Single fire

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Single fire is a weapon technical term for a fire mode of semi and fully automatic or repeating weapons. When the trigger is pressed once , exactly one shot is fired.

Repeating weapons

Due to their design, repeating rifles can only fire single fire as they are reloaded manually after each shot.

Self-loading rifles and pistols

Self-loading rifles and pistols are immediately ready to fire again after the shot, while the firing pin or hammer is locked in the cocked position. To fire the next shot, the trigger must be released and pressed again.

Machine guns

Machine weapons such as submachine guns , assault rifles or machine guns are mainly set up for continuous fire , but in most cases can also be set to single fire using the fire selector lever . In single fire mode, they work like self-loading rifles and pistols. For this they have a component called an interrupter .

literature

  • Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun: Infantry weapons yesterday . (1918-1945). In: Illustrated encyclopedia of infantry weapons from around the world . 3. Edition. tape 1 + 2 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89488-036-8 .
  • Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun, Wilfried Copenhagen : small arms . (1945-1985). In: Illustrated encyclopedia of rifles from around the world . 5th edition. tape 1 + 2 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-89488-057-0 .