Assault rifles are full-length, select fire rifles that are chambered for an intermediate-power rifle cartridge that use a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern militaries. Some rifles listed below, such as the AR15, also come in semi-auto models that would not belong under the term "assault rifle."
By strict definition, a firearm must have the following characteristics to be considered an assault rifle:[1][page needed][2][page needed][3][page needed]
Rifles that meet most of these criteria, but not all, are technically not assault rifles, despite frequently being called such.
For example:
Several of the rifles on the below list have non-assault rifle variants. Because they lack the selective fire capability as they only fire semi-automatic even though it fulfils the other requirements of the definition above.
Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Manufacturing country | Year made |
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9A-91 | KBP Instrument Design Bureau | 9×39mm | Soviet Union | 1991 | |
AAC Honey Badger | Advanced Armament Corporation | .300 AAC Blackout | United States | 2011 | |
AAI ACR | AAI Corporation | 5.56×45mm sub-calibre flechette | United States | 1989 | |
ArmaLite AR-15 | Armalite, Colt | 5.56×45mm NATO, 223 Remington | United States | 1956 | |
ArmaLite AR-18 | ArmaLite | 5.56×45mm NATO | United States | 1963 | |
ACR | Remington Arms Bushmaster |
5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC |
United States | 2006 | |
ADS | KBP Instrument Design Bureau | 5.45×39mm 5.45×39mm PSP |
Russia | 2007 | |
AEK-971 | Degtyarev plant | 5.45×39mm | Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1978 | |
AG-043 | 5.45×39mm | Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1974 | ||
AO-63 assault rifle | TsNIITochMash | 5.45×39mm | Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1984 | |
Automatkarbin 5 | Förenade Fabriksverken | 5.56×45mm NATO | Template:Country data Kingdom of Sweden | 1982 | |
AK-9 | Kalashnikov Concern | 9×39mm | Russia | 2000s | |
AK12/AK200
AK15 AK19 AK201, AK202, AK204 AK203 AK205 |
Kalashnikov Concern | 5.45×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, 7.62×39mm | Russia | 2010 | |
AK-47 | Kalashnikov Concern | 7.62×39mm | Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1946 | |
AK-63 | Fegyver- és Gépgyár | 7.62×39mm | Hungary | 1977 | |
AK-74 | Kalashnikov Concern | 5.45×39mm | Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1974 | |
AK-100 rifle family
AK-101 AK-102 AK-103 AK-104 AK-105 |
Kalashnikov Concern | 220px | 5.45×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, 7.62×39mm | Russia | 1994 |
AK-107 | Kalashnikov Concern | 5.45×39mm
5.56×45mm NATO |
Russia | 1990s | |
AKM | Izhmash Tula Arms Plant |
7.62×39mm | Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1950s | |
AMD-65 | Fegyver- és Gépgyár | 7.62×39mm | Hungary | 1965 | |
AMP-69 | Fegyver- és Gépgyár | 7.62×39mm | Hungary | 1970–1985 | |
AN-94 | Izhmash | 5.45×39mm | Russia | 1994 | |
AM17
AMB17 |
Yevgeny Dragunov | 5.45x39mm (AM17), 9x39mm (AMB17) | Russia | 2015 | |
AO-27 rifle | 7.62 mm (3 mm flechette) | Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1961 | ||
AO-35 assault rifle | 5.45×39mm 7.62×39mm |
Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1968? | ||
