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The StG 44 (abbreviation of Sturmgewehr 44, "assault rifle 44") [a] is a German assault rifle developed during World War II by Hugo Schmeisser. It is also known by its early designations as the MP 43 and MP 44 (Maschinenpistole 43 and 44). The StG 44 was an improvement of an earlier design, the Maschinenkarabiner 42(H).
Stoner 63 Survival Rifle: The Survival Rifle was designed in 1964 to compete with the Colt Model 608 as an aircrew self-defense weapon. It is mechanically similar to the Rifle configuration, but has several external modifications made to fit into United States Air Force size constraints. These include a cut-down pistol grip, an absent handguard ...
The StG 44 was adopted by the Wehrmacht in 1944. It fires the 7.92×33mm Kurz round. Currently the most used assault rifle in the world along with its variants, the AKM and the AK-74, the AK-47 was first adopted in 1949 by the Soviet Army.
The AN-94 (Russian: 5,45-мм автомат Никонова обр. 1987 г. / АН-94 «Абака́н», GRAU designation 6P33) is a Russian assault rifle.The initials stand for Avtomat Nikonova model of 1994, after its chief designer Gennadiy Nikonov, who previously worked on the Nikonov machine gun.
The StG-940's design is based on the AK-74, [2] albeit modified. [2] This was done to evade restrictions placed on East German assault rifle production of their AK-74 variants imposed in order to prevent competition against the Soviets [2] based on their licensing agreement to not export any AK-74s made in East German soil abroad.
Peruvian marines carry F2000 assault rifles during a large-scale multinational amphibious beach assault in Ancon, Peru, 19 July 2010. Slovenian soldiers provide security with an F2000 S while conducting a room clearance exercise during exercise Combined Resolve II at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany 22 May 2014.
The M16 is a Modular Weapon System, easily configured as an assault rifle, a carbine, a submachine gun, and an open-bolt squad automatic weapon. [92] It is easy to assemble, modify, and repair using a few simple hand tools, and a flat surface to work on. At peak production, Colt's manufacturing capacity was approximately 333,000 units per year ...
The SG 540 is a 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle developed in the early 1970s by Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG, currently SAN Swiss Arms AG) of Neuhausen, Switzerland [4] as a private venture primarily destined for export markets and as a potential replacement for the 7.5×55mm Swiss SG 510 automatic rifle known as the Stgw 57 in Swiss service.