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...as the LSW|L86|the weapon known in American service as the SAW|M249 Squad Automatic Weapon}} ...|thumb|upright=1.35|The [[Bren]] is an example of a [[British Army]] squad automatic weapon from [[World War II]].]] ...

...d [[fortification]]s, usually as an [[infantry support weapon]] or [[squad automatic weapon]]. ...ions. 2000. page 326</ref><ref name="autogenerated245">The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II. Chris Bishop. Sterling Publishing Company. 2002. page 245 ...

...TT pistol|TT-33]]<ref name="jones2009">Jones, Richard D. ''Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010''. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). {{ISB | [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...

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...ted by a single soldier, to larger tripod-mounted weapons, which require a squad or team to transport and fire, to vehicle and aircraft mounted missile syst ...on the battlefield against post-war tank designs. The introduction of semi-automatic guidance in the 1960s further improved the performance of ATGMs. ...

...ccuracy is much lower and bullets drop over a distance, you usually have a squad to command, and all of you only being able to take two or three shots befor ...generation/ |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |access-date=April 22, 2009}}</ref> Weapons in tactical shooters are usually designed to be inaccurate while moving and ...

...nia|isbn= 978-0-313-35430-4}}</ref> IFVs often serve both as the principal weapons system and as the mode of transport for a [[mechanized infantry]] unit.<ref ...niche between those combat vehicles which functioned primarily as armored weapons-carriers or as APCs.<ref name="USMC">{{cite journal |last= Besch |first= Ed ...

...ok|last=Gander|first= Terry J.|editor= Hogg, Ian V. |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 1995/1996|publisher=Jane's Information Group|edition= 21 |year=1995}}</ref> ...eb.archive.org/web/20080828040318/http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/support-weapons/1458.aspx |archive-date=28 August 2008 }}</ref> This contract entailed a mo ...

...date = 25 December 2013}}</ref> Even though Kalashnikov felt sorrow at the weapons' uncontrolled distribution, he took pride in his inventions and in their re ...dexterity and issued him a directive (''napravlenie'') to work at a nearby weapons design bureau, where he was employed as a tester of fitted stocks in rifles ...

...sions of the infantry [[arquebus]] weapons – the first carbines. But these weapons were still difficult to reload while mounted, and the [[Sabre|saber]] often ...defend themselves from attack but would be hindered by keeping full-sized weapons with them continuously; a common title for many short rifles in the late 19 ...

...obilized Contras in a Special Disarmament Brigade to reduce the arsenal of weapons in civilian hands.<ref name=":6" /> | [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...

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...3613/https://www.yahoo.com/news/c-africa-rebels-rearm-military-gets-russia-weapons-192012145.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><br>{{flag|Germany}}<br>{{flag|Singap ...ineers. The latter were promised amnesty, and were allowed to retain their weapons. Their security was ensured by the French military. ...

...humb|right|The VC/NVA prepared the battlefield carefully. Siting automatic weapons at treetop level for example helped shoot down several US helicopters durin * allow for heavy weapons emplacements to provide sustained fire ...

...favor in the 19th century with the invention of more accurate and powerful weapons. Infantry equipped with special weapons were often named after that weapon, such as [[grenadier]]s for their [[gren ...

...lic: A Case Study of Small Arms and Conflict|title=Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2005|author=Small Arms Su ...Cohesion: The Rise and Fall of the FDLR–FOCA|title=Small Arms Survey 2015: weapons and the world|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2015|author=Small A ...

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.../ |website=forgottenweapons.com |date=5 February 2025 |publisher=Forgotten Weapons |access-date=10 February 2025}}</ref> The '''FAL''' ({{langx|fr|Fusil Automatique Léger}} {{gloss|Light Automatic Rifle}}) is a [[battle rifle]] designed in Belgium by [[Dieudonné Saive]] a ...

Between 1977 and 1989, the Mozambican Army was lavishly supplied with Soviet weapons, as well as a Soviet-supervised technical programme to oversee their logist | [[Semi-automatic rifle]] ...

...PORT WEAPONS |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/small-arms-and-support-weapons/#tabs_b3f165d4-72df-43e1-8f03-b1bb655b256c |website=army.mod.uk |access-dat ...https://www.army.mod.uk/learn-and-explore/equipment/small-arms-and-support-weapons |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.army.mod.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> Th ...