AO-38 assault rifle | TsNIITochMash | 5.45×39mm | Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1965 | |
AS-44 | 7.62×39mm | Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1944 | ||
APS-95 | Končar-Arma d.o.o | 5.56×45mm NATO | Template:Country data Republic of Croatia | 1995 | |
APS underwater rifle | Tula Arms Plant TsNIITochMash |
5.66×39mm | Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1970s | |
AS Val | TsNIITochMash | 9×39mm | Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1987 | |
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5.45×39mm | Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 1990s |
Barrett REC7
Barrett M468 |
Barrett Firearms Manufacturing | 5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC |
United States | 2007 | |
Beretta AR70/90 | Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta | 5.56×45mm NATO | Template:Country data Italian Republic | 1985 | |
Beretta ARX160 | Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta | 5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm |
Template:Country data Italian Republic | 2008 | |
BSA 28P | Birmingham Small Arms Company | .280 British | United Kingdom | 1949 | |
BR18 | ST Kinetics | 5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm |
Singapore | 2012 | |
Breda PG | Breda | 6.5×52mm Carcano 7×57mm Mauser |
Italy | 1935 | |
Bushmaster M4 Type Carbine | Bushmaster Firearms International | .223 Remington 5.56x45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm |
United States | 1990s | |
Chropi rifle | Chropei | 7.62×39mm | Greece | 1975 | |
CEAM Modèle 1950 | Atelier Mécanique de Mulhouse | .30 Carbine 7.92×33mm Kurz 7.65×35mm 7.5×38mm |
France | 1949 | |
CETME Model A | Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara | 7.92x41mm CETME | Spain | 1954 | |
CETME Model B | CETME | 7.62×51mm CETME | Spain | ||
CETME Model L | CETME | 5.56×45mm NATO | Spain | 1981 | |
Close Quarters Battle Receiver | Colt's Manufacturing Company | 5.56×45mm NATO | United States | 1999 | |
Colt ACR | Colt's Manufacturing Company | 5.56×45mm M855 or Duplex | United States | 1982 | |
Cristóbal Carbine | Armería San Cristóbal Weapon Factory | .30 Carbine | Dominican Republic | 1950 | |
Diemaco C7
Diemaco C8 |
Colt Canada, Diemaco | 5.56×45mm NATO | Canada | 1982 | |
Colt CM901 | Colt Defense | 5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm |
United States | 2010s | |
Colt MARS | Colt | 5.56×30mm Mars | United States | 1997 | |
CZ 805 BREN/ CZ 805 BREN 2 | Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod | 5.56×45mm NATO, 7,62×39mm | Czech Republic | 2009 | |
ČZ 2000 | Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod | 5.56×45mm NATO | Czechoslovakia | 1990 | |
Daewoo K1 | S&T Motiv | 5.56×45mm NATO | South Korea | 1972 | |
Dasan Machineries K16 | Dasan Machineries | 5.56×45mm NATO | South Korea | 2020 | |
Desert Tech MDR | Desert Tech | .223 Remington 5.56×45mm NATO .223 Wylde .308 Winchester 7.62×51mm NATO |
United States | 2014 | |
Dlugov assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | Soviet Union | 1953 | ||
EM-2 rifle | Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield |
7 mm Mk1Z (7×43mm) | United Kingdom | 1948 | |
Excalibur rifle | Armament Research and Development Establishment | 5.56×45mm NATO | India | 2013–14 | |
