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...iderable abuse from recoil, and the weapon climbs off-target quickly. Most military forces adopting the FAL eventually eliminated full-automatic firearms train ... weapon. The FAL's receiver is normally machined, whilst most other modern military rifles use quicker stamping or casting techniques. Modern FALs have many im

...us distinction of quite possibly being the most despised rifle in Canadian military history. ==Military variants==

...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

|manufacturer=[[Israel Military Industries|Israel Military Industries (IMI)]], Bernadelli, [[Indumil]], Ka Pa Sa State Factories ... Galili]] and Yaacov Lior, produced by [[Israel Military Industries|Israel Military Industries Ltd]] (now Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) Ltd). The weapon syste

.... After the end of [[World War II]] it continued producing firearms, both military and hunting, and later on expanded to high-tech weapons and civilian machin ...[[cannon]]s, missiles, and guided [[Shell (projectile)|shell]]s. After the Soviet Union fell apart, the range of civilian products was greatly expanded, but

...s" /> and was one of the final developments in the long line of [[Mauser]] military rifles. ...l required loading with 5 round [[stripper clip]]s. While the Allies (both Soviet and Anglo-American) developed and moved towards standardization of semi-aut

..., Northern Ireland, Mau Mau Uprising, Sino-Indian War, Indo-Pakistan Wars, Soviet war in Afghanistan and numerous other conflicts. ... present day—notably with the Indian Police—and is the longest-serving military bolt-action rifle still in official service.<ref>Wilson, Royce ''"SMLE: The

|unit_cost= USD$586<ref>For M16A2, per [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m16-specs.htm GlobalSecurity.org]. Civilian purchase costs '''The M16''' (more formally '''Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16''') is the U.S. military designation for a family of [[rifle]]s derived from the [[ArmaLite]] [[AR-1

...rds]] in the UK for this purpose, although its popularity with the British military had waned by the onset of World War I.<ref>Maze (2002), p.56,70</ref> As a military sidearm, the pistols saw service in various colonial wars, as well as World

Soviet Union |length= 1,232 mm (48.5 in) (M91/30)<br/>1,013 mm (39.9 in) (carbines)

|origin= [[Soviet Union]] ...ful than the semi-automatic rifles which preceded it — most notably, the Soviet [[SVT-40|SVT]] series and the American [[M1 Garand rifle|M1 Garand]]. Contr

|used_by=Soviet forces ...вка Токарева, образец 1940 года) is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[semi-automatic rifle|semi-automatic]] [[battle rifle]], which saw wides

[[Image:M9-pistolet.jpg|thumb|[[Beretta 92FS]] (current US Military/NATO 9 mm sidearm)]] ...[[M1911]] single-action semi-automatic pistol, which was adopted by the US military in 1911 (hence the Model 1911 designation) and which remained in service fo

...quivalent, and was most commonly used for indicating a class of full power military main [[battle rifle]] (MBR) cartridges. The measurement equals 0.30 inches ...s). The actual bullet caliber is normally 7.82&nbsp;mm (.308 in), although Soviet weapons commonly use a 7.91&nbsp;mm (.311 in) bullet, as do older British (

...t they have much shorter barrels, only 314&nbsp;mm in length. These AK-10X carbines, much like their rifle counterparts, were made primarily for export. ...e [[AN-94]] is entering limited service in the elite forces of the Russian military, some Russian police forces, and the Internal Ministry of Affairs.

|origin= [[Soviet Union]] |used_by=Soviet Union, countries of the former Warsaw Pact

...rifle]], or civilian [[Semi-automatic rifle|semi-automatic]] off-shoots of military rifles for commercial or [[#Assault weapons vs. Automatic weapons|political The adaptation of [[rifled musket]]s for military use in the mid-19th century increased range and firepower and made battle f

...llet but smaller and less powerful cartridge when compared to the standard Soviet rifle bullet in use at the time of the AK-47's introduction, the [[7.62x54m ...inegun]] in an infantry assault role;<ref>Hogg, Ian V., and Weeks, John. ''Military Small Arms of the 20th Century'' (London: Arms and Armour Press, 1977), p.1

During the build up prior to World War II, the military bolt-action rifle began to be superseded by the [[semi-automatic rifle]] an ...orld, being in use in nearly all modern hunting rifles and the majority of military bolt-action rifles until the middle of the 20th century (besides the [[Maus

...ding on the time period. There are also a limited number of pistol-caliber carbines, designed by integrating the action of a handgun such as a [[revolver]] or In the 1800s, carbines were generally smaller firearms for cavalry. The foot soldiers would have a