List of battle rifles
s are full-powered rifles, full length, automatic or semi-automatic rifles, that use detachable box magazines, that 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, re-designated as DMRs. For intermediate calibers firearms see List of assault rifles.
Below is the list of modern battle rifles.
Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
AG-3 | 7.62×51mm NATO | Norway | 1956 | ||
Ak 4 | 7.62×51mm NATO | Sweden | 1956 | ||
AR-10 | ArmaLite | 7.62×51mm NATO .308 Winchester | United States and under contract in the Netherlands | 1956 | |
Beretta BM59 | Beretta | 7.62×51mm NATO | Italy | 1959 | |
CETME rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Spanish State | 1957 | ||
FA-MAS Type 62 | Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne | 7.62×51mm NATO | France | 1962 | |
Fedorov Avtomat | Degtyarev plant | 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka | Russian Empire | 1915 | |
FG 42 | Rheinmetall | 7.92×57mm Mauser | Nazi Germany | 1941 | |
FM57 rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Sweden | 1957 | ||
FN FAL | FN Herstal IMBEL Fabricaciones Militares | 7.62×51mm NATO | Belgium | 1947 | |
FN SCAR-H | FN Herstal | 7.62×51mm NATO | Belgium | 2009 | |
Gewehr 43 | Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik | 7.92×57mm Mauser | Nazi Germany | 1943 | |
GRAM 63 battle rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Sweden | 1963 | ||
Heckler & Koch G3 | Heckler & Koch MKEK | 7.62×51mm NATO | West Germany | 1950s | |
Heckler & Koch HK417 | Heckler & Koch | 7.62×51mm NATO | Germany | 2005 | |
Howa Type 64 | Howa | 7.62×51mm NATO | Japan | 1964 | |
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle | Royal Small Arms Factory Lithgow Small Arms Factory | 7.62×51mm NATO | United Kingdom Australia | 1947 | |
M1 rifle | .30-06 Springfield | United States | 1933 | ||
M14 rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | United States | 1954 | ||
Madsen LAR | 7.62×51mm NATO | Denmark | 1957 | ||
Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle | Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division | 7.62×51mm NATO | United States | 2001 | |
Model 45A | .30-06 Springfield | United States Commonwealth of the Philippines | 1945 | ||
MPT-76 | MKEK Sarsılmaz Arms | 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×51mm NATO | Turkey | 2009 | |
Pindad SS3 | PT Pindad | 7.62×51mm NATO | Indonesia | 2014 | |
ParaFAL | IMBEL | 7.62×51mm NATO | Brazil | 2009 | |
IWI ACE 52 | Israel Weapon Industries | 7.62×51mm NATO | Israel | 2008 | |
Pindad SS3 | Pindad | 7.62×51mm NATO | Indonesia | 2016 | |
Sieg automatic rifle | .30-06 Springfield | United States | 1946 | ||
SIG SG 510 | Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft | 7.5×55mm Swiss 7.62×51mm NATO | Switzerland | 1950s | |
SIG SG 542 | Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft FAMAE | 7.62×51mm NATO | Switzerland | 1977 | |
SLEM-1 | FN Herstal | 7.92×7mm Mauser | Belgium | 1944 | |
SVT-40 | Tula Arms Plant Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 1940s | |
T48 rifle | FN Herstal H&R Firearms High Standard Manufacturing Company | 7.62×51mm NATO | Belgium | 1947 | |
Zastava M77 B1 | Zastava Arms | 7.62×51mm NATO | Yugoslavia | 1977 | |
AVS-36 | 7.62×54mmR | Soviet Union | 1936 | ||
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle | Colt's Manufacturing Company | 30-06 Springfield .303 British 7.92×57mm Mauser | United States | 1917 |