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A lightweight assault rifle. A smaller version of the AR-10 and adopted by the United States military as the M16 rifle. Later developed by Colt into a popular semi-automatic Colt AR-15. AR-16: 7.62×51mm NATO: ArmaLite: Prototype battle rifle. ArmaLite AR-17: 12 gauge: Semiautomatic 12ga 2shot shotgun based on the earlier AR-9. AR-18: 5.56× ...
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls.The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.
In his 2001 book 'The AK-47', Chris McNab claims it is "feasible" that production of the Chinese Type 56 assault rifle – a license-built AK-47 copy – reached 15-20 million. McNab bases that estimate on the "apparent" strength of the Chinese armed forces of 10 million (3 million regular troops and 5-7 million reservists) and presumed export ...
12.7 mm machine guns (2 C, 3 P) ... VKS sniper rifle This page was last edited on 17 August 2015, at 00:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
12.7×108 mm sniper rifles (12 P) Pages in category "12.7 mm sniper rifles" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... VKS sniper rifle; Z ...
Remington 1863 Contract Rifle aka "Zouave Rifle" Remington-Hepburn No. 3 Falling Block Rifle; Remington Model 1816 Musket aka "Maynard Rifle" Remington Rolling Block rifle family Remington Rolling Block Model 4; Remington Rolling Block Model 6; Remington M1867
The ZVI Falcon is a Czech 12.7 mm caliber bolt-action bullpup anti-materiel rifle developed by Zbrojovka Vsetín Inc. (now ZVI Inc.). The rifle is intended for ground troops and special forces for operations against distant targets up to 1,600 metres (1,700 yd) away, such as armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) or technical equipment.
Remington Model 95 with pearl grips and barrels open for reloading COP .357 Magnum derringer. The original Philadelphia Deringer was a small single-barrel, muzzleloading caplock pistol designed by Henry Deringer (1786–1868) and produced from 1852 to 1868, and was a popular concealed carry single-shot handgun of the era widely copycatted by competitors. [6]