List of battle rifles

Battle Rifles are full-powered rifles, often selective-fire, that use detachable box magazines. The difference between a battle rifle and a designated marksman rifle is often only one of terminology; many of the weapons below are currently still in use, re-designated as DMRs. For intermediate calibres firearms (e.g.: 7.62×39mm, 5.56×45mm) see List of assault rifles.

Below is the list of battle rifles. The table is sortable for every column.

Symbol SA FA
Meaning Semi-automatic Fully automatic
Symbol BR AR
Meaning Battle Rifle Automatic Rifle
Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Type Country Year
AVB-7.62 LCZ 7.62×39mm SA
FA
BR
 Soviet Union 1960s
AR-10 Armalite 7.62×51mm NATO
.308 Winchester
SA
FA
BR
 United States 1956
ArmaLite AR-16 Armalite 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 United States 1960
Beretta BM59 Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta 7.62×51mm NATO SA
BR
 Italy 1950s
Calzada Bayo CB-57 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Spain (now known as  Spain) 1957
CETME rifle 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Spain (now known as  Spain) 1957
Chropi rifle Chropi 7.62×39mm SA
FA
BR
 Greece 1975
Cristobal Model 3 Armeria San Cristóbal 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Dominican Republic 1950s
FA-MAS Type 62 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 France 1962
Fedorov Avtomat Degtyarev plant 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka SA
BR
 Russia 1915
FG 42 Rheinmetall-Borsig 7.92×57mm Mauser SA
FA
BR
 Germany 1941
FN FAL Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Belgium 1947
FM57 rifle 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Sweden
Franchi LF-59 Luigi Franchi S.p.A. 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Italy
GRAM 63 battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Sweden
MKEK Mpt MKE 7.62x51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Turkey 2013
Heckler & Koch G3 Heckler & Koch 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 West Germany 1950s
Heckler & Koch HK417 Heckler & Koch 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Germany 2005
Howa Type 64 Howa 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Japan 1964
Itajubá Model 954 Mosquetão IMBEL .30-06 Springfield SA
FA
BR
 Brazil
ITM Model 3 ITM Tool & Die 7.62×39mm
9×19mm Parabellum
SA
FA
BR
 United States 1989
Kel-Tec RFB Kel-Tec 7.62×51mm NATO SA
BR
 United States 2003
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle RSAF Enfield 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 United Kingdom 1947
M14 rifle 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 United States 1954
Madsen LAR 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Denmark 1957
Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 United States 2001
Model 45A .30-06 Springfield SA
FA
BR
 United States
 Philippines (now known as the  Philippines)
1945
Olin/Winchester Salvo Rifle Olin/Winchester Corp. 5.56mm T65 Duplex SA
FA
BR
 United States 1956
ParaFAL IMBEL 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Brazil
Pindad SS4 Pindad 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Indonesia
SCAR-H FNH USA 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Belgium 2004
Sieg automatic rifle .30-06 Springfield SA
BR
 United States 1946
SIG SG 510 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
  Switzerland 1950s
SIG SG 542 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
  Switzerland 1970s
SLEM-1 Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 7.92×57mm Mauser SA
BR
 Belgium 1944
SOCIMI AR-832 Società Costruzioni Industriali Milano
Luigi Franchi S.p.A.
7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Italy
SVT-40 Tula Arms Plant
Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant
7.62×54mmR SA
BR
 Soviet Union 1940s
Sturmgewehr 58 Steyr-Daimler-Puch 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Austria 1946
Zastava M77B1 Zastava Arms 7.62×51mm NATO SA
FA
BR
 Yugoslavia (now known as  Serbia)
AVS-36 7.62×54mmR SA
AR
 Soviet Union 1936
Cei-Rigotti 6.5×52mm Mannlicher-Carcano
7.65×53mm Mauser
SA
FA
AR
 Italy 1900
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company 30-06 Springfield
.303 British
7.92×57mm Mauser
SA
FA
AR
 United States 1917

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