinebuilding Plant (now called the Degtyarev

|type= [[Assault rifle]] ...re also present in the [[AK-103]] and the rest of the [[AK-10X]] series of rifles.

|type= [[Assault rifle]] ...K-103''' is a modern, [[Russia]]n-designed version of the famous [[AKM]] [[assault rifle]], chambered for the [[7.62x39mm]] M43 round. It combines the AKM des

|type= [[Assault rifle]] |caliber=7.62mm

|type= [[Assault rifle]] ...arsaw Pact and its many African and Asian allies. The production of Soviet rifles was carried out at both the [[Tula Arms Plant|Tula Arsenal]] and [[Izhevsk

...s [[gun rights]] supporters, generally consider these uses of the phrase ''assault weapon'' to be pejorative and politically-motivated when used to describe c ...g semi-automatic rifles with certain characteristics in the 1994 [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban]]. See the U.S. Code of 2004 section on firearms.<ref>[http://c

...ovements in design. By the mid 1800s and during the Civil War, bolt-action rifles were being used widely as cavalry weapons as well as for snipers. World War ... [[assault rifle]]s, though it remained the primary weapon of some (mostly Russian) infantry for the duration of the war. The bolt-action is still common toda