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The Madsen is a light machine gun that Julius A. Rasmussen and Theodor Schouboe designed and proposed for adoption by Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, the Danish Minister of War, and that the Royal Danish Army adopted in 1902. It was the world's first true light machine gun produced in quantity and Madsen was able to sell it in 12 calibres ...
7.62×54mmR (1923 model) United States: 1921 Turner automatic rifle: Russel Turner .303 British United States: 1941 Type Hei Rifle: Kokura Arsenal: 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka Japan: 1932 Type Kō Rifle: Kokura Arsenal: 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka Japan: 1933 Type 4 rifle: Yokosuka Naval Arsenal: 7.7×58mm Arisaka Japan: 1944 United States Marine Corps ...
The Madsen Lightweight Military Rifle (or the Madsen Lightweight Military Rifle Model 1947; [2] commonly abbreviated as M47) is a Danish bolt-action rifle designed to be chambered for a wide range of contemporary military cartridges. The M47 was the last bolt-action rifle designed with the intention of being general issue to infantry troops.
Colleoni machine gun — 6.50×52mm Mannlicher–Carcano: Ammunition belt Italy: 1908 Colt Machine Gun: Colt's Manufacturing Company: 5.56×45mm NATO: Ammunition belt United States: 1965 Colt Automatic Rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: Detachable box magazine United States: 1982 Darne machine gun: Hotchkiss et Cie: 7.50×54mm French 8.00×51mmR French ...
Introduced in 1981, the Remington 7400 continued the legacy of Remington's semi-automatic hunting rifles, and followed in the footsteps of its predecessors like the Model 742. Known for blending ...
Fusil Modèle 1935 (Standard issue rifle intended to replace older Model 1889) [28] Belgian Mauser Model 1889 & Model 1889/36 (Remained in service. Modernized Model 1889/36 is known as Fusil Modèle 1936) [28] [29] Belgian Mauser Model 1916 Carbine [29] Mauser Gewehr 98 & Kar98 AZ (Received from Germany after First World War as compensation) [28]
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.
Battle rifles are full-length, semi-automatic or select fire rifles that are chambered for a full-power rifle cartridge, [1] and have been adopted by a nation's military. The difference between a battle rifle and a designated marksman rifle is often only one of terminology with modifications to the trigger and accuracy enhancements; many of the weapons below are currently still in use and have ...