EMER K1 | Myanmar Fritz Werner Industries | 5.56×45mm NATO | Burma | 1990s | |
Fateh | Defense Industries Organization | 5.56×45mm NATO | Iran | 2014 | |
FAMAS | Nexter | 5.56×45mm NATO | France | 1967 | |
FARA 83 | Fabrica Militar de Armas Portatiles Domingo Matheu | 5.56×45mm NATO | Argentina | 1981 | |
FB Beryl | Łucznik Arms Factory | 5.56×45mm NATO | Poland | 1995 | |
FB MSBS | FB "Łucznik" Radom | 5.56×45mm NATO
7.62×39mm |
Poland | 2016 | |
FB Tantal | Łucznik Arms Factory | 5.45×39mm | Poland | 1981 | |
CAL | Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal | 5.56×45mm NATO | Belgium | 1963 | |
F2000 | Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal | 5.56×45mm NATO | Belgium | 1995 | |
FNC | Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal | 5.56×45mm NATO | Belgium | 1975 | |
SCAR | FN Herstal | 5.56×45mm NATO | Belgium | 2004 | |
FX-05 Xiuhcoatl | Dirección General de Industria Militar del Ejército | 5.56×45mm NATO | Mexico | 2005 | |
Galil Córdova | Indumil | 5.56×45mm NATO |
Colombia | 2015 | |
Grad AR | State Factories-North Ossetia | 6×49mm 5.45×39mm |
South Ossetia | 2010 | |
Grossfuss Sturmgewehr | 7.92×33mm Kurz | Germany | 1944 | ||
G11 | Heckler & Koch | 4.73×33mm | West Germany | 1968 | |
G36 | Heckler & Koch | 5.56×45mm NATO | Germany | 1990 | |
G41 | Heckler & Koch | 5.56×45mm NATO | West Germany | 1984 | |
HK33 | Heckler & Koch | 5.56×45mm NATO | West Germany | 1960s | |
HK36 | Heckler & Koch | 4.6×36 mm | West Germany | 1970s | |
HK416
M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle |
Heckler & Koch | 5.56×45mm NATO | Germany | 2004 | |
HK433 | Heckler & Koch | 5.56×45mm NATO | Germany | 2017 | |
Type 20 | Howa | 5.56×45mm NATO | Japan | 2020 | |
Type 89 | Howa | 5.56×45mm NATO | Japan | 1989 | |
VHS | HS Produkt | 5.56×45mm NATO | Croatia | 2005 | |
MD97 | IMBEL | 5.56×45mm NATO | Brazil | 1997 | |
IA2 | IMBEL | 5.56×45mm NATO | Brazil | 2012 | |
T4 | Taurus | 5.56×45mm NATO | Brazil | 2017 | |
Thompson Light Rifle | Auto Ordnance | .30 Carbine | United States | 1941 | |
Galil | Israel Military Industries | 5.56×45mm NATO | Israel | 1972 | |
Tavor TAR21 | Israel Weapon Industries | 5.56×45mm NATO | Israel | 1995 | |
IWI Tavor X95 | Israel Weapon Industries | 5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm .300 AAC Blackout 5.56×30mm MINSAS |
Israel | 2003 | |
IFAR 22 | PT Republik Armamen Industri | 5.56×45mm NATO | Indonesia | 2022 | |
Ingram FBM | Fabrica Boliviana de Municiones | 5.56×45mm NATO | Bolivia | 1990s | |
INSAS rifle[6] | Ordnance Factories Board | 5.56×45mm NATO | India | 1998 | |
Interdynamics MKS | Interdynamics | 5.56×45mm NATO | Sweden | 1979 | |
IWI ACE | Israel Weapons Industries | 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm |
Israel | 2008 | |
KH-2002 Khaybar | DIO | 5.56×45mm NATO | Iran | 2003 | |
Kbkg wz. 1960 | 7.62×39mm | Poland | 1960 | ||
Komodo Armament D5 | Komodo Armament[7] | 5.56×45mm NATO | Indonesia | 2014(?) | |
L64/65 | RSAF Enfield | 4.85×49mm | United Kingdom | 1972 | |
SA80 | BAE Systems | 5.56×45mm NATO | United Kingdom | 1970s | |
Leader Dynamics Series T2 MK5 | Leader Dynamics Australian Automatic Arms |
5.56×45mm NATO | Australia | 1978 | |
LF-58 | .30 Carbine | Italy | 1950s | ||
LR-300 | Z-M Weapons | 5.56×45mm NATO | United States | 2000 | |
