The service rifle (also known as standard-issue rifle) of a given army or armed force is that which it issues as standard to its soldiers. In modern forces, this is typically a highly versatile and rugged assault rifle suitable for use in nearly all theatres and environments. Service rifles are also often selected for their upgradability (e.g., the addition of underslung grenade launchers, sights, flashlights, laser sights, etc.)
Although certain weapons issued to special forces units are rarely considered "service weapons" in the truest sense, certain specialist rifles and submachine guns are categorized as such if issued as per standing operating procedures upon entering special environments or scenarios. These may include urban warfare (FIBUA/MOUT) and jungle warfare environments.
Most armies also have service pistols/side arms.
Originally, rifles used in combat were not standard-issue weapons like the service rifles of today. Rifles were for specialist marksmen only, whilst the ordinary infantry were issued less accurate smoothbore muskets which had a higher rate of fire, with bore diameters as high as 19 mm, or 0.75 inch. By the middle of the 19th century, however, rifles were becoming more and more common on the battlefield, with muskets being phased out. Originally, these combat rifles were single-shot muzzle-loading weapons, but as technology advanced through the 18th and 19th centuries, so too did the technique of loading rounds. First, breech-loading firearms, like the Prussian Needle gun of the mid-19th century came to prominence, which then evolved into repeating weapons, such as the bolt-action Mosin-Nagant rifle used by Imperial Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the Soviet Union in World War II. By this time almost all prominent armies in the world had some sort of standard service rifle.
During the Second World War, there was yet another leap forward in rifle design which was to influence service rifles even today. That is, the use of a fired cartridge's gas emissions to automatically rechamber rounds into the breech once a bullet had been fired, as well as expelling the old cartridge. These weapons were known as gas-operated firearms. Some of the earliest examples of these were most prominent in the Second World War, and were usually semi automatic, such as the American-made M1 Garand, first brought into service with the United States in 1936. These "battle rifles", as they were called, usually fired a "full-sized" (as opposed to an intermediate) rifle cartridge, such as the .30-06 Springfield or .303 British. Another type of commonly issued rifle which was to become well known during this time was the assault rifle, a (usually) fully automatic rifle firing a lighter "intermediate" cartridge, as opposed to the full-sized cartridges used by battle rifles. The first of these was the Sturmgewehr 44, used by Nazi Germany in the later stages of the Second World War. The StG44 was not issued in large numbers, and was never adopted as Germany's service rifle. However, this weapon was to serve as the precursor to other assault rifles such as the Soviet AK-47, the American M-16, the Belgian FN FAL, the German G3 and the Swiss Sturmgewehr 57, which today supersede battle rifles as the service rifle of choice for militaries the world over.
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
AK-47 | Selective-Fire | 7.62x39mm | 1950s- |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Remington EN M1879 | Rolling block | .45-70 | 1879-1891 |
Mauser Modelo Argentino 1891 | Bolt action | 7.65x53mm Mauser | 1891-1909 |
Mauser Modelo Argentino 1909 | Bolt action | 7.65x53mm Mauser | 1909-1960s |
FN Model 1949 | Semi-automatic | 7.65x53mm Mauser, 7.62x51mm NATO | 1953-1980s |
FN FAL | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1959-Present |
FARA 83 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1983-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Lee-Enfield | Bolt-Action | .303 SAA Ball | 1901-1950s |
L1A1 SLR | Semi-Automatic | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1957-1980s |
F88 Austeyr | Selective-Fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1988-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Lorenz Rifle | Rifled musket | .54 | 1854-1867 |
Wanzl rifle | Trapdoor breechloader | 14mm Wanzl rimfire | 1854-1867 |
M1867 Werndl-Holub | Rotary block | 11x42mm | 1867-1881 |
M1881 Kropatschek | Bolt action | 11.15x42R | 1881-? |
M1886 Mannlicher | Bolt action | 11x42mm, 8x52mmR | 1886-1895 |
Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 | Straight-pull | 8x50mmR Mannlicher / after 1930: 8x56mmR Steyr | 1895-1945 |
