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... Africa, manufactured and issued both designs at various times. Unlike the Russian AK-47 assault rifle, the FAL utilized a heavier full-power [[rifle]] [[cart ...olid shoulder of metal in the heavy [[receiver]] like the [[bolts]] of the Russian [[SKS]] [[carbine]] and French [[MAS-49]] series of semi-automatic rifles.

A distinctive feature of the Krag-Jørgensen action was its [[magazine (firearms)]]. While many other rifles of its era used an integral box magazine, the m The 1880s were an interesting period in the development of modern firearms. During this decade [[smokeless powder]] came into general use, and the cal

...|Belt-fed]] weapons or rifles with very limited capacity fixed [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine]]s are also generally not considered assault rifles. This list i | colspan="5"| In the 1990s, Izhmash designers developed the unified complex of Kalashnikov assault rifles chambered for d

...940. This led to a competition in 1941 by major U.S. firearm companies and designers. [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company|Winchester]] at first did not submit a ...ssault rifle, in league with the later German [[Sturmgewehr 44|StG44]] and Russian [[AK-47]], and the .30 Carbine gives up significant muzzle velocity (roughl

...n.<ref>Popenker, Max. "[http://world.guns.ru/smg/de/mp3-mp40-e.html Modern Firearms — MP-38 and MP-40 submachine guns]".</ref> * As the design of the [[M3 submachine gun]] started, the designers looked at [[Sten]] guns and captured MP 40s. The M3 used a copy of the Sten

...s hard to draw, the term submachine gun usually refers to larger automatic firearms. Typically, a submachine gun's operating mechanism is scaled down from that ...ine pistol introduced into the Russian army in 1951. Like the other common Russian army pistol of this era, the Makarov, the Stechkin uses a simple unlocked b

...ch Kalashnikov]]Lieutenant General '''Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov''' (Russian: Михаи́л Тимофе́евич Кала́шников, Mihail Timof ...as assigned to the Central Scientific-developmental Firing Range for Rifle Firearms of the Chief Artillery Directorate of RKKA.

Mostly known for the Samozaryadnyi Karabin sistemi Simonova (Russian: Самозарядный карабин системы Симонова), ... by [[Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov]], the [[Fedorov Avtomat]]. After the Russian Revolution, Simonov continued further at the Moscow Polytechnic Institute,

|used_by=Soviet Union/Russian Federation, former Soviet republics ...5.45×39mm cartridge was developed in the early 1970s by a group of Soviet designers and engineers under the direction of M. Sabelnikov. Further group members w

|caption= The AK-74M, the current rifle of the Russian Armed Forces. |feed= 30-round or 45-round [[RPK-74]] detachable box [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine]]

...anslation “assault rifle” gradually became the common term for similar firearms sharing the same technical definition as the name giver StG 44. In a strict ...aced by [[musket]] and [[bayonet]]. Bright colored uniforms (German: Blue, Russian: Green; British: Red, French: White) became a standard for unit cohesion in