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|manufacturer=[[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]] Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut
...[John Browning]] and built by [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]] Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut. The '''Colt Model 1908 Poc
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...to a gentleman’s vest [[pocket]] for unobtrusive carry. Created by famed firearms designer [[John Moses Browning]], the Model 1908 followed Browning’s earl
...ufactured, pausing only during 1943-1945 due to the demands of [[World War II]] production.<ref name="colt"/>
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|wars= Indian wars, Spanish-American war, Philippine-American War
...d for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1873 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, today [[Colt's Manufacturing Company]], and adopted
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...g of Office of Strategic Services and British Commando troops in World War II. These techniques live on in modern [[point shooting]] techniques. [[Jeff
...t time, US military personnel were prohibited by Italian law from carrying firearms within their areas of accommodation, which were within the local community
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...combat were the '''trench guns''' or '''trench shotguns''' issued in World War I. While limited in range, the multiple projectiles typically used in a [[s
...ion, and buck and ball loads were used by both sides of the American Civil War, often by cavalry units.<ref>See main article, [[shotgun]].</ref><ref name=
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... have a long history in Europe, dating back to the early days of cartridge firearms, and they are most popular in [[Germany]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Austria]].
...p://hoferwaffen.com/hofer_52.php?lang=en Peter Hofer Jagdwaffen], maker of firearms from single barrel to fünfling.</ref>
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...9's introduction is unclear, but it came on the market just as [[World War II]] was breaking. Designed and built by Toronto-born Hubert Joseph Cooey at t
* [[Table of Cooey firearms]]
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...ot [[Muzzleloader|muzzleloading]] pistol; with the advent of [[cartridge]] firearms, pistols began to be produced in the modern form still known as a "derringe
...ealable in a purse, or as a [[stocking gun]]. Derringers are not repeating firearms—repeating mechanism such as used on [[Semi-automatic pistol|semi-auto
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These very large and heavy firearms were the first to be known as the elephant guns of the black powder era (18
...fter, they largely switched roles to tools for game wardens and as back-up firearms for professional hunters guiding international hunters.
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|occupation = Design engineer, [[firearms designer]]
...d [[John Garand]], as one of the United States’ most successful military firearms designers of the 20th century.
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...e Gun]] which was used in [[World War II]], the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
...ellor326/> Australia had no experience in the development of mass-produced firearms and relied entirely on designs sourced from the United Kingdom for the manu
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|caption= Both early (top) and late-war (bottom) variants of the FG 42.
|wars= [[World War II]]
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...er War, Northern Ireland Troubles, Rhodesian Bush War, Falklands War, Gulf War, Both Chechen Wars, Balkan Wars
...countries during the Cold War, it was nicknamed "the right arm of the Free World".
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...th African Border War, Falklands War, Gulf War, Iraq war 2003, Afghanistan war
...railleuse d`Appui Général''<ref>[http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg06-e.htm World Gun's FN MAG page.] Retrieved on November 21, 2008.</ref> – "general purp
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...|MAG]] [[general purpose machine gun]], which borrows from the [[World War II]]-era [[MG42]]. The belt is moved in two stages during both the forward and
...of its combat arms (e.g. infantry, artillery, reconnaissance) units. These firearms were acquired as part of the Marine Corps' modernization program of the mid
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...onale d'Armes de Guerre'' ([[French]] for ''National Factory of Weapons of War'') was established in 1889 to manufacture 150,000 [[Mauser#Models 89/90/91
... company entered into a long lasting relationship with the famous American firearms designer, [[John Browning|John Moses Browning]].
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|variants= Mark I (1903)<br>Mark II (1905)<br>Mark II .280 (1907)<br>Mark III (1910)<br>Mark IIIB (1914)<br>[[Huot Automatic Rifl
While the Ross Mk.II (or "model 1905") was highly successful in target shooting before WWI, the
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...ture of firearms and ammunition or the interstate and intrastate sale of [[firearms]]. Holding an FFL to engage in certain such activities has been a legal req
This licensing system is administered by the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives]]. An application for an FFL is filed on ATF Form 7. There
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...s use [[smokeless powder]], [[cordite]], or other propellants. Most modern firearms (with the notable exception of [[smoothbore]] [[shotgun]]s) have [[rifling|
...ny regulatory agencies, such as the American [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|US BATFE]], consider any firearm which dispenses more than o
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...rship, use, and regulation of firearms as well as safety issues related to firearms both through their direct use and through legal and criminal use.<ref>Spitz
...ten find themselves faced with a range of penalties or sanctions regarding firearms by neighboring states.
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