KM1 (M1 Carbine) | Semi-Automatic | .30 Carbine | 1950-1970 (Police: 1-JUL-1993)[1] |
GM1 (M1 Garand) | Semi-Automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1950-? [2] |
? (Mosin–Nagant) | bolt-action | 7.62x54mmR Mosin-Nagant | 1955-? [3] |
Stg 58 (FAL) | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1958-1977 |
Stg 77 (Steyr AUG) | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1977-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Type 56 (Chinese Type 56) | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1971-Present |
BD-08 (Chinese Type 81) | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 2008-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Albini rifle | Hinged breechblock | 11mm | 1867-? |
FN Mauser M1889 | Bolt action | 7.65x53mm Argentine | 1889-1940 |
FN Mauser M1936 | Bolt-action | 7.65x53mm Argentine | 1936-1949 |
FN SAFN-49 | Semi-automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1949-1956 |
FN FAL | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1953-present |
FN FNC | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1979-present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Vz. 24 | Battle rifle | 7.92x57mm | 1932-1960s |
SIG SG 510 | Battle rifle | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1957-Present |
Heckler & Koch G3 | Battle rifle | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1960s-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
M1873 Brazilian Comblain | Falling block | 11x53mmR | 1873-1892 |
M88 German Commission Rifle | Bolt action | 7x57mm Mauser | 1892-1894 |
Mauser M1894 Rifle | Bolt action | 7x57mm Mauser | 1894-1908 |
Mauser M1908 (M1908/34, M1935) | Bolt action | 7x57mm Mauser | 1908-1954 |
Itajuba M954 Mosquetão | Bolt action | .30-06 Springfield | 1954-1968 |
FN Model 1949 | Semi-auto | .30-06 Springfield | 1950s-1968 |
FAL IMBEL LAR | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1964-1985 |
IMBEL MD2 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1985-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Lee Enfield | Bolt-Action | .303 British | 1947-1961 |
Heckler & Koch G3 (BA72) | Semi-automatic | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1961-Present |
Burmese M1A1 | Assault rifle | 5.56x45mm | 1990s-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Mosin Nagant | Bolt Action | 7.62x54mmR | 1940s-1979 |
MAS-36 | Bolt Action | 7.5×54mm French | 1940s-1975 |
Arisaka Type 38 | Bolt-action | 6.5x50mm Arisaka | 1941-1945 |
Arisaka Type 99 | Bolt-action | 7.7x58mm Arisaka | 1941-1945 |
M1903 Springfield | Bolt Action | .30-06 Springfield | 1950s-1975 |
M1 Carbine | Semi-automatic rifle | .30 Carbine | 1950s-1975 |
M1 Garand | Semi-automatic rifle | .30-06 Springfield | 1950s-1975 |
FN FAL | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm | 1960s-1975 |
M16 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1967-Present |
SKS | Semi-automatic rifle | 7.62x39mm | 1960s-Present (Mainly used today as a ceremonial arm, and reserve weapon.) |
AK-47 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1960s-Present (Replaced by AKM rifle.) |
AKM | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1960s-Present |
Type 56 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1960s-Present |
Pindad SS1 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1991-Present |
QBZ-97 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2005-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Ross rifle | Bolt Action | .303 British | 1905-1940s |
Lee-Enfield | Bolt Action | .303 British | 1917-1954 |
C1A1 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1955-1998 |
Colt C7 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1984-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Mauser Model 1895 | Bolt action, Contract: Germany | 7x57mm Mauser | 1895-1950s |
Mauser Model 1912 | Bolt action, Contract: Steyr, Austria | 7x57mm Mauser | 1912-1950s |
SIG SG 510-4 | Battle rifle | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1960s-Present |
Heckler & Koch G3 | Battle rifle | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1970s-Present |
SIG SG 542-1 | Battle rifle | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1980s-Present |
SIG SG 540 | Battle rifle | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2000s-Present |
SIG SG 543 | Battle rifle | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2000s-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Hanyang Type 88 | Bolt Action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1888-1980s |
