Rifle/Related Articles

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Parent topics

•  gun: Either a general term for firearm, or a type of artillery with a relatively long barrel with respect to caliber, giving the projectile a fairly flat trajectory ^[e]
•  Firearm: Device, often designed to be used as a weapon, which projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity, using the energy of gases generated by a controlled explosion. ^[e]
•  Infantry: Soldiers that directly confront the enemy, overcoming them with fire and maneuver while on foot or in specialized vehicles ^[e]

Other rifles mentioned in Citizendium

• Assault rifle: Add brief definition or description
• Battle rifle: Add brief definition or description
•  AK-47: The world's most common assault rifle, firing a 7.62mm bullet, but with reduced-power propellant and larger magazines that comparable battle rifles using the same caliber; there are variants that use lighter bullets ^[e]
• M4 carbine: Add brief definition or description
•  M16 rifle: The primary U.S. infantry rifle, an assault rifle firing 5.56mm intermediate power ammunition; M4 (rifle) is the carbine (i.e., shorter-length) version ^[e]
•  M1 Garand rifle: Principal U.S. infantry rifle of World War II, firing .30-06 ammunition semi-automatically from an 8-round clip ^[e]
• M16 (rifle): The primary U.S. infantry rifle, an assault rifle firing 5.56mm intermediate power ammunition; M4 (rifle) is the carbine (i.e., shorter-length) version ^[e]
•  Springfield rifle Model 1903: the main U.S. infantry rifle of the First World War, prized for accuracy, with limited use in WWII and continued value as a sporting weapon ^[e]

Guns that are not rifles

•  machine gun: A firearm capable not only of full-automatic fire, but with additional features, such as large ammunition supply mechanisms, barrel cooling or quick-change features, etc., that lets it fire for prolonged periods ^[e]
•  pistol: A firearm intended primarily to be operated while held in the user's hand ^[e]
•  shotgun: An individual weapon used in sport, police, or military applications, generally firing multiple small projectiles ("shot") rather than a single bullet ^[e]
•  submachine gun: A firearm that can shoot a pistol cartridge (i.e., less powerful than a rifle cartridge) in full-automatic mode ^[e]
• Battle rifle: Add brief definition or description