List of assault rifles

An assault rifle is a selective fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine.[1] Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern armies.

By strict definition, a firearm must have the following characteristics to be considered an assault rifle:[2][3][4]

Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Year
AAI SBR AAI Corporation  United States 1970s
AAI XM70 AAI Corporation  United States 1970s
AB-3 Izhmash  Soviet Union 1970
BD-08 Bangladesh Ordnance Factories 7.62×39mm  Bangladesh 2002
G3A3 Pakistan Ordnance Factories 7.62×51mm NATO  Pakistan 1960
Adaptive Combat Rifle Remington Arms
Bushmaster
5.56×45mm NATO
6.8mm Remington SPC
 United States 2006
ADS amphibious rifle KBP Instrument Design Bureau 5.45×39mm
5.45mm PSP
 Russia 2007
AEK-971 Degtyarev plant 5.45×39mm  Soviet Union 1978
AG-043 5.45×39mm  Soviet Union 1974
AK-9 Izhmash 9×39mm  Russia 2000s
AK-47 Izhmash 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union 1946
AKM Izhmash
Tula Arms Plant
7.62×39mm  Soviet Union 1950s
AK-74 Izhmash 5.45×39mm  Soviet Union 1974
AK-101 Izhmash 5.56×45mm NATO  Russia 1994
AK-102 Izhmash 5.56×45mm NATO  Russia 1990s
AK-103 Izhmash 7.62×39mm  Russia 1994
AK-104 Izhmash 7.62×39mm  Russia 1994
AK-105 Izhmash 5.45×39mm  Russia 1994
AK-107 / AK-108 Izhmash 5.45×39mm / 5.56×45mm NATO  Russia 1990s
AK-12 Izhmash 5.45×39mm
5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×39mm
9×39mm
6.5mm Grendel
7.62×51mm NATO
12 Gauge
 Russia 2010
Ak 5 Bofors Carl Gustaf 5.56×45mm NATO  Sweden 1982
AK-63 Fegyver- és Gépgyár 7.62×39mm  Hungary 1977
AMD-65 Fegyver- és Gépgyár 7.62×39mm  Hungary 1965
AMP-69 Fegyver- és Gépgyár 7.62×39mm  Hungary
AN-94 Izhmash 5.45×39mm  Russia 1980
AO-27 rifle  Soviet Union 1961
AO-31 5.45×39mm
7.62×39mm
 Soviet Union 1962
AO-35 assault rifle 5.45×39mm
7.62×39mm
 Soviet Union
AO-38 assault rifle TsNIITochMash 5.45×39mm  Soviet Union 1965
AO-62 assault rifle 5.45×39mm  Soviet Union 1962
APS-95 Končar-Arma d.o.o 5.56×45mm NATO  Yugoslavia 1972
APS underwater rifle Tula Arms Plant
TsNIITochMash
5.66×39mm  Soviet Union 1970s
ArmaLite AR-18 Armalite 5.56×45mm NATO  United States 1963
ASM-DT amphibious rifle Tula Arms Plant 5.45×39mm  Soviet Union 1990s
Barrett REC7 Barrett Firearms Manufacturing 5.56×45mm NATO
6.8mm Remington SPC
 United States 2007
Beretta AR70/90 Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta 5.56×45mm NATO  Italy 1985
Beretta ARX 160 Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta 5.56×45mm NATO
5.45×39mm
6.8mm Remington SPC
7.62×39mm
 Italy 2008
Beretta Rx4 Storm Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta 5.56×45mm NATO
.223 Remington
 Italy 2005
BSA 28P Birmingham Small Arms Company .280 British  United Kingdom 1949
Bullpup Multirole Combat Rifle (BMSR) ST Kinetics 5.56×45mm NATO
6.8mm Remington SPC
7.62×39mm
Singapore 2014
Chropi rifle Chropei 7.62×39mm  Greece 1975
CEAM Modèle 1950 Centre d'Etudes et d'Armement de Mulhouse .30 Carbine
7.92×33mm Kurz
7.65×35mm
7.5×38mm
 France 1949
CETME Model L Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara 5.56×45mm NATO  Spain 1981
Close Quarters Battle Receiver Colt's Manufacturing Company 5.56×45mm NATO  United States 1999
Colt Canada C7 rifle Diemaco 5.56×45mm NATO  Canada 1982
Colt CM901 Colt Defense 5.56×45mm NATO
6.8mm Remington SPC
7.62×39mm
7.62×51mm NATO
 United States 2010s
ČZ 522 7.62×45mm vz. 52  Czechoslovakia
CZ-805 BREN Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod 5.56×45mm NATO  Czech Republic 2009
ČZ 2000 Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod 5.56×45mm NATO  Czechoslovakia 1990
Daewoo K2 S&T Motiv 5.56×45mm NATO  South Korea 1972
Desarrollos Industriales Casanave SC-2005 Desarrollos Industriales Casanave S.A 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
7.62×39mm
 Peru 2005