LSAT rifle | LSAT caseless ammunition | United States | 2008 | ||
LWRC M6 | LWRC International | 5.56×45mm NATO | United States | 2006 | |
LVOA-C | War Sport Industries | 5.56×45mm NATO | United States | 2018 | |
M16
CAR-15 XM177 M4A1 Colt Advanced Piston Carbine M4 Commando |
Colt Defense |
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5.56×45mm NATO | United States | 1959 |
MPT-55 | MKEK, Sarsılmaz Arms and Kalekalıp | 7.62×39mm
5.56×45mm NATO |
Turkey | 2017 | |
Masaf rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Iran | 2020 | ||
M4-WAC-47 | Ukroboronprom
Aeroscraft |
5.56×45mm NATO
5.45×39mm 7.62×39mm |
Ukraine | 2018 | |
MK 556 | C.G. Haenel | 5.56×45mm NATO | Germany | 2020 | |
Modern Sub Machine Carbine | Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited |
5.56×30mm MINSAS | India | 2005 | |
Multi Caliber Individual Weapon System | Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli | 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm 6.8mm Remington SPC |
India | 2012 | |
Nesterov assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | Soviet Union | 1961 | ||
Norinco CQ | Norinco | 5.56×45mm NATO | China | 1980s | |
OTs-12 Tiss | KBP Instrument Design Bureau | 9×39mm | Russia | 1990s | |
OTs-14 Groza | TsKIB SOO | 9×39mm 7.62×39mm |
Russia | 1994 | |
Pindad SS1 | Pindad | 5.56×45mm NATO | Indonesia | 1991 | |
Pindad SS2 | Pindad | 5.56×45mm NATO | Indonesia | 2005 | |
Pindad AM1 | Pindad | 5.56×45mm NATO | Indonesia | 2022 | |
Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 | ROMARM | 7.62×39mm | Romania | 1963–1965 | |
Pușcă Automată model 1986 | ROMARM | 5.45×39mm | Romania | 1986 | |
PVAR rifle | United Defense Manufacturing Corporation | 5.56×45mm NATO | Philippines | 2011 | |
QBZ-95 | Norinco | 5.8×42mm5.56×45mm NATO | China | 1995 | |
QBZ-03 | Norinco | 5.8×42mm 5.56×45mm NATO |
China | 2003 | |
QTS-11 | Norinco | 5.8×42mm | China | 2015 | |
QBZ-191 | Norinco | 5.8×42mm | China | 2019 | |
Remington R4 | Remington Arms | 5.56×45mm NATO | United States | 2010 | |
Remington R5 RGP | Remington Arms | 5.56×45mm NATO | United States | 2010 | |
Rk 62 | Valmet SAKO |
7.62×39mm | Finland | 1962 | |
Rk 95 TP | SAKO | 7.62×39mm | Finland | 1990 | |
Robinson Armament XCR | Robinson Armament Co | 5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm 7.62×39mm 6.8mm Remington SPC 6.5mm Grendel .260 Remington |
United States | 2004 | |
SEAL Recon Rifle | NAVSEA | 5.56×45mm NATO | United States | 1993 | |
S&T Daewoo K11 | S&T Motiv | 5.56×45mm NATO | South Korea | 2000 | |
S&T STG16 | S&T Motiv | 5.56×45mm | South Korea | 2016 | |
Sa vz. 58 | Česká zbrojovka | 7.62×39mm | Czechoslovakia | 1956 | |
SAR 80 | Chartered Industries of Singapore (now known as ST Kinetics) | 5.56×45mm NATO | Singapore | 1976 | |
SAR-21 | ST Kinetics | 5.56×45mm NATO | Singapore | 1996 | |
SIG MCX
SIG XM5 NGSW |
SIG Sauer | 5.56×45mm NATO .300 AAC Blackout (MCX), .277 Fury (XM5 NGSW) |
Switzerland | 2010s (MCX), 2019-Present (XM5 NGSW) | |
SIG Sauer SIG516 | Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft | 5.56×45mm NATO .223 Remington 7.62×39mm |
United States | 2000s | |
SIG SG 530 | Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft | 5.56×45mm NATO | Switzerland | 1960s | |
SG540/SG543 | Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft | 5.56×45mm NATO | Switzerland | 1970s | |
