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The bullpup concept was first tested militarily in 1901 with the British Thorneycroft carbine, but it was not until the Cold War that more successful designs and improvements led to wider adoption. In 1977, the Austrian Army became the first military force in the world to adopt a bullpup rifle, the Steyr AUG, as a principal combat weapon.
The Type 95 automatic rifle (Chinese: 95式自动步枪; pinyin: 95 Shì Zìdòng Bùqiāng) or QBZ-95 is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured by Norinco, and issued since 1995 as the service rifle for the People's Liberation Army, People's Armed Police, and various paramilitary law enforcement agencies in the People's Republic of China.
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The QBU-88 rifle is a gas-operated semi-automatic rifle. It utilizes a short-stroke gas piston , located above the barrel , and three-lug rotating bolt . [ 3 ] The action is mounted in the compact steel receiver, and enclosed into a polymer bullpup-type housing.
The IWI Tavor, previously designated as the Tavor TAR-21 (Tavor Assault Rifle – 21st century), [4] is an Israeli bullpup assault rifle chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO, designed and produced by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI). It is part of the Tavor family of rifles, which have spawned many derivatives of the original design.
Effective firing range: 500 m (550 yd) Maximum firing range: 900 m (980 yd) ... The F2000 is a gas-operated, fully automatic and ambidextrous bullpup rifle.
Effective firing range: 800 m (875 yd) (.308 Winchester) ... The DSR-1 system is configured in a bullpup design, ... The DSR-50 Sniper Rifle is an enlarged variant of ...
The Walther WA 2000 is a semi-automatic bullpup sniper rifle produced by the Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen company from 1978 [1] to 1988. The WA2000 was introduced to the markets in 1981 [2] [3] and was produced in three different calibers. [4]