China has made significant strides in firearms development over the years, and the QBZ-95 or Type 95 assault rifle is a testament to this fact. It is a modern weapon family that
The FN FNC is an assault rifle chambered in a 5.56×45mm NATO caliber and was developed by the Belgian arms manufacturer FN Herstal. The rifle was designated in the late 1970s and
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Erma EG73 Carbine is another successful rifle produced in West Germany. It is chambered in .22 Winchester Magnum RF. Although the experts are fond of telling us that lever-action carbines are inherently
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The Erma EM1 and Erma EGM1 were lookalike copies of the legendary M1 Carbine. The U.S. Army’s M1 Carbine of World War II had a mysterious charisma which made people lust after
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The Enfield L85A1 assault rifle is part of the British SA80 family of 5.56×45mm NATO bullpups. The L85A1 rifle variant has been the standard-issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing
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The Daewoo K2 is a standard South Korean Army rifle produced by Daewoo Precision Industries. The company gained experience manufacturing rifles by making the United States M16 under license for the Republic
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The SAMOPAL Vz. 58 is a service weapon of the Czech Army. Although there is a superficial resemblance to the Kalashnikov AK-47, Vz. 58 is a different weapon, designed and built-in Czechoslovakia
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The Colt M16A2 was the service rifle of the U.S. Armed Forces and some 55 other countries. It is the latest version of a weapon that has been the U.S. standard since
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The Colt ACR was Colt’s entrant for the Advanced Combat Rifle program. It was quite simply, a progressive improvement upon their existing M16A2 service rifle, but designed to fire a new duplex
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CETME Model L rifle development started in the late 1970s in CETME. It is the Spanish government research and development establishment, and in the early 1950s, a Herr Vorgrimmler went to work
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An AK 5 assault rifle is an excellent example of how a stock weapon can be modified to suit a particular purchaser’s requirements, provided that he purchases enough of them. AK 5
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The Calico M-900S Carbine is part of a complete weapon system that contains pistols, submachine guns, and carbines, all of which operate upon the same principles. They are unusual weapons, principally because
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The Beretta 70/90 system was developed to meet the Italian Army’s requirements for a modern assault rifle and was taken into service in 1990. Development of the Beretta 70/90 system began in
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The AAI ACR was part of the American search for a new assault rifle. The Advanced Combat Rifle (ACR) program began in the early 1980s to seek a new rifle design for
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