Gewehr 98 | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1927-1949 |
vz. 24 | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1927-1980s |
Karabiner 98k | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1935-Present |
Type 24 rifle | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1935-1980s |
Mosin-Nagant | Bolt-action | 7.62x54mmR | 1927-Present |
SVT-40 | Semi-automatic | 7.62x54mmR | 1938-Present |
Type 53 Carbine | Bolt-action | 7.62x54mmR | 1953-Present |
Type 56 Carbine | Semi-automatic | 7.62x39mm | 1956-Present |
Type 56 assault rifle | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1956-Present |
Type 81 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1981-Present |
QBZ-95 | Selective fire | 5.8x42mm | 1995-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Hanyang Type 88 | Bolt action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1888-1949 |
Gewehr 98 | Bolt-Action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1911-1949 |
vz. 24 | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1924-1950s |
Karabiner 98k | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1935-Present |
Type Zhongzheng rifle | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1935-1950s |
M1 Garand | Semi-automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1936-1968 |
Johnson M1941 rifle | Semi-automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1941-1968 |
M1 Carbine | Semi-automatic | .30 Carbine | 1942-1968 |
Type 57 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1968-Present |
Type 65 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1976-Present |
Type 91 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2003-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Spanish Mauser | Bolt action | 7x57mm Mauser | 1902-1923 |
M1903 Springfield | Bolt action | .30-06 Springfield | 1923-1947 |
M1 Garand | Semi-automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1947-1960 |
FN FAL | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm | 1960-1968 |
SKS | Semi-automatic | 7.62x39mm | 1961-present (Mainly used today as a ceremonial arm, and reserve weapon.) |
AKM | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1962-present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Vz. 24 | Bolt-action | 8mm Mauser | 1924-1952 |
Vz. 33 | Bolt-action | 8mm Mauser | 1934-1945 |
Vz. 52 | Semi-automatic | 7.62x45mm vz. 52, 7.62x39mm M43 | 1952-1959 |
Sa vz. 58 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm M43 | 1959-Present |
CZ-805 BREN | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO, 7.62x39mm | 2010-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Pattern 1853 Enfield | Rifled musket | .577 Ball | 1853-1867 |
Remington Rolling Block | Rolling block | 11mm Danish | 1867-1889 |
1889 Geværet (Krag-Jorgensen) | Bolt-action | 8x58mmR | 1889-~1945 |
G M/50 (M1 Garand) | Semi-Automatic | .30-06 | 1945-1975 |
HK G3 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1960s-Present |
G3A5 (HK G3) | Semi-Automatic | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1975-Present |
Gevaer M/95 (C7FT) | Automatic | 5.56x45mm | 1995-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Lee Enfield | Bolt Action | .303 British | 1922-1967 |
FN Model 1949 | Semi-automatic | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1949-1967 |
Ag m/42 | Semi-automatic | 6.5x55mm | 1950s-1967 |
Mosin Nagant | Semi-automatic | 7.62x54mmR | 1956-1967 |
Hakim | Semi-automatic | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1950s-1967 |
Rasheed | Semi-automatic | 7.62x39mm | 1950s-1967 |
SKS Carbine | Semi-automatic | 7.62x39mm | 1956-1967 |
AK-47 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1960s-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Mosin Nagant | Bolt action | 7.62x54R | 1891–1962 |
SVT-40 | Semi-automatic | 7.62x54R | 1940–1962 |
RK 62 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1962–Present |
RK 95 TP | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1995–Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Charleville musket | Flintlock | .69 musket ball | 1717-1816 |
Musket Model 1777 | Flintlock | Musket ball | 1777-1826 |
Delvigne rifle | Flintlock | Musket ball | 1826-1846 |
Thouvenin Carabine à tige | Percussion cap | Musket ball | 1846-1851 |
Minié rifle | Percussion cap | Minié ball | 1848-1866 |
Tabatière rifle | Breech-loading | Minié ball | 1864-1870 |
Chassepot M1866 | Bolt action | 11mm | 1867-1874 |
Gras M1874 | Bolt-action | 11mm | 1874-1886 |
Lebel Model 1886 rifle | Bolt-action | 8mm Lebel | 1886-1936 |
Berthier rifle | Bolt-action | 8mm Lebel | 1902-? |