Dlugov assault rifle 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union 1953
EM-2 rifle Royal Small Arms Factory
Enfield
7 mm Mk1Z (7×43mm)  United Kingdom 1950
EMER K1 Myanmar Fritz Werner Industries 5.56×45mm NATO  Burma
FAMAS Nexter 5.56×45mm NATO  France 1978
FARA 83 Fabrica Militar de Armas Portatiles Domingo Matheu 5.56×45mm NATO  Argentina 1981
FN CAL Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 5.56×45mm NATO  Belgium 1963
FN F2000 Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 5.56×45mm NATO  Belgium 2001
FN FNC Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 5.56×45mm NATO  Belgium 1975
FN FAL Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 7.62×51mm NATO  Belgium 1953
FN SCAR-L Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal 5.56×45mm NATO  Belgium 2004
Franchi mod. 641 Luigi Franchi S.p.A. 5.56×45mm NATO  Italy
FX-05 Xiuhcoatl Dirección General de Industria Militar del Ejército 5.56×45mm NATO  Mexico 2005
Galil ACE Israel Weapons Industries 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
7.62×39mm
 Israel
Grad AR State Factories-North Ossetia 6×49mm
5.45×39mm
 South Ossetia
Grossfuss Sturmgewehr 7.92×33mm Kurz  Germany 1944
Heckler & Koch G11 Heckler & Koch 4.73 x33mm West Germany 1968
Heckler & Koch G36 Heckler & Koch 5.56×45mm NATO  Germany 1995
Heckler & Koch G41 Heckler & Koch 5.56×45mm NATO  West Germany 1984
Heckler & Koch HK33 Heckler & Koch 5.56×45mm NATO  West Germany 1960s
Heckler & Koch HK36 Heckler & Koch 4.6×36 mm  West Germany 1970s
Heckler & Koch HK416 Heckler & Koch 5.56×45mm NATO  Germany 2004
Heckler & Koch XM8 Heckler & Koch 5.56×45mm NATO Germany / United States 2003
Howa Type 89 Howa 5.56×45mm NATO  Japan 1989
IMBEL MD2 IMBEL 5.56×45mm NATO  Brazil 1983
IMBEL IA2 IMBEL 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
 Brazil 2009
IMI Galil Israel Military Industries 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
 Israel 1960s
IMI Tavor TAR-21 Israel Weapon Industries 5.56×45mm NATO  Israel 1991
INSAS rifle[5] Ordnance Factories Board 5.56×45mm NATO  India 1998
Interdynamics MKS Interdynamics 5.56×45mm NATO  Sweden 1979
ITM Model 3 ITM Tool & Die 7.62×39mm
9×19mm Parabellum
 United States 1989
Kbk wz. 1988 Tantal Łucznik Arms Factory 5.45×39mm  Poland 1981
Kbkg wz. 1960 7.62×39mm  Poland 1960
Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl Łucznik Arms Factory 5.56×45mm NATO  Poland 1995
L64/65 RSAF Enfield 4.85×49mm  United Kingdom 1964
LSAT rifle (To be announced) LSAT caseless ammunition  United States 2008
L85 BAE Systems 5.56×45mm NATO  United Kingdom 1970s
Leader Dynamics Series T2 MK5 Leader Dynamics
Australian Automatic Arms
5.56×45mm NATO  Australia 1978
LR-300 Z-M Weapons 5.56×45mm NATO  United States 2000
M16 rifle Colt Defense 5.56×45mm NATO  United States 1956
M4 carbine/assault rifle Colt Defense 5.56 x45mm NATO  United States 1994
MKEK MPT MKEK 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
 Turkey 2009
MSBS Radon Łucznik Arms Factory 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×51mm NATO
 Poland 2014
Multi Caliber Individual Weapon System Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×39mm
6.8mm Remington SPC
 India 2012
Nesterov assault rifle 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union 1961
Norinco CQ Norinco 5.56×45mm NATO  China 1980s
OTs-12 assault rifle KBP Instrument Design Bureau 9×39mm  Russia 1990s
Pindad SS1 PT Pindad 5.56×45mm NATO  Indonesia 1991
Pindad SS2 PT Pindad 5.56×45mm NATO  Indonesia 2005
Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 RomArm via Regia Autonomă pentru producţia de Tehnică Militară (RATMIL), Cugir 7.62×39mm  Romania 1963-1965
Pușcă Automată model 1986 RomArm via Regia Autonomă pentru producţia de Tehnică Militară (RATMIL), Cugir 5.45×39mm  Romania 1986
PVAR Rifle United Defense Manufacturing Corporation 5.56×45mm NATO  Philippines 2011
