assault rifle
An infantry rifle designed for combat, with selective fire capability. The German StG44 was the very first mass-produced 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 (semi and full auto, some models may feature burst fire mode);
- It must have an intermediate-power cartridge, which has more power and velocity than a pistol round but less than a standard full-power ones (i.e. 5.56×45mm NATO);
- Its ammunition must be supplied from a detachable box magazine.
List of assault rifles
- AN-94
- AR-18
- Beretta AR70/90
- CETME Model L
- Colt Commando (XM177)
- Daewoo K1
- Daewoo K11
- Daewoo K2
- FN CAL
- FN FNC
- FN SCAR
- H&K G36, H&K G36C, H&K G36K
- H&K G41
- H&K HK33
- H&K HK416
- H&K HK433
- Howa Type 20
- Howa Type 89
- IMI Galil
- IWI Tavor
- M16, M16A1, M16A2, M16A4, M16A5 (AR-15 pattern rifle)
- M4 Carbine
- MKb42
- Pindad SS2
- Rk62
- SIG 516
- SIG 556
- SIG SG550
- 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, 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, ots-12_tiss, ots-14_groza, qbz-03, qbz-95, sig_551, sig_556, sig_sg552, 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).
