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A tactical light mounted to the bottom rail of a rifle Tactical light and a target in a low-light environment. A tactical light or weapon light is a flashlight used in conjunction with a firearm to aid low-light target identification, allowing the user to simultaneously aim a weapon and illuminate the target. Tactical lights can be handheld or ...
underwater automatic rifle 5.66×39mm MPS: 1975–present Soviet Union: AS Val. silent assault rifle 9×39mm: 1980s–present VSS Vintorez (sniper rifle) Soviet Union: 9A-91. compact assault rifle 9×39mm: 1993–present VSK-94 (sniper rifle) A-9 (9×19mm Parabellum) A-7.62 (7.62×25mm Tokarev) Russia AK-9. carbine, subsonic ammunition 9×39mm ...
Assault rifles are full-length, select fire rifles that are chambered for an intermediate-power rifle cartridge that use a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern militaries. Some rifles listed below, such as the AR-15, also come in semi-auto models that would not belong under the term ...
Degtyaryov machine gun: Light machine gun Soviet Union: 792,000 Krag-Jørgensen Rifle: Bolt-action rifle Norway: 748,500< +750,000 Official rifle of the US military from 1892-4 until 1904. Ruger GP100: Revolver United States: 734,500 [151] Colt 1903/1908 Pocket Hammerless: Semi-automatic pistol 710,000 572,215 in .32 ACP and 138,009 in .380 ACP
Light machine gun South Korea: 1991–present CETME Model L: Assault rifle Spain 1987–1999 CETME Ameli: Light machine gun Spain 1982–present FFV 890: Assault rifle Sweden: 1975–present Based on the IMI Galil. Ak 5: Carbine assault rifle Sweden: 1986–present Licensed copy of the FN FNC. Ksp 90: Light machine gun Sweden: 1990–present
The M16 is a select-fire, 5.56×45mm, air-cooled, internal-piston gas-operated, magazine-fed rifle, with a rotating bolt and straight-line recoil design. Above all else, the M16 was designed to be a lightweight assault rifle and to fire a new lightweight, high-velocity small caliber cartridge to allow the soldier to carry more ammunition. [36]
Mk 11 Mod 0 – 7.62×51mm sniper rifle based on the M16 direct impingement gas system. M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System – Improved version of the Mk 11, replacing the M39 and Mk 11. M40 rifle – M40A3, M40A5 and M40A6 variants in use as sniper rifles. Barrett 50 Cal/M82/M107 – in use as the M82A3 and M107 variants. The M82A3 being an ...
Also called the Light Fifty (due to its chambering of the .50 BMG 12.7×99mm NATO cartridge), [2] [3] the weapon is classified in three variants: the original M82A1 (and M82A3) models, the bullpup M82A2 model, and the Barrett M107A1, with an attached muzzle brake (designed to accept a suppressor, and made out of titanium instead of steel).