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INSAS Bullpup (prototype) Armament Research and Development Establishment: 5.56×45mm NATO India IFAR 22: PT Republik Armamen Industri: 5.56×45mm NATO Indonesia: 2022 Tavor TAR-21: Israel Weapon Industries: 5.56×45mm NATO 9×19mm Parabellum 5.56×30mm MINSAS 5.45×39mm Israel: 1995 Tavor X95: Israel Weapon Industries: 5.56×45mm NATO 5.45× ...
The VHS (Croatian: Višenamjenska Hrvatska Strojnica, lit. multifunctional Croatian machine gun) is a 5.56×45mm NATO bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured by HS Produkt of Croatia. The VHS rifle was first introduced at the 2007 iKA exhibition, the annual Croatian innovation display that takes place in the city of Karlovac . [ 6 ]
Springfield Armory, Inc., is an American commercial firearms manufacturer and importer based in Geneseo, Illinois. Founded in 1974 by Bob Reese and family, the company produces rifles such as the M1A and imports handguns such as the XD series and Hellcat .
HS Produkt was founded as IM Metal in 1991, after the first democratic election in the Republic of Croatia. [6] Since company founding its headquarters was situated in the town of Ozalj, Croatia, about 50 kilometers southwest of the capital Zagreb, [7] and its manufacturing facility was relocated to Karlovac in 2000.
The Springfield entry was most interesting for its layout. It used two 30-round magazines in tandem in a bullpup layout, taking rounds from the front magazine first. However, their massive magazine-fed grenade launcher pushed the weight to 14 pounds (6.4 kilograms), and it seemed unlikely this could be reduced by much.
A bullpup firearm is one with its firing grip located in front of the breech of the weapon, instead of behind it. [1] This creates a weapon with a shorter overall length for a given barrel length, and one that is often lighter, more compact, concealable, and more maneuverable than a conventionally configured firearm.
The British Army had considered bullpup designs with intermediate calibre rounds in the 1950s, and officially adopted one of these as .280 British in 1951 in the EM-2 and Taden gun. However, US intransigence during NATO standardization efforts, and Winston Churchill's interest in standards above all, led to the adoption of the 7.62×51mm NATO ...
The Model 45A was a .30 caliber bullpup battle rifle/light machine gun developed by the United States Army in the Philippines in 1945. The weapon existed in prototype or mockup form, but never entered production.