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71 relations: AAC Honey Badger, Ambidexterity, American Rifleman, AO-46 (firearm), AR-15 style rifle, AR-57, Armor-piercing shell, Armour, Armoured fighting vehicle, Assault rifle, Assault weapon, Automatic shotgun, Barrett REC7, Brügger & Thomet MP9, Bullpup, Cartridge (firearms), Close quarters combat, Colt MARS, Counter-terrorism, Firearm, FN 5.7×28mm, FN Five-seven, FN P90, GA Personal Defense Weapon, GSh-18, Heckler & Koch MP7, HK 4.6×30mm, Knight's Armament Company PDW, Law enforcement, Luger pistol, M1 carbine, M1 Garand, M1903 Springfield, M1911 pistol, Magazine (firearms), Magpul PDR, Mauser C96, Militarization of police, Modern Sub Machine Carbine, MR-443 Grach, National Rifle Association, NATO, Ordnance Corps (United States Army), Pedersen device, Pistol, PP-2000, QCW-05, QSW-06, QSZ-92, Reflector sight, ..., Saab Bofors Dynamics CBJ-MS, Selective fire, Semi-automatic firearm, Semi-automatic pistol, Semi-automatic rifle, Semi-automatic shotgun, Service rifle, Short-barreled rifle, Special forces, ST Kinetics CPW, Submachine gun, World War I, .300 AAC Blackout, 4.38×30mm Libra, 5.56×30mm MINSAS, 5.56×45mm NATO, 5.8×21mm, 6.5×25mm CBJ, 6.8mm Remington SPC, 7.62×37mm Musang, 9×19mm Parabellum. Expand index (21 more) »
AAC Honey Badger
The AAC Honey Badger PDW is an integrally suppressed personal defense weapon based on the AR-15.
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Ambidexterity
Ambidexterity is the state of being equally adapted in the use of both the left and the right hand.
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American Rifleman
American Rifleman is a United States-based monthly shooting and firearms interest publication, owned by the National Rifle Association (NRA).
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AO-46 (firearm)
The AO-46 was a gas-operated 5.45×39mm caliber, compact carbine/assault rifle prototype.
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AR-15 style rifle
An AR-15 style rifle is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on the Colt AR-15 design.
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AR-57
The AR-57, also known as the AR Five Seven, is an upper receiver for the AR-15/M16 rifle lower receiver, firing 5.7×28mm rounds from standard 5.7x28mm magazines.
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Armor-piercing shell
An armor-piercing shell, AP for short, is a type of ammunition designed to penetrate armor.
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Armour
Armour (British English or Canadian English) or armor (American English; see spelling differences) is a protective covering that is used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an object, individual or vehicle by direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat, or from damage caused by a potentially dangerous environment or activity (e.g., cycling, construction sites, etc.). Personal armour is used to protect soldiers and war animals.
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Armoured fighting vehicle
An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is an armed combat vehicle protected by armour, generally combining operational mobility with offensive and defensive capabilities.
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Assault rifle
An assault rifle is a selective-fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine.
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Assault weapon
Assault weapon is a term used in the United States to define some types of firearms.
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Automatic shotgun
An automatic shotgun is an automatic firearm that fires shotgun shells and uses some of the energy of each shot to automatically cycle the action and load a new round.
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Barrett REC7
The Barrett REC7 (designation stands for "reliability-enhanced carbine") is an American firearm manufactured as an selective-fire and semi-automatic rifle by Barrett Firearms.
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Brügger & Thomet MP9
The Brügger & Thomet MP9 (Maschinenpistole 9mm, German for machine pistol) is a machine pistol designed and manufactured by Brügger & Thomet of Switzerland.
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Bullpup
A bullpup is a firearm with its action and magazine far behind its trigger group.
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Cartridge (firearms)
A cartridge is a type of firearm ammunition packaging a projectile (bullet, shots or slug), a propellant substance (usually either smokeless powder or black powder) and an ignition device (primer) within a metallic, paper or plastic case that is precisely made to fit within the barrel chamber of a breechloading gun, for the practical purpose of convenient transportation and handling during shooting.
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Close quarters combat
Close quarters combat (CQC) is a tactical concept that involves physical confrontation between several combatants.
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Colt MARS
The MARS (Mini Assault Rifle System) was an experimental, scaled-down variant of the M16 rifle tested by Colt as a personal defense weapon (PDW) around 1997.
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Counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism (also spelled counterterrorism) incorporates the practice, military tactics, techniques, and strategy that government, military, law enforcement, business, and intelligence agencies use to combat or prevent terrorism.
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Firearm
A firearm is a portable gun (a barreled ranged weapon) that inflicts damage on targets by launching one or more projectiles driven by rapidly expanding high-pressure gas produced by exothermic combustion (deflagration) of propellant within an ammunition cartridge.
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FN 5.7×28mm
The FN 5.7×28mm (designated as the 5,7 × 28 by the C.I.P.) is a small-caliber, high-velocity smokeless powder rebated rim bottlenecked rifle cartridge designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium.
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FN Five-seven
The FN Five-seven, trademarked as the Five-seveN, is a semi-automatic pistol designed and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre-Herstal (FN Herstal) in Belgium.
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FN P90
The FN P90, also known as the FN Project 1990, is a personal defense weapon (PDW) designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium.
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GA Personal Defense Weapon
The 10" Personal Defense Weapon (PDW) is a proposed automatic rifle made by the Government Arsenal of the Philippines, based on the M4 carbine/M16 rifle.