MAS-36 | Bolt-action | 7.5x54mm French | 1936-1978 |
MAS-49 rifle | Semi-automatic | 7.5x54 French | 1949-1979 |
Heckler & Koch G3 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1964-1979 |
FAMAS | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1978-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Needle gun | Breech loading | 15.4mm | 1848-1871 |
M1871 Mauser | Bolt action | 11x60mm R | 1871-1888 |
Gewehr 1888 | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1888-1915 |
Gewehr 98 | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1898-1935 (German Army) |
Mauser Kar 98k | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1935-Present |
Gewehr 41 | Semi-automatic | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1941-1945 |
Gewehr 43 | Semi-automatic | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1943-1945 |
Sturmgewehr 44 | Selective fire | 7.92x33mm Kurz | 1944-1960s |
M1 Garand | Semi-automatic | .30-06 | 1945-1953 (West Germany) |
FN FAL | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1953-1965 (West Germany) |
Karabiner-S | Semi-automatic | 7.62x39mm | 1945-1949 (East Germany) |
MPi-K | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1949-1990 (East Germany) |
Heckler & Koch G3 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1958-Present (West Germany)(now mostly for training/reserve) |
Heckler & Koch G36 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1997-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Fusil Gras mle 1874 | Bolt action | 11x59mm | 1877-1903 |
Mannlicher-Schönauer | Bolt action | 6.5x54mm | 1903-1941 |
FN Model 1930 | Bolt action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1930s-1945 |
Lee-Enfield | Bolt action | .303 British | 1939-1945 |
M1 Garand | Semi-automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1945-1977 |
Heckler & Koch G3 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1960s-present |
FN FAL | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1973-1999 |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
35M rifle | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm | 1935-1950s |
AK-47 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1956-1990 |
AMMSz | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1960-1990 |
AMD-65 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1966-1990 |
AMP-69 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm, 40mm grenade | 1979-present |
AK-63D | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1989-Present |
M4 carbine | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2006-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Arisaka | Bolt-action | 6.5x50mm and 7.7x58mm | 1940s-1960s |
M1 Garand | Semi-automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1945-1975 |
Heckler & Koch G3 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1961-Present |
Pindad SS1 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1991-Present |
Pindad SS2 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2006-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Mauser 98 | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm | 1900s-1950s |
Vz. 24 | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm | 1929-1960s |
M1 Garand | Semi-automatic | 30-06 | 1950s-1960s |
Heckler & Koch G3 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1960s-1979 |
G3A6 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1980-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Lee Enfield | Bolt action | .303 British | 1930s-1950s |
AK-47 | Assault Rifle | 7.62x39mm | 1950s-Present |
M16A2 | Assault Rifle | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2007-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Lee-Enfield | Bolt-Action | .303 SAA Ball | 1922-1960s |
FN FAL | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1960s-1988 |
Steyr AUG | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1988-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Lee-Enfield No 4 | Bolt action | .303 British | 1948-1958 |
Mauser Kar98k | Bolt-action | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1948-1974 |
FN FAL | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1955-1981 |
M16 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1973-present |
Galil AR | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1974-present |
IMI Tavor TAR-21 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2005-present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
M1870 Italian Vetterli | Bolt-action | 10.4mm Vetterli | 1870-1887 |
M1870 Italian Vetterli | Bolt action | 10.4mm Vetterli | 1892-1950 |
