Battle rifle
A battle rifle is a service rifle chambered to fire a fully powered cartridge.[1]
The term "battle rifle" is a
History
World War I
Semi-automatic
First examples of semi-automatic fully powered-cartridge rifles used in World War I are the Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917 in 8x50mmR Lebel and the Winchester Model 1910 in .401 Winchester Self-Loading.
Select fire
During
France developed the Chauchat-Ribeyrolles 1918 submachine gun, an automatic shortrifle chambered in 8×50mmR Lebel, intended to defend tank crews.
World War II
The battle rifle was of major significance during
M1 Garand
At the outbreak of World War Two, the United States was the only nation in the world to have formally adopted a battle rifle as their service rifle. The M1 Garand fired the .30-06 Springfield cartridge, which loaded from an eight-round en bloc clip. When empty, this clip would eject upwards out of the rifle, making a distinctive ping sound in the process, after which a new en bloc clip could be inserted into the rifle. The adoption of the semi-automatic rifle allowed American riflemen to field much greater sustained firepower than their Allied and Axis contemporaries, who were still using bolt-action rifles as their primary rifle. The Garand continued to see front line service during the Korean War, saw limited service during the Vietnam War, and served as the basis for the creation of the M14 rifle.
SVT-40
The Soviet Union issued one major battle rifle, the
FG-42
Gewehr 41 and 43
Another German design built during the Second World War was the
Type 4
During the
Cold War
FN FAL
The most enduring battle rifle of the
Heckler & Koch G3
The '
M14
The
AR-10
The
Contemporary usage
After the United States formally adopted the
List of battle rifles
- Fedorov Avtomat
- FG 42
- FN FAL
- FN SCAR-H
- HK G3
- HK417
- L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle
- M1 Garand
- M14 rifle
- Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle
- SVT-40
- Zastava M77 B1
- Howa Type 64
- SIG SG 510
- ArmaLite AR-10
- XM7 rifle
See also
- Assault rifle
- Automatic rifle
- Designated marksman rifle
- Fully powered cartridge
- Light machine gun
- List of firearms
- Sniper rifle
- 7.62×51mm NATO
- .30-06 Springfield
- 7.62×54mmR
- 7.92×57mm Mauser
- 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka
- .277 Fury
References
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