List of assault rifles

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Assault rifle (StGw) is a name for relatively light and compact multi-purpose military rifles that are machine carbines in terms of weapon technology. These are fully automatic firearms that fire medium cartridges. This typeof rifle has been introducedas standard infantry armament in most armed forces.

Explanations of the list

This list does not claim to be complete, it is only an overview of the articles currently (as of: Dec. 2019) available in the "Category: Assault Rifle".

• (1) Military designation different from the type designation
• (2) Designer (if known)
• (3) Other users or licensees (excerpts / without completeness)
• (4) For very widespread types, alternative representation to the individual listing (graphic)
• (5) Start (and possibly end) of production

List of assault rifles

Name Mil. Designation (1)	country	image	caliber	Designer (2) Manufacturer	other user states (3) distribution (4)	Year of construction / period of production period (5)
AEK-971	Soviet Union Russia		5.45 × 39 mm, 7.62 × 39 mm	Sergey Koksharov Degtjarjowwerk		1978 1990 to ...
AK-12 6P70	Russia		5.45 x 39 mm	Mikhail Timofejewitsch Kalashnikov Vladimir Zlobin Group Kalashnikov (formerly Ischmasch)	Armenia Qatar	2011 2017 to ...
AK-74 6P20	Soviet Union Russia		5.45 x 39 mm	Mikhail Timofejewitsch Kalashnikov Ischmasch		1974 1974 to 1991
AK-101	Russia		5.56 x 45 mm	Mikhail Timofejewitsch Kalashnikov Ischmasch	Indonesia Fiji  Kenya Uruguay Syria Serbia	1994 1995 to ...
AK-103	Russia		7.62 × 39 mm	Mikhail Timofejewitsch Kalashnikov Ischmasch	Ethiopia India Iran    Libya Namibia Pakistan Pakistan Saudi Arabia Syria	1994 1994 to ...
AK-107	Russia		5.45 x 39 mm	Youriy K. Alexandrov Kalashnikov Group (formerly Ischmasch)	Kazakhstan	1990
Ak 5	Sweden		5.56 x 45 mm	Bofors	Sweden Norway  Czech Republic	1982 1986 to ...
AK-47	Soviet Union		7.62 × 39 mm	Mikhail Timofejewitsch Kalashnikov Group Kalashnikov (formerly Ischmasch)		1946 to 1948 1948 to ...
AKM	Soviet Union		7.62 × 39 mm	Kalaschnikow Group (formerly Ischmasch) + various others (e.g. Norinco )		1959
AKS-74U AKSU-74 AK-74SU	Soviet Union Russia		5.45 x 39 mm	Mikhail Timofejewitsch Kalashnikov State Arms Factory Tula		1975 to ...
AN-94 6P33	Russia		5.45 x 39 mm	Ischmasch		1980 1994 to 2006
ArmaLite AR-18	United States Japan United Kingdom		5.56 x 45 mm	ArmaLite Hōwa Kōgyō Sterling Armament Company (UK)	Botswana Malaysia Swaziland	1969 to 1979
AS whale	Soviet Union Russia		9 × 39 mm	ZNIITotschMasch	Georgia	1987 1987 to ...
Avtomat Fyodorova	Russia Soviet Union		6.5 × 50 mm HR 6.5 × 55 mm	Vladimir Fyodorov Various arms factories		1916 to 1925
Barrett REC7	United States		6.8 × 43 mm 5.56 × 45 mm	Barrett Firearms Company		2007
Beretta AR70	Italy		5.56 x 45 mm	Beretta	Albania Burkina Faso Egypt Honduras Indonesia India Jordan Lesotho Malaysia Mexico Morocco Nigeria Paraguay Zimbabwe	1980
