assault rifle
アサルトライフル 突撃銃 Sturmgewehr автомат
A rifle designed for combat, with selective fire (capable of shooting in both fully automatic and semi automatic modes, or in some cases, 2 to 3 shots). The German StG44 is the very first successful assault rifle ever designed and introduced in battle.
In the strictest of definitions, for a firearm to be considered an assault rifle it must at least follow these characteristics:
- It must be an individual weapon with provision to fire from the shoulder (i.e. a buttstock);
- It must be capable of selective fire;
- It must have an intermediate-power cartridge: more power and velocity than a pistol but less than a standard rifle or battle rifle (i.e. 5.56x45mm NATO);
- Its ammunition must be supplied from a detachable box magazine.
List of assault rifles
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- AN-94
- AR-18
- Beretta AR70
- Daewoo K2
- FN FNC
- FN SCAR
- H&K G11
- H&K G36, H&K G36C, H&K G3K
- H&K HK33
- H&K HK416
- Howa Type 89
- IMI Galil
- IMI Tavor TAR-21
- M16, M16A1, M16A2, M16A3, M16A4, M16A5 (AR-15 pattern rifle)
- M4 Carbine
- MKb42
- Pindad SS2
- Rk62
- StG44
Kalashnikov pattern assault rifles
Bullpup assault rifles
See also
This tag implicates rifle (learn more).
The following tags implicate this tag: adaptive_combat_rifle, ak-102, ak-107, ak-12, ak-15, ak-47, ak-74, ak-74m, akm, aks-74u, an-94, as_val, beretta_ar70/90, daewoo_k1, daewoo_k11, daewoo_k2, enfield_sa-80, famas, fn_f2000, fn_fnc, fn_scar, h&k_g11, h&k_g36, h&k_g41, h&k_hk33, h&k_hk416, howa_type_89, imi_galil, iwi_tavor, l85, m16, m4_carbine, ma5, qbz-03, qbz-95, sig_550, sig_551, sig_sauer_552, sig_sauer_556, steyr_acr, steyr_aug, stg44, t65_assault_rifle, t91_assault_rifle, type_56_assault_rifle, vektor_cr-21, zastava_m21, and zastava_m70 (learn more).
