List of assault rifles

An assault rifle is a selective fire rifle or carbine typically firing ammunition with muzzle energies and sizes intermediate between those of handgun and more traditional high-powered rifle ammunition. Assault rifles are categorized between light machine guns, intended more for sustained automatic fire in a support role, and submachine guns, which fire a handgun cartridge rather than a rifle cartridge. Assault rifles are the standard small arms in most modern armed forces, having largely replaced or supplemented larger, more powerful rifles, such as the World War II-era M1 Garand and Tokarev SVT. Semi-automatic rifles are not assault rifles as they are not selective fire, But full sized weapons similar with full-auto capabilities chambered in full-sized rifle rounds are known as Battle rifles, Examples are the post war era FN FAL, H&K G3 and M14 rifle. Belt-fed weapons or rifles with very limited capacity fixed magazines are also generally not considered assault rifles. This list includes some of the more notable Assault Rifles but also covers some Battle Rifles.
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