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 (weapon).

List of assault rifles

• AN-94
• AR-18
• Beretta AR70/90
• CETME Model L
• Colt Commando
• Daewoo K1
• Daewoo K11
• Daewoo K2
• FN CAL
• FN FNC

** Ak 5

• FN SCAR
• H&K G36, H&K G36C, H&K G36K
• H&K G41
• H&K HK33

** H&K HK53

• H&K HK416
• H&K HK433
• H&K XM8
• Howa Type 20
• Howa Type 89
• IMI Galil

** Galil ACE

• IWI Tavor
• M16, M16A1, M16A2, M16A4, M16A5
• M2 Carbine
• M4 Carbine
• MKb42
• Pindad SS2
• QBZ-191
• RK62
• SIG 516
• SIG 556
• SIG SG550

** SIG SG552

• StG44
• StG45
• Vz. 58

Kalashnikov pattern assault rifles

• AK-47

** AKS-47

• AKM

** AKMS
** MPi-KM
** MPi-KMS

• AK-74

** AKS-74
** AKS-74U
** AK-74M
** MPi-AKS-74

• AMD-65
• Type 56 assault rifle
• Wz.96 Beryl
• Zastava M21
• Zastava M70
• Zastava M92

Bullpup assault rifles

• Desert Tech MDR
• EM-2
• FAMAS
• FN F2000
• H&K G11
• IWI X95
• L85
• OTs-14 Groza
• QBZ-95
• Steyr ACR
• Steyr AUG
• TKB-022
• TKB-408
• Valmet M82

See also

• battle rifle
• light machine gun
• List of Weapons