Carcano | Bolt action | 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano | 1892-1950 |
M1 Garand | Semi-automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1945-1959 |
Beretta BM-59 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1959-1990 |
Beretta AR70/90 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1972-present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
L1A1 SLR | Battle rifle | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1957-Present |
M16A2 | Assault Rifle | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1980s?-Present |
SA80 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1992-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Snider-Enfield | Breech-loading | .577 Snider | 1868-1880 |
Murata rifle | Bolt action | 10x60R | 1880-1905 |
Type 30 rifle | Bolt action | 6.5x50mm Arisaka | 1897-1905 |
Arisaka Type 38 | Bolt-action | 6.5x50mm Arisaka | 1905-1945 |
Arisaka Type 99 | Bolt-action | 7.7x58mm Arisaka | 1939-1945 |
M1 Garand | Semi-automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1945-1964 |
Howa Type 64 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1964-Present |
Howa Type 89 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1989-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Arisaka Type 38 | Bolt action | 6.5x50mm Arisaka | 1945-1953(limited use) |
Arisaka Type 99 | Bolt-action | 7.7x58mm Arisaka | 1945-1953(limited use) |
Mosin-Nagant | Bolt Action | 7.62x54mmR | 1945-Present |
SVT-40 | Semi-automatic | 7.62x54mmR | 1945-Present |
SKS | Semi-automatic | 7.62x39mm | 1945-Present |
Type 53 Carbine | Bolt-Action | 7.62x54mmR | 1953-Present |
Type 56 Carbine | Semi-automatic | 7.62x39mm | 1956-Present |
Type 56 Assault Rifle | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1956-Present |
Type 63 Carbine | Semi-automatic | 7.62x39mm | 1963-Present |
Type 58 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1958-Present |
Type 68 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1968-Present |
Type 88 | Selective fire | 5.45x39mm | 1988-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arisaka Type 38 | Bolt action | 6.5x50mm Arisaka | 1945-1953 | Limited use |
Arisaka Type 99 | Bolt action | 7.7x58mm Arisaka | 1945-1953 | Limited Use |
Springfield M1903 | Bolt-action | .30-06 Springfield | 1945-1953 | |
M1 Garand | Semi-automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1945-1974 | |
M1 Carbine | Semi-automatic | .30 Carbine | 1945-1974 | Currently used by ROK Reserve Forces |
M16A1 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1968-Present | Mostly used by ROK Reserve Forces |
Daewoo Precision Industries K1A | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1981-Present | |
Daewoo Precision Industries K2 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1984-Present | |
S&T Daewoo K11 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO 20x30mm |
2010-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Karabiner 98k | Bolt action | 7.92x57mm IS | 1945 |
Ross rifle | Bolt action | .303 British | 1945 |
Pattern 1914 Enfield | Bolt action | .303 British | 1945 |
Lee-Enfield | Bolt action | .303 British | 1945-1952 |
FN Model 1949 | Semi-Automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1951-1963 |
FN FAL | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1963-1996 |
Steyr AUG | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1996-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Springfield Model 1873 | Breech-loading | .45-70 | 1873-1890s |
Winchester 1895 | Lever Action | .30-06 | 1895-1920s |
Mauser 1895 FMM 1895 | Bolt action | 7x57mm Mauser | 1895-1902 |
Mauser 1898 FMM 1902/07/10/12/24/36 | Bolt action | 7x57mm Mauser | 1902-1954 |
Mauser 1898 FMM 1954 | Bolt action | .30-06 Springfield | 1954-? |
FN FAL | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1950s-1965 |
Heckler & Koch G3 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1965-Present(Slowly Replaced by FX-05 Xiuhcoatl) |
M-16 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1971-Present |
Heckler & Koch G36 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1999-Present |
FX-05 Xiuhcoatl | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2006-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Dutch Mannlicher | Bolt-Action | 6.5x53.5 | 1895-1945 |
Colt C7 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Lee-Enfield | Bolt-Action | .303 SAA Ball | 1900s-1950s |
L1A1 SLR | Semi-Automatic | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1950s-1980s |
Steyr AUG | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1980s-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Kammerlader | Breech-loading | Minié ball | 1842-1870 |
