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Only Japanese Special Forces Group. [27] H&K MP7: Personal defense weapon: HK 4.6×30mm Germany: Only Japanese Special Forces Group. [28] Assault rifles and battle rifles M4 carbine: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO United States: Only Japanese Special Forces Group. [29] FN SCAR: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO Belgium: Only Japanese Special ...
The SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a British family of 5.56×45mm NATO service weapons used by the British Army. [4] The L85 Rifle variant has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle. The prototypes were created in 1976, with production of the A1 variant starting in ...
The Howa Type 89 assault rifle (89式小銃, hachi-kyū-shiki-shōjū), referred to as the Type 89 5.56 mm rifle (89式5.56mm小銃, hachi-kyū-shiki-go-ten-go-roku-miri-shōjū), [5] [6] is a Japanese assault rifle used by the Japan Self-Defense Forces, [6] the Japan Coast Guard's Special Security Team units, [6] and the Special Assault Team. [7]
Baker rifle. Baker rifle. The Baker rifle was a muzzle-loading flintlock weapon used by the British Army in the Napoleonic Wars, notably by the 95th Rifles and the 5th Battalion, 60th Regiment of Foot. This rifle was an accurate weapon for its day, with reported kills being made at 100 to 300 yards (90 to 270 m) away.
The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine -fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century, and was the standard service rifle of the British Armed Forces from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957. [ 9 ][ 10 ] A redesign of the Lee ...
The KS family of rifles was unveiled at military small arms conventions in 2022 as being developed for an international special operations forces (SOF) requirement. [1] In September 2023, the British Armed Forces selected the KS-1 rifle under Project Hunter to replace the L85A2-A3 and L119A1-A2 rifles used by the British Army Special Operations Brigade and elements of the Royal Marines ...
In the mid-1950s however, Japan's Defense Agency started to develop battle rifles of its own, such as the Howa Type 64 [29] and assault rifles like the Howa Type 89 which has been gradually replacing the former. [30] In 2019, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force received the first Howa Type 20 rifles, which are set to replace earlier assault ...
Battle rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO Japan: Standard issue until it was replaced by the Howa Type 89 in 1989. It was also used as a sniper rifle, until it was replaced by the M24 in 2002. [1] M1 Garand [2] Battle rifle.30-06 Springfield United States: Standard issue until it was replaced by the Type 64 in 1964. M1 carbine: Carbine.30 Carbine United States