Beretta ARX-160	Italy		5.56 x 45 mm	Beretta		2007
Bushmaster ACR	United States		5.56 × 45 mm 7.62 × 39 mm 6.8 × 43 mm 6.5 mm Grendel	Remington Arms Magpul Industries Bushmaster Firearms International	Poland	2006 2009 to ...
CAR15	United States		5.56 × 45 mm (.223 Remington)	Colt Defense ArmaLite	Israel	1965 to ...
Cei-Rigotti	Italy		7.65 x 53.5 mm	Amerigo Cei-Rigotti		1890
CETME CETME Model L	Spain		5.56 x 45 mm	CETME		1981 1986 to 1991
Colt ACR	United States		5.56 × 45 mm M855 or duplex	Colt Defense		1982
Colt M4 Colt M4 Carbine	United States		5.56 x 45 mm	Colt Defense		1991
Daewoo DAR-21 XK8	South Korea		5.56 x 45 mm	Daewoo		2000
Daewoo K1	South Korea		5.56 x 45 mm	Daewoo	Bangladesh Cambodia Papua New Guinea Senegal	1977 1980 to ...
Daewoo K2	South Korea		5.56 x 45 mm	Daewoo	Bangladesh Cambodia Ecuador Fiji Indonesia Iraq Lebanon Malawi Mexico Nigeria North Korea Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Senegal United States	1977 1984 to ...
Daewoo K11	South Korea		5.56 x 45 mm	Daewoo		2000 to 2008 2010 to ...
Diemaco C7	Canada		5.56 x 45 mm	Diemaco Colt Canada	Afghanistan Botswana Canada Denmark Iceland Netherlands Norway Sweden United Kingdom	1982 to ...
FAMAS	France		5.56 x 45 mm	Société Manufacturière d'Armes	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Djibouti Gabon Indonesia Ivory Coast Lebanon Papua New Guinea Senegal Serbia Syria Thailand United Arab Emirates Vanuatu	1967 to 1971 1975 to 2000
FARA 83	Argentina		5.56 x 45 mm	FMAP		1986 to 1990
FN CAL	Belgium		5.56 x 45 mm	FN CAL	Myanmar Colombia  Gabon Lebanon Mali Palestine Thailand (Royal Police)	1971 to 1975
FN F2000	Belgium		5.56 x 45 mm	FN CAL	Croatia Libya India Pakistan Peru Poland Slovenia Saudi Arabia Spain East Timor	1995 2001 to ...
FN FNC	Belgium		5.56 x 45 mm	FN CAL	Bangladesh Belgium Democratic Republic of the Congo Indonesia Libya Mali Nigeria Sri Lanka Sweden East Timor Tonga Venezuela El Salvador Vietnam Mongolia	1975 to 1977 1979 to 2004
FN SCAR MK 16	Belgium		5.56 × 45 mm 6.8 × 43 mm 7.62 × 39 mm	FN CAL	Belgium France Germany Lithuania Serbia United States Peru Cyprus	2003 2008 to ...
FX-05	Mexico		5.56 x 45 mm	Juan Alfredo Oropeza Garnica Dirección General Industria Militar Mexicana		2006 2006 to ...
HK 33	Germany		5.56 x 45 mm	Heckler	Spain Saudi Arabia Ecuador Argentina Brazil	1968 1968 to 2006
HK G11	Germany		4.73 x 33 mm	Heckler		1968 to 1990
HK G36 G36	Germany		5.56 x 45 mm	Heckler		1992 1997 to ...
HK G41	Germany	--- IMAGE IS MISSING---	5.56 x 45 mm	Heckler	Denmark Italy Spain Turkey	1979 1984 to 1996
HK XM29 XM29	Germany United States		5.56 × 45 mm 20 × 28 mm	Heckler & Koch Alliant Techsystems		1994 1996 to 2004 (only prototypes)
HK XM8 XM8	Germany United States		5.56 x 45 mm	Heckler & Koch Alliant Techsystems	Malaysia	2002 2003 to ...
HK32	Germany		7.62 × 39 mm	Heckler		1970 1971 (only prototypes)
HK53 HK53	Germany		5.56 x 45 mm	Heckler	Chile Malaysia Thailand Turkey United States	1968 to ...