Remington M1867 | Rolling block | 12.17x44mm | 1867-1908 |
Jarmann M1884 | Bolt action | 10.15x61mmR | 1884-1900 |
Krag-Jørgensen M1894 | Bolt-action | 6.5x55mm | 1894-1945 |
Lee-Enfield No 4 | Bolt-action | .303 British | 1940-1952 |
Mauser M98 | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm Mauser (Navy)/.30-06 Springfield (Army, Air Force) | 1945-1968 |
Selvladegevær M1 | Semi-Automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1951-Present (limited use for drill/display) |
US-Karabin | Semi-automatic | .30 Carbine | 1951-1970 (used by police until early 90s) |
AG-3 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1964-Present (now mostly for training/reserve) |
Heckler & Koch HK416 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2008-Present |
Heckler & Koch HK417 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 2008-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
AKM | Selective-Fire | 7.62x39mm | 1960s-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
M1903 Springfield | Bolt action | .30-03 Springfield | 1912-1951 |
M1 Garand | Semi-automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1951-1975 |
M14 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm | 1960s-Present |
M16 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm | 1960s-Present |
CAR-15 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm | 1960s-Present |
Steyr AUG | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm | 1990s-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mosin–Nagant | Bolt Action | 7.62x54mmR | 1898-1950s | Some chambered to 7.92x57mm and used during Invasion of Poland |
Mauser 98k | Bolt Action | 7.92x57mm | 1918-1939 | produced in Poland from 1929 as Mauser Carbine Kbk wz. 1929 |
Lee-Enfield | Bolt Action | .303 British | 1940-1945 | Used by Polish Armed Forces in the West |
AK-47 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1950s-Present | |
AKM | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1960s-Present | still used to train and reserve services [6] |
Kbk wz. 1988 Tantal | Selective fire | 5.45x39mm | 1989-2005 | 1000 sold to Iraq |
M4 (Bushmaster) | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | ?-? | GROM, also with Bushmaster M203 grenade launcher [7] |
96 Beryl | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1997-present | along with Mini-Beryl sub-carbine and in different variants |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Enfield m/1859 | Percussion cap | 14mm Minié | 1859-1872 |
Snider-Enfield m/1872 | Breech-loading | 14mm Snider | 1872-1910 (after 1886 limited use with colonial troops) |
Kropatschek m/1886 | Bolt action | 8x60mm Guedes | 1886-1961 (after 1904 limited use with colonial troops) |
Mauser-Vergueiro m/1904 | Bolt-action | 6.5x58mm Vergueiro | 1904-1960s |
Mauser m/937 | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1937-1960s-Present (limited use for drill/display in the GNR) |
AR10 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1960-1970s |
FN m/962 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1962-1970s |
G3 m/961 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1961-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
M1868 Romanian Peabody | Falling block | .45 Romanian | 1868-18?? |
M1879 Romanian Martini-Henry | Falling block | .45 Romanian | 1879-18?? |
Mannlicher M1893 | Bolt action | 6.5x53mmR | 1893-1938 |
Mosin-Nagant | Bolt action | 7.62x54mmR | 1917-1960s |
vz. 24 | Bolt action | 7.92x57mm | 1938-1960s |
AK-47 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1950s-1963 |
PM md. 63/65 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1963-Present (reserve since 1990s) |
PA md. 86 | Selective fire | 5.45x39mm | 1986-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Model 1857 Six Line | Rifled musket | .60 calibre | 1857-1867 |
M1867 Russian Krnka | Trapdoor breechloader | 15mm | 1867-1869 |
Berdan rifle | Bolt action | 10.75x58mm | 1869-1891 |
Mosin-Nagant | Bolt-action | 7.62x54mmR | 1891-Present (as a reserve sniper rifle) |
SVT-40 | Semi-automatic (as a reserve sniper rifle) | 7.62x54mmR | 1940-Present |
SKS | Semi-automatic | 7.62x39mm | 1945-Present (as ceremonial arm and a reserve service rifle) |
AK-47 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1949-Present (as a reserve service rifle) |
AKM | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1959-Present (reserve and active rear-echelon forces) |
AK-74 | Selective fire | 5.45x39mm | 1974-Present |
AK-74M | Selective fire | 5.45x39mm | 1991-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