SIG550
SIG551 |
Swiss Arms AG | 5.56×45mm NATO/5.6mm GP Pat 90 | Switzerland | 1970s | |
SOCIMI AR-831 | Socimi Franchi |
5.56×45mm NATO | Italy | 1985 | |
Special Operations Assault Rifle | Ferfrans Specialties | 5.56×45mm NATO | Philippines | 2004 | |
SR-3 Vikhr | Tula Arms Plant | 9×39mm | Soviet Union | 1990s | |
SR 88 | Chartered Industries of Singapore (now known as ST Kinetics) | 5.56×45mm NATO | Singapore | 1978 | |
Sterling SAR-87 | Sterling Armaments Company | 5.56×45mm NATO | United Kingdom | 1980s | |
Steyr AUG | Steyr Mannlicher | 5.56×45mm NATO | Austria | 1977 | |
Steyr ACR | Steyr Mannlicher | 5.56×45mm annular-primed SCF | Austria | 1987 | |
STV series rifle | Z111 Factory | 7.62×39mm | Vietnam | 2019 | |
STL-1A | Z111 Factory | 7.62×39mm | Vietnam | 2015 | |
Stoner 63 | Cadillac Gage | 5.56×45mm NATO | United States | 1962 | |
Sturmgewehr 44 | C.G. Haenel | 7.92×33mm Kurz | Germany | 1942 | |
StG 45(M) | Mauser | 7.92×33mm Kurz | Germany | 1944 | |
T65 assault rifle | 205th Armory | 5.56×45mm NATO | Republic of China | 1976 | |
T86 assault rifle | 205th Armory | 5.56×45mm NATO | Republic of China | 1992 | |
T91 assault rifle | 205th Armory | 5.56×45mm NATO | Republic of China | 2002 | |
TKB-072 | Tula Arms Plant | 5.45×39mm | Soviet Union | 1975 | |
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7.62×39mm | Soviet Union | 1952 |
Type 56 assault rifle | Norinco | 7.62×39mm | China | 1956 | |
Type 63 assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | China | 1959 | ||
Type 81 assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | China | 1971 | ||
Type 58 assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | North Korea | 1958 | ||
Norinco Type 86S | Norinco | 7.62×39mm | China | 1980s | |
VAHAN | 5.45×39mm | Template:Country data Armenian SSR | 1952 | ||
Valmet M76 | Valmet | 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm |
Finland | 1970s | |
Valmet M82 | Valmet | 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm |
Finland | 1978 | |
VB Berapi LP06 | Vita Berapi | 5.56×45mm NATO | Malaysia | 2006 | |
Vektor CR-21 | Denel | 5.56×45mm NATO | South Africa | 1997 | |
Vektor R4 | Denel Land Systems | 5.56×45mm NATO | South Africa | 1976 | |
Vepr | National Space Agency | 5.45×39mm | Ukraine | 2001 | |
Malyuk | Krasyliv Assembly Manufacturing Plant | 5.45×39mm
5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm |
Ukraine | 2015 | |
M1944 Hyde Carbine | .30 Carbine | United States | 1944 | ||
Wieger StG-940 | 5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm |
East Germany | 1980s | ||
Wimmersperg Spz | 7.92×33mm Kurz | Germany | 1944 | ||
XM8 rifle | Heckler & Koch | 5.56×45mm NATO | Germany
United States |
2003 | |
XT-97 Assault Rifle | 205th Armory | 5.56×45mm NATO |
Republic of China | 2008 | |
XM29 OICW | Heckler & Koch Alliant Techsystems |
5.56×45mm NATO | Germany
United States |
1990s | |
Zastava M21 | Zastava Arms | 5.56×45mm NATO | Serbia | 2004 | |
Zastava M70 | Zastava Arms | 7.62×39mm | Yugoslavia | 1964 | |
Zastava M80 | Zastava Arms | 5.56×45mm NATO | Yugoslavia | 1978 | |
Zastava M90 | Zastava Arms | 5.56×45mm NATO | Serbia | 1990 |
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of assault rifles.
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