HK416	Germany		5.56 x 45 mm	Heckler	Turkey Czech Republic France Norway Malaysia Netherlands Poland United States	2005 to ...
HK433	Germany		5.56 x 45 mm	Heckler		2017
Howa Type 89 Type89	Japan		5.56 x 45 mm	Hōwa Kōgyō		1989 to ...
HS product VHS VHS	Croatia		5.56 x 45 mm	HS product	Albania  Bosnia and Herzegovina Iraq Syria Togo	2003 2009 to ...
IMI Galil Galil	Israel		5.56 × 45 mm .30 carbine	Yisrael Galili Yaacov Lior Israel Weapon Industries	Estonia Colombia Bolivia Botswana South Africa	1972 1974 to ...
INSAS	India		5.56 x 45 mm	Indian State Ordnance Factory Board	Bhutan Nepal Oman Swaziland	1980 1994 to ...
KAC SR-47	United States		7.62 × 39 mm	Knight's Armament Company		2002 2002 (prototypes only)
Kbk wz. 2002 AM	Poland		5.56 x 45 mm			2002 2002 to ...
Kbk wz. 88 tantalum 5.45 mm karabinek wz. 88	Poland		5.45 x 39 mm	OBR radome Fabryka Broni Łucznik	Iraq Syria	1981 1989 to 1994
KBP A-91 KBP A-91	Russia		7.62 × 39 mm 5.56 × 45 mm	Design office for device construction		1990 1991 to ...
Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl	Poland		5.56 x 45 mm	Fabryka Broni "Łucznik"		1995 1997 to ...
Khaybar KH2002	Iran		5.56 x 45 mm	Defense Industries Organization		2001 2003 to 2012
M16	United States		5.56 x 45 mm	Eugene Stoner Colt Defense Fabrique Nationale Herstal		1959 1960 to ...
M27 M27 IAR	United States		5.56 x 45 mm	Heckler		2009 2010 to ...
Norinco Type 86 Type 86	People's Republic of China		7.62 × 39 mm	Norinco		1980 1980 to 1990
OZ-14 Grosa	Russia		7.62 × 39 mm (Grosa-1) 9 × 39 mm (Grosa-4)	Valery Telesch and Yuri Lebedev ZKIB SOO	Georgia	1992 1994 to ...
SA80	United Kingdom		5.56 x 45 mm	Royal Small Arms Factory BAE Systems	Bolivia Jamaica Mozambique Nepal Papua New Guinea        Sierra Leone Bermuda Gibraltar Zimbabwe	1980 1984 to 1994
Sako M95	Finland		7.62 × 39 mm 5.56 × 45 mm	Sako		1988 1995 to ...
Samopal vz. 58 samopal vzor 58	Czechoslovakia		7.62 × 39 mm	Jiří Čermák Česká zbrojovka (Uherský Brod)	Afghanistan Angola Biafra Burundi Cuba Cyprus Eritrea Guatemala Iraq Somalia	1958 1959 to ...
SAR-21 SAR-21	Singapore		5.56 x 45 mm	Tuck Wah Chee Felix Tsai Singapore Technologies Kinetics	Botswana Brunei Indonesia Morocco Peru Thailand Sri Lanka	1999 1999 to ...
SIG 540	Switzerland		5.56 × 45 mm 7.62 × 39 mm .243 Winchester	SIG Combibloc Group	Chile France Portugal Bolivia Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Gabon Senegal Seychelles Togo	1970 1977 to 2002
SIG 550 Stgw 90	Switzerland		5.56 x 45 mm	SIG Combibloc Group	Germany France India United States Vatican City Egypt	1980 1986 to ...
Sterling SAR-87	United Kingdom		5.56 x 45 mm	Sterling Armament Company		1980 1987 to ...
Steyr ACR Steyr ACR	Austria United States (experimental)		5.56 x 45 mm SCF	Ulrich Zedrosser Steyr Mannlicher		1987 1989 to 1990
Steyr AUG	Austria		5.56 × 45 mm 9 × 19 mm	Horst Wesp, Karl Wagner Karl Möser Steyr Mannlicher		1968 1978 to ...
