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F1 submachine gun (1962–1991) – Australian submachine gun intended to replace the Owen gun; Steyr AUG 9 mm (1977) FN P90 (1990–present) – Belgian personal defense weapon, a submachine gun but with a scaled down intermediate rifle cartridge; MP 18 (1918–1945) – German submachine gun, world's first widely used and successful
The BFG ("Big Fucking Gun") [1] is a fictional weapon found in many video games, mostly in id Software-developed series' such as Doom and Quake. The abbreviation BFG stands for "Big Fucking Gun" as described in Tom Hall 's original Doom design document and in the user manual of Doom II: Hell on Earth .
This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifle and any other variants.
The history of the firearm begins in 10th-century China, when tubes containing gunpowder projectiles were mounted on spears to make portable fire lances. [1] Over the following centuries, the design evolved into various types, including portable firearms such as flintlocks and blunderbusses , and fixed cannons, and by the 15th century the ...
Lewis gun: Light machine gun United Kingdom: 202,050 Colt Model 1860 Army: Revolver United States: 200,500 [52] MAB Model D pistol: Semi-automatic pistol France: 200,000+ Škorpion vz. 61: Submachine gun Czechoslovakia: 200,000 FM 24/29 light machine gun: Light machine gun France: 190,400 Rast & Gasser M1898: Revolver Austria-Hungary: 180,000
List of anti-aircraft guns; List of anti-tank guns; List of surface-to-air missiles; List of aircraft weapons. List of fighter aircraft; List of bomber aircraft; List of attack aircraft; List of artillery; List of firearms. List of assault rifles; List of battle rifles; List of blow forward firearms; List of bolt-action rifles; List of bullpup ...
Nikonov machine gun: Izhmash: 5.45×39mm Soviet Union: 1977 Nordenfelt gun United Kingdom: 1873 Rheinmetall MG14Z: Tactics Group GmbH: 7.62×51mm NATO Germany: 2014 Rheinmetall RMG 7.62: Rheinmetall Defence: 7.62×51mm NATO Germany: 2013 Twin Bren: 7.62×39mm China: 1935 Type 89 machine gun: 7.7×58mm Arisaka Japan: 1929 Type 100 machine gun: 7 ...
This is a list of notable types of weapons which saw use in warfare, and more broadly in combat, prior to the advent of the early modern period, i.e., approximately prior to the start of the 16th century.