List of 5.56x45mm NATO firearms
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Many nations (both NATO and non-NATO members) use the 5.56 mm NATO cartridge in their rifles. Examples include:
- Australian F88 Austeyr assault rifle and F89 Minimi machine gun. (ADI Thales also supplies ammunition)
- Austrian Steyr AUG assault rifle
- Belgian FN FNC, FN SCAR-L and FN F2000 assault rifles and FN Minimi machine gun.
- British SA80 family
- Chinese QBZ-97
- Canadian Diemaco C7
- French FAMAS
- German HK416, G36, HK33
- Indian INSAS assault rifle
- Iranian Khaybar KH2002
- Israeli IMI Negev, Galil assault rifle and Tavor TAR-21 bullpup assault rifle
- Italian AR70/90
- Japanese Howa Type 89
- Mexican FX-05 Xiuhcoatl assault rifle
- Philippine MSSR sniper rifle
- Polish Beryl wz.96 assault rifle
- Russian AK-101, AK-102, AK-108 and KBP A-91
- Serbian M85/M90 and M21
- Singaporean SR-88 and SAR-21 assault rifles and ultimax 100 machine gun
- South African Vektor R4 series of rifles and carbines, Vektor CR-21 assault rifle and Mini-SS machine gun
- South Korean K1, K2 assault rifles, and K3 machine gun
- Swedish Ak 5 system, derived from the Belgian FN FNC assault rifle
- Swiss SIG 550 series, with lesser performances than the round for which it was initially designed, the Gw Pat.90 cartridge
- R.O.C.(Taiwan)T65 Assault Rifle,T86 assault rifle and T91 Assault Rifle.
- US M16 rifle series, M4 Carbine, and US/Belgian M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, and US/Belgian Mk. 16 SCAR-L
Examples of rifles marketed for non-military applications that can take the 5.56 cartridge include:
- Remington Model 7615 Police Patrol Rifle
- Remington Model 700 series bolt-action rifle
- Winchester Model 70 series bolt-action rifle
- Steyr Scout series bolt-action rifle
- Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic rifle
- Kel-Tec SU-16 series semi-automatic rifles