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  2. List of assault rifles - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Assault rifle - Wikipedia

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    The StG 44 was adopted by the Wehrmacht in 1944. It fires the 7.92×33mm Kurz round. Currently the most used assault rifle in the world along with its variants, the AKM and the AK-74, the AK-47 was first adopted in 1949 by the Soviet Army.

  4. Type 56 assault rifle - Wikipedia

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    The rifles were supplied by China, Pakistan and the US who obtained them from third party arms dealers. [16] There is photographic evidence from Soviet/Russian sources where captured Type 56 rifles were utilized by Soviet soldiers in lieu of their standard-issue AKM and AK-74 rifles. Bangladesh Navy sailor fires a Type 56-2 rifle.

  5. List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of weapons served individually by the United States armed forces.While the general understanding is that crew-served weapons require more than one person to operate them, there are important exceptions in the case for both squad automatic weapons (SAW) and sniper rifles.

  6. M4 carbine - Wikipedia

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    The M4 carbine (officially Carbine, Caliber 5.56 mm, M4) is a 5.56×45mm NATO assault rifle developed in the United States during the 1980s. It is a shortened version of the M16A2 assault rifle. The M4 is extensively used by the US military , with decisions to largely replace the M16 rifle in US Army (starting 2010) and US Marine Corps ...

  7. Texas deputy shows elementary students AR-15 photos at ... - AOL

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    A Texas deputy showed a group of elementary children photos of an AR-15 rifle the day after 19 children and two teachers were killed in a shooting in Uvalde, Texas.. A Tarrant County Sheriff's ...

  8. Heckler & Koch XM8 - Wikipedia

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    The Heckler & Koch XM8 is a lightweight assault rifle system developed from the late 1990s to early 2000s. The rifle was designed by German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K), and shares design and engineering with their G36 rifle.

  9. M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle - Wikipedia

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    The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) is a 5.56mm, select-fire assault rifle / squad automatic weapon developed from the HK416 by Heckler & Koch.It is used by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and was originally intended for automatic riflemen, [6] but now is issued to all infantry riflemen as a replacement for the M4A1. [7]