M48 Mauser and other Mauser Model 98 pattern rifles M24, M24/47 | Bolt action | 7.92x57mm | 1924-1959 |
SKS | Semi-automatic | 7.62x39mm | 1959-1970 |
AK-47 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1950s-Present |
Zastava M70 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1970-Present |
Zastava M21 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2004-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
AR-15 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1968-1973 |
M16S1 rifle | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1973-present |
SAR-80 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1980s-unknown |
SR-88 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1988-unknown |
SAR 21 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1999-present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Lee-Enfield | Bolt Action | .303 SAA Ball | 1910-1960s |
R1 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1950s-Present |
Vektor R4 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1982-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Model 1857 rifle musket | Rifled musket | ? | 1857-1867 |
M1857/67 Berdan | Trapdoor breechloader | 15x41mmR | 1867-1868 |
M1868 Spanish Peabody | Falling block | .56-50R Spencer, 11.15x58mmR (.43 Spanish) | 1868-1870 |
M1870 Remington | Rolling block | 11.15x58mmR | 1870-1893 |
M1893 Mauser | Bolt action | 7x57mm Mauser | 1893-1945 |
Coruña 42 | Bolt-action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1942-1958 |
CETME | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1958-1997 |
CETME Model L | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1984-1999 |
Heckler & Koch G36 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2000-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
M1896 Swedish Mauser | Bolt-action | 6.5x55mm | 1896-1995 |
Ag m/42 | Semi-automatic | 6.5x55mm | 1942-1964 |
Ak 4 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1964-Present |
Ak 5 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1985-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Infanteriegewehr Modell 1842 | Muzzle-loading percussion | 18mm | 1842-1867 |
Eidgenössischer Stutzer 1851 | Muzzle-loading percussion | 18mm | 1851-1863 |
M1842/59/67 Swiss Milbank-Amsler | Breechloader | 18x25mmR Rimfire | 1869-1869 |
M1867 Swiss Peabody | Falling block | 10.4x38mmR Rimfire (.41 Swiss rimfire) | 1867-1869 |
Vetterli rifle | Bolt-action | 10.4x38Rmm Rimfire | 1869-1890 |
Schmidt-Rubin | Bolt-action | 7.5x55mm Swiss | 1889-1957 |
Sturmgewehr 57 | Selective fire | 7.5x55mm Swiss / 7,5mm GP 11 | 1957-Present |
Sturmgewehr 90 | Selective fire | 5,6mm Gw Pat 90 | 1990-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Type 45 Siamese Mauser | Bolt action | 8x50mmR | 1903-1960s |
Vz. 24 | Bolt Action | 7.92x57mm | Early 1940s-1960s |
M1903 Springfield | Bolt Action | .30-06 Springfield | 1944-1970 (Used for training by Government Agent of Ministry of Interior on the present.) |
M1 Carbine | Semi-automatic rifle | .30 Carbine | 1944-1970 (Used for training by Army ROTC on the present.) |
M1 Garand | Semi-automatic rifle | .30-06 Springfield | 1944-1970 (Used for training by Army ROTC on the present.) |
Mosin-Nagant | Bolt Action | 7.62x54mmR | During Vietnam War (Limited and used by Ranger Sniper) |
M16A1/A2/A4 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1980s-present |
HK 33 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1968-present |
IMI Tavor TAR-21 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2008-present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Mauser 1898 | Bolt action | 7x57mm Mauser | 1900's-1954 |
M1 Garand | Semi Automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1953-1980's (Still using as Ceremony Rifle) |
FN FAL | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1950s-1970s |
Heckler & Koch G3 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1960's-Present |
Heckler & Koch HK33 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1997-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Model 1857 Six Line | Rifled musket | .60 calibre | 1857-1867 |
M1867 Russian Krnka | Trapdoor breechloader | 15mm | 1867-1869 |
Berdan rifle | Bolt action | 10.75x58mm | 1869-1891 |
Mosin-Nagant | Bolt-action | 7.62x54mmR | 1891-1946 |
SVT-40 | Semi-automatic | 7.62x54mmR | 1940-1945 |
SKS | Semi-automatic | 7.62x39mm | 1945-Present (mainly used as ceremonial arm) |
AK-47 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1949-Present |
AKM | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1959-Present |
