List of API blowback firearms
This is a list of advanced primer ignition blowback firearms (API).
Assault Rifles
Name/ designation |
Year of intro |
Country of origin |
Primary cartridge |
Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
APT
|
1980s | Soviet Union | 5.45×39mm |
Anti Tank Rifles
Name/ designation |
Year of intro |
Country of origin |
Primary cartridge |
Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oerlikon SSG36 | 1940s | Switzerland | 20×105mmB | |
Solothurn S-18/100 | 1940s | Switzerland | 20×105mmB |
Grenade Launchers
Name/ designation |
Year of intro |
Country of origin |
Primary cartridge |
Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Heckler & Koch GMG | 2000s | Germany | 40x53mm
|
|
Norinco LG5 | 2000s | China | 40x53mm
|
|
QLU-11 | 2011 | China | 35x32mm |
Submachine Guns
Name/ designation |
Year of intro |
Country of origin |
Primary cartridge |
Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
TZ-45 | 1944 | Italy | 9×19mm Parabellum |
Shotguns
Name/ designation |
Year of intro |
Country of origin |
Primary cartridge |
Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Atchisson Assault Shotgun
|
1972 | United States | 12 Gauge |