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The '''Fusil Automatique Léger''' (Light Automatic Rifle) or '''FAL''' is a [[7.62x51 NATO]] [[Self-loading rifle|se ...gested that FN should redesign their rifle to fire the U.S. prototype '.30 Light Rifle' cartridge. FN decided to hedge their bets and cast their lot with th

...e Factory]] adapted the action to a [[light machinegun]], the [[Huot light machine gun|Huot]], using surplus rifles. These were cheaper than the [[Lewis gun]] ...I, though this has never been verified. In 1954, Ross Mk IIIs converted to Russian 7.62mm ammunition were used successfully in the World Shooting Championship

...gned for that role. In modern practice, they are air-cooled medium machine guns firing rifle cartridges such as the [[7.62x51mm NATO]]. They are generally ... used as a GPMG traces back to World War I, where aircooled medium machine guns were used in many different roles, typically with larger magazines on aircr

...heir tactical doctrine of basing a squad's firepower on the unit's [[light machine gun]] and possibly their problems of mass producing [[semi-automatic rifle] ...le round]] that was more powerful than the pistol cartridges of submachine guns, but that could be used like a submachine gun in close-quarters and urban f

...icense-produced Colt [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]]), and 40 mm anti-aircraft guns. However, production was kept down by sabotage and slow work by the employe A small number of Krag-Jørgensen rifles were converted into harpoon guns, in the same fashion as the [[Jarmann M1884]]. It was realized that convert

...st numerous military bolt-action rifles ever produced—second only to the Russian [[Mosin-Nagant|Mosin-Nagant M91/30]], which was itself a contemporary desig ...ritish troops sending the Germans home reporting they'd suffered withering machine gun fire, when, in fact, it was simply a group of trained riflemen armed wi

...tained via internet mail from ... uh... whatever site holds the Sacred Rec.Guns FAQ. I'm not sure where that is, since I cannot directly access it myself. ...either. Depends on the arsenal, the year, and who was running the stamping machine that day. Really...

...], one of the most popular modern [[5.56x45mm NATO|5.56 mm]] light machine guns among NATO countries.]] [[Image:Machine gun HK MG43 (MG4).jpg|right|thumb|[[MG4]] of the German Army.]]

...wered [[rifle]] ammunition. Assault rifles are categorized between [[light machine gun]]s, intended more for sustained automatic fire in a support role, and [ These assault rifles can be supplied to traditional Russian clients and NATO standard-oriented countries.

This is an extensive list of [[small arms]] — [[pistol]], [[machine gun]], [[grenade launcher]], [[anti-tank rifle]] — that includes variants *[[Adams-Wilmont]] (UK - Aircraft Machine Gun - .303 British)

...[M1917 Browning machine gun|M1917]]/[[M1919 Browning machine gun|M1919]] [[machine gun]]s. This left the Army without the lighter, handier rifle it had wanted ...]s and [[revolver]]s to be insufficiently accurate or powerful. Submachine guns such as the [[Thompson submachine gun|Thompson]] were more than sufficientl

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|type= [[Machine gun]] ... inception, such as the Hungarian-Gebauer single-barreled tank MGs and the Russian 7.62 mm GShak aircraft gun. However, the MG42's belt-feed and quick-change

...ng mechanism is scaled down from that of a full-sized machine gun, while a machine pistol is built up from a semi-automatic pistol design. ...small, concealable weapon with a high rate of fire. In a military setting, machine pistols are issued as personal defense sidearms to paratroopers, artillery

...tion)|clip]]. The [[Belt (ammo)|belt]] of linked ammunition used by most [[machine gun]]s is an ammunition feeding device that is not a magazine, since it doe Today, drum magazines are used primarily for [[light machine gun]]s. In one type, a moving partition within a cylindrical chamber forces

|type= [[Machine pistol]] (M712 Schnellfeuer)<br>[[Semi-automatic pistol]] (all others) ...un'' January 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.1896mauser.com/spanish.htm Spanish Guns] - 1896mauser.com</ref>

...DW better range, accuracy and armor-penetrating capability than submachine guns, which fire pistol-caliber cartridges. The class of weapon as it exists tod ...[[Patrick Sweeney|Sweeney, Patrick]]: ''The Complete World Encyclopedia of Guns'', page 90. Anness Publishing Ltd, 2008.</ref> Many soldiers would benefit

|type= [[Light machine gun]] ...s inventory of the Red Army, where it replaced the 7.62x39mm [[RPD]] light machine gun. Presently the RPK continues to be used by the armed forces of countrie

Some early rifled guns were created with special barrels that had a twisted polygonal shape. Speci ...el, and also causes the barrel to heat up more rapidly. Therefore, some [[machine-gun]]s are equipped with quick-change barrels that can be swapped every few

...Hunting laws may differentiate between smooth barreled and rifled barreled guns. ...ly automatic shotgun a shotgun, even though legally it would fall into a [[Machine gun|different category]]. Amongst the general populace, any gun that fires