Stoner 63 XM-207 XM-22 XM-23	United States		5.56 x 45 mm	Eugene Stoner Knight’s Armament Company		1963 1963 to 1971
Assault rifle 44 MP43 MP44 StG.44	German Empire		7.92 x 33 mm	Hugo Schmeisser C. G. Haenel J. P. Sauer & son Steyr Daimler Puch	Yugoslavia German Democratic Republic Australia Somalia Syria Vietnam	1943 1943 to 1945
Assault rifle 45 StG.45	German Empire		7.92 x 33 mm	Wilhelm Steels Mauser		1944 1945
Sudayev AS-44	Soviet Union	--- IMAGE IS MISSING---	7.62 × 39 mm	Alexei Ivanovich Sudayev		1943 1944 to 1945
T91 assault rifle 5.56-mm T91 assault rifle	People's Republic of China		5.56 x 45 mm	Arsenal 205	Bosnia and Herzegovina India Jordan Kuwait United Arab Emirates Haiti	2001 2003 to ...
Tavor TAR-21 TAR-21	Israel		5.56 x 45 mm	Israel Weapon Industries	Azerbaijan Brazil India Georgia Philippines Thailand Cyprus	1991 2000 to ...
TKB-408 TKB-408	Soviet Union		7.62 × 39 mm	German Alexandrowitsch Korobow		1946 1946 to ...
TKB-O146 TKB-O146	Soviet Union		5.45 x 39 mm	Igor Stechkin ZKIB design office for device construction		1981/1994 (development discontinued)
TKB-0111	Soviet Union	--- IMAGE IS MISSING---	5.45 x 39 mm	German Alexandrowitsch Korobow		1980 / (development discontinued)
Type 56 (assault rifle) Type 56	People's Republic of China		7.62 × 39 mm	Norinco		1956 1956 to ...
Type 63 (assault rifle) Type 63	People's Republic of China		7.62 × 39 mm	PRC government arsenals	Albania Vietnam	1959 1963 to 1969
Type 81 (assault rifle) 81	People's Republic of China		7.62 × 39 mm	Norinco	Afghanistan Algeria Bangladesh Cambodia Senegal Tanzania Zimbabwe	1971 to 1981 1983 to ...
Type 95 (assault rifle) QBZ-95	People's Republic of China		5.8 x 42 mm	Norinco	Laos Cambodia Myanmar Pakistan Philippines Rwanda Sudan	1991 1995 to ...
Valmet M76 Rk 76	Finland		5.56 × 45 mm, 7.62 × 39 mm	Valmet Tourula works	Qatar Indonesia	1975 1976 to 1986
Valmet RK 62 Rk 62	Finland		7.62 × 39 mm	Valmet Tourula works Sako	Indonesia Qatar Estonia Libya	1962 1962 to 1994
Vector CR-21 CR-21	South Africa		5.56 x 45 mm	vector		1997 1997 (only prototypes)
WAC-47 WAC-47	Ukraine		5.56 × 45 mm 7.62 × 39 mm 5.45 × 39 mm 6.8 × 43 mm .458 SOCOM	Marinko Petrović Zastava oružje		2017 2017 to ...
Wieger STG 940	German Democratic Republic		5.56 x 45 mm	VEB equipment and tool construction Wiesa	India Peru	1985 1985 to 1990
Zastava M21 M21	Serbia		5.56 x 45 mm	Marinko Petrović Zastava oružje	Bosnia and Herzegovina Cameroon Jordan North Macedonia Peru	1985 1985 to 1990
Zastava M70 Jurišna puška M90 Puškomitraljez M90 Automat M85	Yugoslavia		7.62 × 39 mm	Zastava oružje	Afghanistan Angola Bosnia and Herzegovina Burkina Faso Central African Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Croatia Cyprus Macedonia Serbia Slovenia	1959 to 1968 1970 to ...
Zastava M85 / M90 Jurišna puška M70 Puškomitraljez M72 automat M92	Yugoslavia		5.56 x 45 mm	Zastava oružje		1985 to ...
Zastava M92	Serbia		7.62 × 39 mm	Zastava	Democratic Republic of the Congo Iraq Jordan Lebanon Libya	1992 to ...

