List of 20th century weapons

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This is a list of small arms used during the 20th century.

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[edit] Battle Rifles

Scoped M1 Garand, a common battle rifle.
Scoped M1 Garand, a common battle rifle.
  • M1 Carbine (used during World War II, it was issued to officers and people who operated crew served weapons)
  • M1 Garand (the standard rifle of the USA during the Second World War)
  • M1941 Johnson rifle (a very rare rifle issued to marine raiders early during the war)
  • M1903 Springfield rifle (the standard issue rifle of the U.S in WWI it became a sniper weapon in the next world war)
  • M1917 Enfield rifle (a cheap supplement for the M1903 during WWI)
  • MAS 36 (standard rifle of the French in WW2)
  • Ross rifle
  • Gewehr 98 (standard Rifle of Germany in WW1)
  • Kar98k (standard rifle of Germany in WW2)
  • Lee Enfield SMLE (the standard rifle of the British Empire during the first half of the 20th century)
  • Cacarno M91
  • Ariska type 38
  • Ariska type 99
  • Mosin-Nagant (the standard Issue Russian/Soviet rifle for almost the entire first half of the 20th century)
  • K31
  • M1895 rifle
  • Steyr Mannlicher M95
  • SAFN 49
  • ZH29
  • Hakim
  • Rasheed
  • RSC M1917
  • MAS 49
  • FG42 (an automatic rifle built for German paratroopers)
  • Gewehr 43 (a fairly successful semi-automatic German gun compared to the others)
  • SVT40 (a widely issued soviet semi-automatic rifle)
  • SVT 38 (see SVT-40)
  • FN FAL (commonly mistaken as an assault rifle it fires a heavy 7.62 NATO
  • HK G3 (used by the German military before the adoption of the G36)
  • M14 rifle (America's first attempt at an assault rifle, it didn't fire an assault rifle round and is now used as a DM rifle)
  • SKS

[edit] Assault Rifles

An AK74, a typical assault rifle
An AK74, a typical assault rifle

[edit] Machine guns

RPK-74
RPK-74

[edit] Sniper Rifles

M40 rifle
M40 rifle

[edit] Sub Machine Guns

Thompson submachine gun, famous for its use with American gangsters during the 20's and 30's
Thompson submachine gun, famous for its use with American gangsters during the 20's and 30's

[edit] Handguns

Kimber Custom TLE II M1911 pistol
Kimber Custom TLE II M1911 pistol

[edit] Explosive devices

M79 grenade launcher
M79 grenade launcher