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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

...n; the technology owner claims as low as US$0.50 per firearm or as high as US $8.50, depending on the volume of the manufacturer. ...ia/download.cfm?d_id=116 BERETTA AWARDED CONTRACT FOR 18,744 M9 PISTOLS TO US ARMY]</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3197/is_5_49/ai_n60

... of the Swiss Army in 1883. Full metal jacket ammunition is acceptable for military use by the countries that signed the Hague Convention of 1899, which prohib ...ation and causing massive tissue damage similar to a larger version of the US 5.56mm bullet.

... civilization in China: Vol. 5; Part 6: Chemistry and chemical technology; Military technology: missiles and sieges, Cambridge University Press 1994, ISBN 0-52 ...y it's designers name), or "Kragujevka" (by it's place of manufacture, the military-technical works in Kragujevac, Serbia). Vasić design was further developed

...], the current main service rifle of the ''Bundeswehr'' and numerous other military and police forces. In 2002 BAE Systems, as it was by now known, resold HK t ...e fact that Heckler & Koch provides firearms for many of the world's elite military and paramilitary units, like the Special Air Service, U.S. Navy SEALs, Delt

...e d'armes de Saint-Étienne|MAS]], [[Military Industry Corporation (Sudan)|Military Industry Corporation]], [[Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (Tur ====Other military variants and derivatives====

...nd in the fact that Norway and Sweden were in a union at the time, and the military of both nations had an agreement that they would choose weapons with interc ...um]] in 1861, the ''Kammerlader'' was proven to be among the most accurate military long arms in Europe. The Norwegian rifles were shown to be accurate to a ra

...s" /> and was one of the final developments in the long line of [[Mauser]] military rifles. The 98k had the same disadvantages as all other turn-of-the-century military rifles in that it was comparatively bulky and heavy, and the rate of fire w

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... 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 ...230. Arms & Militaria Press, 1993</ref> making it one of the most numerous military bolt-action rifles ever produced—second only to the Russian [[Mosin-Nagan

...d open on the cartridge's base.<ref name= "hogg">Hogg, Ian & Weeks, John. "Military Small Arms of the 20th Century". Krause Publications. (2000) ISBN 0-87341-8 ...0]], [[Steyr Mannlicher M1894]], and an entry from [[Mauser]]. In 1900 the US purchased 1000 [[7.65x22mm Parabellum|7.65 mm]] Lugers for field trials. La

|caption= A US Air Force M14 'Stand-off Munitions Disruptor' ...] firing [[7.62x51mm NATO]] [[ammunition]]. Although largely superseded in military use by the [[M16 rifle]], it remains in limited front line service with the

It was officially adopted as a United States military [[service rifle]] on [[June 19]]th [[1903]], and was officially replaced as ...arand. However, some front-line infantry units in both the US Army and the US Marine Corps still used the M1903 and the M1903A3 despite large quantities

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...|automatic]] [[grenade launcher]] or grenade machine gun that entered U.S. military service during the Cold War, first seeing action during the [[Vietnam War]] [[File:US Navy 030317-D-3645W-057.jpg|thumb|left|Mk&nbsp;19 40 mm grenade launcher du

...ина, ''Vintovka Mosina'') is a [[bolt-action]], internal magazine fed, military [[rifle]] that was used by the armed forces of the [[Russian Empire]], the ...imarily used as training firearms for the US Army. Some were used to equip US National Guard, SATC and ROTC units. Designated "U.S. Rifle, 7.62mm, Model

...ave included full and converted [[automatic firearm]]s; some firearms with military history or appearance, regardless of calibre or action type (even some bolt ...ngton model 1100 shotgun was converted to the full-auto Model 7188 for the US Department of Defense by Remington. See Thomas F. Swearengen, The World's

|unit_cost=MSRP US$350-950, by variant ...efense. It is also commonly used by US law enforcement agencies as well as military groups such as Special Operations Command units of the U.S. Marine Corps, t

[[Image:M32 Grenade launcher.jpg|right|thumb|A US model M-32 6 shot 40mm launcher, which can be used as a grenade launcher or *[[Grenade|Explosive]]. Largely for military use only.

...te=February 2011}} adopted the L1A1 as a standard issue rifle in 1954. The US, however, did not adopt any variant of the FAL, opting for its own [[M14 ri ... Police in 1984. They were also issued to female staff cadets at the Royal Military College Duntroon and some other Australian personnel.