QBZ-95 / QBZ-97 Norinco 5.8×42mm DBP87 / 5.56×45mm NATO  China 1995
QBZ-03 Norinco 5.8×42mm DBP87
5.56×45mm NATO
 China 2003
Remington GPC Remington Arms 5.56×45mm NATO  United States 2010
Rk 62 Valmet
SAKO
7.62×39mm  Finland 1962
Rk 95 TP SAKO 7.62×39mm  Finland 1990
Robinson Armament XCR Robinson Armament Co 5.56×45mm NATO
5.45×39mm
7.62×39mm
6.8mm Remington SPC
6.5mm Grendel
7.62×51mm NATO
.260 Remington
 United States 2004
Rung Paisarn RPS-001 Rung Paisarn Heavy Industries 5.56×45mm NATO  Thailand 1986
S&T Daewoo K11 S&T Motiv 5.56×45mm NATO  South Korea 2006
Sa vz. 58 Česká zbrojovka 7.62×39mm M43  Czechoslovakia 1956
SAR-80 Chartered Industries of Singapore (now known as ST Kinetics) 5.56×45mm NATO  Singapore 1976
SAR-21 ST Kinetics 5.56×45mm NATO  Singapore 1996
SIG MCX SIG Sauer 5.56×45mm NATO
300 AAC Blackout
  Switzerland 2010s
SIG SG 516 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft 5.56×45mm NATO
.223 Remington
7.62×39mm
 United States 2000s
SIG SG 530 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft 5.56×45mm NATO   Switzerland 1960s
SIG SG 540 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft 5.56×45mm NATO   Switzerland 1970s
SIG SG 550 Swiss Arms AG 5.6 mm Gw Pat 90   Switzerland 1970s
SOCIMI AR-831 Società Costruzioni Industriali Milano
Luigi Franchi S.p.A.
5.56×45mm NATO  Italy
Special Operations Assault Rifle Ferfrans Specialties 5.56×45mm NATO  Philippines 2004
SR-3 Vikhr Tula Arms Plant 9×39mm  Soviet Union 1990s
SR-47 7.62×39mm  United States
SR 88 Chartered Industries of Singapore (now known as ST Kinetics) 5.56×45mm NATO  Singapore 1978
SS09 SSAM 5.56×45mm NATO  United Kingdom 2009
Sterling SAR-87 Sterling Armaments Company 5.56×45mm NATO  United Kingdom 1980s
Steyr AUG Steyr Mannlicher 5.56×45mm NATO
9×19mm Parabellum
 Austria 1970s
Stoner 63 Cadillac Gage 5.56×45mm NATO  United States 1962
StG 44 C. G. Haenel Waffen und Fahrradfabrik 7.92×33mm Kurz  Germany 1942
StG 45(M) Mauser 7.92×33mm Kurz  Germany 1944
T65 assault rifle 205th Armory 5.56×45mm NATO  Republic of China 1976
T86 assault rifle 205th Armory 5.56×45mm NATO  Republic of China 1992
T91 assault rifle 205th Armory 5.56×45mm NATO  Republic of China 2002
T97 assault rifle 205th Armory 5.56×45mm NATO  Republic of China 2012
TKB-072 Tula Arms Plant 5.45×39mm  Soviet Union 1975
TKB-517 Tula Arms Plant 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union
Truvelo Raptor Truvelo Armoury 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×39mm
 South Africa 2000s
Type 56 assault rifle Norinco 7.62×39mm M43  China 1956
Type 58 assault rifle 7.62×39mm  North Korea 1958
Type 63 assault rifle 7.62×39mm  China 1968
Type 81 assault rifle 7.62×39mm  China 1971
Type 86S assault rifle Norinco 7.62×39mm China 1980s
VAHAN (firearm) 5.45×39mm  Armenia 1952
Valmet M76 Valmet 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×39mm
 Finland 1970s
Valmet M82 Valmet 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×39mm
 Finland 1978
Vektor CR-21 Denel 5.56×45mm NATO  South Africa 1997
Vektor R4 Denel Land Systems 5.56×45mm NATO  South Africa 1970s
VHS Assault Rifle HS Produkt 5.56×45mm NATO  Croatia 2005
VHS-2 HS Produkt 5.56×45mm NATO  Croatia 2009
Wieger StG-940 5.56×45mm NATO
5.45×39mm
 East Germany 1980s
Wimmersperg Spz-kr 7.92×33mm Kurz  Germany 1944
XT-97 Assault Rifle 205th Armory 5.56×45mm NATO
9×19mm Parabellum
 Republic of China 2008
Zastava M21 Zastava Arms 5.56×45mm NATO  Serbia and Montenegro 2004
Zastava M70 Zastava Arms 7.62×39mm  Yugoslavia 1959
Zastava M90 Zastava Arms 5.56×45mm NATO  Serbia and Montenegro

See also

References

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  2. C. Taylor The fighting rifle – A complete study of the rifle in combat, ISBN 0-87947-308-8
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