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List of battle rifles

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Battle rifles are full-length, semi-automatic or select fire rifles that are chambered for a full-power rifle cartridge,[1] and have been adopted by a nation's military. The difference between a battle rifle and a designated marksman rifle is often only one of terminology with modifications to the trigger and accuracy enhancements; many of the weapons below are currently still in use and have been repurposed as designated marksman rifles. For intermediate-powered rifle cartridge firearms (e.g.: 5.45x39mm, 5.56×45mm, 5.8x42mm, and 7.62×39mm) see List of assault rifles.

Below is the list of automatic rifles and battle rifles.

The table is sortable for every column.
Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge firing modes Country Year
Automatgevær 3 Kongsberg Gruppen 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Norway 1961
AK-308[2] Kalashnikov Concern 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Russian Federation 2018
Automatkarbin 4[3] Husqvarna Vapenfabrik 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Sweden 1966
FN-49 FN Herstal .30-06 Springfield Select fire Belgium 1947
Ag m/42 Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori 6.5×55mm Semi-automatic Sweden 1941
AVT-40 7.62×54mmR Select fire Soviet Union 1942
MAS-49 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne 7.5×54mm French Semi-automatic France 1949
AR-10[4] ArmaLite 7.62×51mm NATO
.308 Winchester 		Select fire United States and under contract in the Netherlands (Artillerie Inrichtingen) 1956
AVS-36 7.62×54mmR Select fire Soviet Union 1936
Beretta BM59[5] Beretta 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Italy 1959
Breda PG Beretta 6.5×52mm Carcano
7×57mm Mauser 		Select fire(burst, full-auto) Italy 1935
Calzada Bayo CB-57 7.62×51mm NATO
7.92×33mm Kurz
7.92×40mm 		Francoist Spain 1957
Cei-Rigotti 6.5×52mm Carcano
7.65×53mm Mauser 		Select fire Italy 1890s
CETME rifle CETME 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Francoist Spain 1957
Charlton Automatic Rifle Charlton Motor Workshops
Electrolux 		.303 British Select fire New Zealand 1942
Chauchat SIDARME
Gladiator 		8×51mmR French Select fire France 1907
Chauchat-Ribeyrolles 1918 Ribeyrolles, Sutter and Chauchat (RSC) 8×51mmR French Select fire France 1918
Colt Modular 901 Colt Defense 7.62x51mm NATO Select fire United States 2013
FA-MAS Type 62 Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire France 1962
Fedorov Avtomat Degtyarev plant 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka Select fire Russian Empire 1915
Fallschirmjager 42 Rheinmetall 7.92×57mm Mauser Select fire Nazi Germany 1941
FM57 rifle N/A 7.62×51mm NATO ? Sweden 1957
FN FAL FN Herstal
IMBEL
Fabricaciones Militares 		7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Belgium 1947
FN SCAR-H FN Herstal 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Belgium 2009
Gewehr 41 Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik 7.92×57mm Mauser Semi-automatic Nazi Germany 1941
Gewehr 43 Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik 7.92×57mm Mauser Semi-automatic Nazi Germany 1943
GRAM 61 battle rifle Bofors Carl Gustaf 6.5×55mm Select fire Sweden
GRAM 63 battle rifle Bofors Carl Gustaf 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Sweden 1963
G1 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire West Germany 1957-1958
Heckler & Koch G3 Heckler & Koch
MKEK 		7.62×51mm NATO Select fire West Germany 1955
Heckler & Koch HK417 Heckler & Koch 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Germany 2005
Howa Type 64 Howa 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Japan 1964
IWI ACE 52 Israel Weapon Industries 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Israel 2008
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle Royal Small Arms Factory 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire United Kingdom 1952
Lmg 25 W+F Bern 7.5×55mm Swiss Select fire Switzerland 1925
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle Colt's Manufacturing Company .30-06 Springfield

.303 British
7.92×57mm Mauser

Select fire United States 1917
M1 Garand Springfield Armory .30-06 Springfield Semi-automatic United States 1933
M14 rifle Springfield Armory 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire United States 1954
Madsen LAR Dansk Industri Syndikat 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Denmark 1959
Madsen machine gun Dansk Rekyl Riffel Syndikat A/S 8×58mmR Danish Krag

7×57mm Mauser 6.5×55mm 6.5×53mmR 6.5×52mm Carcano 7.92×57mm Mauser 7.65×53mm Argentine 7.62×54mmR 8×50mmR Lebel 8×50mmR Mannlicher Patrone 88 .303 British .30-06 7.62×51mm NATO

Select fire Denmark 1902
Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire United States 2001
Model 45A N/A .30-06 Springfield Select fire United States
Commonwealth of the Philippines 		1945
MPT-76 MKEK
Sarsılmaz Arms 		7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Turkey 2009
Ishapore 1A1 Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire India 1960
IMBEL IA2 IMBEL 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Brazil 2012
ParaFAL IMBEL 7.62×51mm NATO ? Brazil 2009
Pindad SS3 PT Pindad (Persero) 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Indonesia 2014
Rieder automatic rifle .303 British Select fire South Africa 1941
MCX Spear SIG Sauer 7.62x51mm NATO
6.5mm Creedmoor
.277 FURY 		Select fire United States 2019
SIG SG 510 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft 7.5×55mm Swiss
7.62×51mm NATO 		Select fire Switzerland 1956
SIG SG 542 Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft
FAMAE 		7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Switzerland 1977
ShAK-12 Izhmash 12.7×55mm Select fire Russia 2010
SIG716 SIG Sauer 7.62x51mm NATO
6.5mm Creedmoor 		Select fire United States 2010
SLEM-1 FN Herstal 7.92×57mm Mauser Semi-automatic Belgium 1944
SVT-40 Tula Arms Plant
Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant 		7.62×54mmR Semi-automatic Soviet Union 1938
Sturmgewehr 58 Fabrique Nationale de Herstal and Steyr-Daimler-Puch 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Belgium & Austria 1956
T48 rifle FN Herstal
H&R Firearms
High Standard Manufacturing Company 		7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Belgium 1947
Wz. 1928 Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów 7.92×57mm Mauser Select fire Second Polish Republic 1928
Zastava M77 B1 Zastava Arms 7.62×51mm NATO Select fire Yugoslavia 1977

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Charles Karwan (December 1999). "Military Guns Of The Century". Guns Magazine.
  2. ^ Neville, L. (2019). The Elite: The A–Z of Modern Special Operations Forces. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-4728-2430-1.
  3. ^ Fagerholm, M.; Johnson, M.; Appelberg, M. (2012). Havet : Fyra lyriska essäer (in Finnish). Albert Bonniers Förlag. p. 36. ISBN 978-91-0-013343-6.
  4. ^ Rupley, J.; Vickers, L.; Watters, D.; Bartocci, C. (2020). Vickers Guide: AR-15 (Volume 1). Mott Lake Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9965032-7-3.
  5. ^ Johnston, G.P.; Nelson, T.B. (2016). The World's Assault Rifles. Ironside International Publishers, Inc. p. 1069. ISBN 978-1-61984-601-2.
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