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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 ...
Battle rifle Soviet Union: 1936–1953 SVT-38: Semi-automatic rifle Soviet Union: 1938–present SVT-40: Semi-automatic rifle Soviet Union: 1940–present SVD: Designated marksman rifle Soviet Union: 1963–present Baryshev AVB-7.62: Battle rifle Soviet Union: 1985 PV-1: Light machine gun Soviet Union: 1928–1945 Derived from the PM M1910. [5 ...
Battle rifle Israel 1972–present 7.62×51mm variant of IMI Galil. IWI Tavor 7: Bullpup battle rifle Israel Designed in 2013–2017 IMI Galil Galatz: Semi-automatic sniper rifle Israel 1983–present Beretta BM 59: Battle rifle Italy 1959–present Derived from M1 Garand. Beretta MG 42/59: General-purpose machine gun Italy 1959–present
A 7.62mm Zf Stgw 20 designated MARS-H based designated marksman rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO was introduced in 2023 by the Swiss Army Reconnaissance Detachment 10 and MP Spez Det. [40] These Swiss (professional) special forces units selected the Schmidt & Bender 3-20×50 PM II Ultra Short telescopic sight with the TREMOR3 reticle that ...
Updated MARS-H based L129A2 designated marksman rifle chambered in 6.5 mm Creedmoor with an 18 in (457 mm) barrel, a fully adjustable DMR stock and lengthened hand guard, a Leupold Mark 5HD 3.6-18×44 M5C3 Desert IR telescopic sight with TREMOR3 reticle, a HuxWrx suppressor, an Envision Technology ballistic calculator, and a Pixels-on-Target thermal sight was adopted in 2023.
Pages in category "7.62×51mm NATO battle rifles" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Service rifle cartridges loaded with projectiles: (left to right) 7.62×54mmR, 7.62×51mm NATO, 7.62×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, 5.45×39mm. The T44 rifle was adopted as the M14 rifle in 1957. Around the same time Britain and Canada adopted the Belgian FN FAL (L1A1 SLR British) as the L1 followed by the West German army designated as the G1.
It must have an intermediate-power cartridge: more power than a pistol but less than a standard rifle or battle rifle. For full-power automatic rifles, see List of battle rifles; Its ammunition must be supplied from a detachable box magazine; It should have an effective range of at least 300 metres (330 yards).