Rapid fire rifles

Rapid fire rifles differ from assault rifles only in that they use rifle cartridges as opposed to medium cartridges. They therefore have a longer range and a greater ballistic effect, but are heavier than pure assault rifles. The term battle rifle exists for this in the English-speaking world . In German, the distinction between assault and battle rifle is not so clear and because of this, rapid-fire rifles are sometimes referred to as assault rifles.

Name Mil. Designation (1)	country	image	caliber	Designer (2) Manufacturer	other user states (3) distribution (4)	Year of construction / period of production period (5)
Armalite AR-10	United States Netherlands		7.62 x 51 mm	Eugene Stoner ArmaLite Artillery Fixtures	Germany Finland Guatemala India Italy Myanmar Nicaragua Canada Cuba Portugal Romania Sudan	1956 to 1961
Beretta BM59	Italy		7.62 x 51 mm	Beretta	Algeria Argentina Bahrain Biafra Eritrea Ethiopia Indonesia Libya Morocco Nigeria San Marino Somalia	1950
CETME CETME Model A CETME Model B	Spain		7.62 x 51 mm	CETME Heckler & Koch Instituto Nacional de Industria Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara	Biafra Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominican Republic France Equatorial Guinea Lebanon	1949
FN FAL	Belgium		7.62 x 51 mm	Dieudonné Saive FN CAL		1947 to 1953 1953 to ...
FN SCAR MK 17	Belgium		7.62 x 51 mm	FN CAL	Belgium France Germany Lithuania Serbia United States Peru Cyprus	2003 2008 to ...
G1	Belgium Germany		7.62 x 51 mm	FN CAL	Germany	1947 to 1953 1956 to 1959
HK G3 G3	Germany		7.62 x 51 mm	Heckler		1950 1958 to ...
HK417 G27	Germany		7.62 x 51 mm	Heckler	Australia United Kingdom Ireland Japan Norway France	2005 to ...
IMI Galil Galil	Israel		7.62 x 51 mm	Yisrael Galili Yaacov Lior Israel Weapon Industries	Estonia Colombia Bolivia Botswana South Africa	1972 1974 to ...
Kel-Tec RFB	United States		7.62 x 51 mm	George Kellgren Kel-Tec		2003 2008 to ...
M14	United States		7.62 x 51 mm	Springfield Armory Harrington & Richardson Winchester Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge		1954 1959 to 1964
MPT-76 MPT-76	Turkey		7.62 x 51 mm	MKEK	Azerbaijan Somalia	2009 2014 to ...
Robinson Armament XCR-M	United States		7.62 x 51 mm	Robinson Armament		2004 2006 to ...
SIG 510 Stgw 57	Switzerland		7.5 × 55 mm Swiss	Rudolf Amsler SIG Combibloc Group	Bolivia Chile Monaco Ukraine Zaire	1950 1957 to 1983
SIG 540	Switzerland		7.62 x 51 mm	SIG Combibloc Group	Chile France Portugal Bolivia Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Gabon Senegal Seychelles Togo	1970 1977 to 2002
Simonow AWS-36 AWS-36	Soviet Union		7.62 × 54 mm rows	Sergei Gavrilowitsch Simonow Ischmasch	Finland	1931 1936 to 1940
Assault rifle 58	Austria		7.62 x 51 mm	FN (Fabrique Nationale) Steyr Daimler Puch (License)		1956 1958 to 1985
TCI M89	Israel	--- IMAGE IS MISSING---	7.62 x 51 mm	Technical Consulting international (TCI)		1985 1985 to ...