AK-74 | Selective fire | 5.45x39mm | 1974-Present |
IMI Tavor TAR-21 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2008-present |
Vepr | Selective fire | 5.45x39mm | 2010-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Brown Bess | Flintlock | .650 Ball | 1722-1838 |
Ferguson rifle | Breech-loading | .650 Ball | 1776 |
Baker rifle | Flintlock | .615 Ball | 1801-1837 |
Brunswick rifle | Percussion cap | .704 Ball | 1837-1851 |
Pattern 1853 Enfield | Percussion cap | .577 Ball | 1853-1867 |
Snider-Enfield | Breech-loading | .577 Snider | 1866-1901 |
Martini-Henry | Breech-loading | .577/450 Martini-Henry | 1871-1888 |
Lee-Metford | Bolt action | .303 British | 1888-1926 |
Lee-Enfield | Bolt-action | .303 British | 1895-Present |
Ross rifle (Canada) | Straight Pull | .303 British | 1905-1916 |
L1A1 SLR | Semi-automatic | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1956-Present |
Ishapore 2A/2A1 (India) | Bolt action | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1963-Present (limited use) |
C7 rifle (Canada) | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1984-Present |
SA80 (UK) | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1985-Present |
Steyr AUG (Australia) | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1987-Present |
INSAS (India) | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1997-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brown Bess | Flintlock | .75 Ball | 1776-1795 | |
Kentucky Long rifle | Flintlock | .36 ball | 1776-1816 | |
Model 1795 Musket | Flintlock | .69 Ball | 1795-1816 | |
Model 1816 Musket | Flintlock | .69 Ball | 1816-1835 | |
Springfield Model 1835 | Flintlock | .69 Ball | 1835-1842 | |
Springfield Model 1842 | Percussion cap | .69 Ball | 1842-1855 | |
Springfield Model 1855 | Percussion cap | .58 Minié | 1855-1861 | |
Spencer Repeating Rifle | Lever Action | 56-56 Spencer | 1860-1873 | |
Springfield Model 1861 | Percussion cap | .58 Minié | 1861-1867 | |
Henry Repeating Rifle | Lever Action | .44 Henry | 1862-1873 | |
Springfield Model 1863 | Percussion cap | .58 Minié | 1863-1867 | |
Springfield Model 1865 | Breech-loading | .58 Musket Rimfire | 1865-1867 | |
Springfield Model 1866 | Breech-loading | .50-70 Government | 1866-1873 | |
Springfield Model 1868 | Breech-loading | .50-70 Government | 1869-1873 | |
Springfield Model 1873 | Breech-loading | .45-70 | 1873-? | |
Springfield Model 1884 | Breech-loading | .45-70 | 1884-? | |
Springfield Model 1892-99 | Bolt action | .30-40 Krag | 1894-early 1900's | |
M1895 Lee Navy (Navy/Marines) | Straight-pull | 6mm Lee Navy | 1895-early 1900's | |
M1903 Springfield | Bolt-action | .30-06 Springfield | 1903-1957 | |
M1916 Mosin-Nagant | Bolt-action | 7.62x54R | 1918-c.1921 | |
M1917 Enfield | Bolt-action | .30-06 Springfield | 1917-1943 | |
M1 Garand | Semi-automatic | .30-06 Springfield | 1936-1963 (some used into 1970s) | |
M1 Carbine | Semi-automatic | .30 Carbine | 1942-1960's | |
M2 Carbine | Selective fire | .30 Carbine | 1945-1960's | |
M14 | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1957-Present | Currently used as a marksman rifle |
M16 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1961-Present | Standard rifle of USMC |
M4 carbine | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 1994-Present | Standard rifle of US Army |
HK 416 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2004-Present | The newest AR-15 derived design in U.S. service[8][9][10][11] |
SCAR-H | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 2009-Present | Limited use by the 75th Ranger Regiment |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Gewehr 98 | Bolt Action | 7.92x57mm Mauser | 1898-1958 |
FN FAL | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm NATO | 1950s-Present |
AK-101 | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 200?-Present |
Steyr AUG | Selective fire | 5.56x45mm NATO | 2008-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Gewehr 98 | Bolt-action | 7x57mm | 1898-1960s |
FN Model 1949 | Semi-automatic | 7x57mm | 1949-1960s |
FN FAL | Selective fire | 7.62x51mm | 1950s-Present |
AK-103 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 2006-Present |
Firearm | Type | Calibre | Service |
---|---|---|---|
Mosin-Nagant | Bolt-action | 7.62x54mmR | 1920s-Present |
Type 53 Carbine | Bolt-action | 7.62x54mmR | 1960s-Present |
SKS | Semi-Automatic | 7.62x39mm | 1960s-Present |
Type 56 carbine | Semi-Automatic | 7.62x39mm | 1960s-Present |
AK-47 | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1960s-Present |
Type 56 Assault Rifle | Selective fire | 7.62x39mm | 1960s-Present |