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GSh-18
The GSh-18 (Cyrillic: ГШ-18) is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula during the 1990s.
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Heckler & Koch MP7
The Heckler & Koch MP7 (Maschinenpistole 7) is a German personal defence weapon (PDW) designed and manufactured by Heckler & Koch (H&K) and chambered for the HK 4.6×30mm cartridge.
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HK 4.6×30mm
The HK 4.6×30mm (designated as the 4,6 × 30 by the C.I.P.) cartridge is a type of ammunition primarily used in the Heckler & Koch MP7 Personal defense weapon (PDW).
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Knight's Armament Company PDW
The Knight's Armament Company 6×35mm PDW is an experimental personal defense weapon designed by Knight's Armament Company (KAC), firing a new 6mm cartridge optimized for short barrel weapons.
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Law enforcement
Law enforcement is any system by which some members of society act in an organized manner to enforce the law by discovering, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society.
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Luger pistol
The Pistole Parabellum—or Parabellum-Pistole (Pistol Parabellum), commonly known in the United States as just Luger—is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 to 1948.
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M1 carbine
The M1 carbine (formally the United States Carbine, Caliber.30, M1) is a lightweight, easy to use,.30 caliber (7.62 mm) semi-automatic carbine that was a standard firearm for the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War and well into the Vietnam War.
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M1 Garand
The M1 GarandOfficially designated as U.S. rifle, caliber.30, M1, later simply called Rifle, Caliber.30, M1, also called US Rifle, Cal.
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M1903 Springfield
The M1903 Springfield, formally the United States Rifle, Caliber.30-06, Model 1903, is an American five-round magazine fed, bolt-action service repeating rifle, used primarily during the first half of the 20th century.
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M1911 pistol
The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the.45 ACP cartridge.
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Magazine (firearms)
A magazine is an ammunition storage and feeding device within or attached to a repeating firearm.
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Magpul PDR
The Magpul PDR (Personal Defense Rifle) is a prototype bullpup-style 5.56×45mm NATO carbine unveiled by Magpul Industries in 2006.
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Mauser C96
The Mauser C96 (Construktion 96) is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937.
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Militarization of police
Militarization of police refers to the use of military equipment and tactics by law enforcement officers.
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Modern Sub Machine Carbine
The Modern Sub Machine Carbine (MSMC) is an Indian submachine gun designed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment and manufactured by Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli of the Ordnance Factories Board.
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MR-443 Grach
The MR-443 Grach (lit) or "PYa", for "Pistolet Yarygina" ("Yarygin Pistol"), following traditional Russian naming procedure (Пистолет Ярыгина), is the Russian standard military-issue side arm.
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National Rifle Association
The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is an American nonprofit organization that advocates for gun rights.
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord; OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.
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Ordnance Corps (United States Army)
The United States Army Ordnance Corps, formerly the United States Army Ordnance Department, is a Sustainment branch of the United States Army, headquartered at Fort Lee, Virginia.
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Pedersen device
During World War I, the United States secretly developed the Pedersen device attachment for the M1903 Springfield rifle that allowed it to fire a.30 caliber (7.62 mm) pistol type cartridge in semi-automatic mode.
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Pistol
A pistol is a type of handgun.
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PP-2000
The PP-2000 (Russian: ПП-2000) is a submachine gun/machine pistol made by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau.
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QCW-05
The QCW-05 (also referred to as the Type 05 Suppressed Submachine Gun) is a suppressed bullpup submachine gun, manufactured and developed by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) 208 Research Institute and Jianshe Industries (Group) Corporation of Chongqing under the China South Industries Group for the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, the People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces and the People's Armed Police.
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QSW-06
The QSW-06 (officially translated in pinyin as Wēishēng Shǒu Qiāng, literally 'Minimal noise, hand, gun') (also sometimes referred to as the Type 06) is a suppressed semi-automatic pistol in limited use with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and various Chinese police departments.
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QSZ-92
The QSZ-92 is a semi-automatic pistol designed by Norinco.
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Reflector sight
A reflector sight or reflex sight is an optical device that allows the user to look through a partially reflecting glass element and see an illuminated projection of an aiming point or some other image superimposed on the field of view.
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Saab Bofors Dynamics CBJ-MS
The Saab Bofors Dynamics CBJ-MS is a personal defense weapon/submachine gun manufactured by Saab Bofors Dynamics for Sweden.
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Selective fire
Selective fire means the capability of a weapon to be adjusted to fire in semi-automatic, burst mode, and/or fully automatic firing mode.
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Semi-automatic firearm
A semi-automatic firearm, or self-loading firearm, is one that not only fires a bullet each time the trigger is pulled, but also performs all steps necessary to prepare it to discharge again—assuming cartridges remain in the firearm's feed device.
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Semi-automatic pistol
A semi-automatic pistol is a type of pistol that is semi-automatic, meaning it uses the energy of the fired cartridge to cycle the action of the firearm and advance the next available cartridge into position for firing.
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Semi-automatic rifle
A semi-automatic rifle, also known as a self-loading rifle ('SLR') or auto-loading rifle, is a self-loading rifle that fires a single round each time the trigger is pulled.
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Semi-automatic shotgun
A semi-automatic shotgun is a shotgun that is able to fire a shell after every trigger pull, without needing to manually chamber another round.
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Service rifle
The service rifle (also known as standard-issue rifle) of a given armed force is that which it issues as standard to its service members.
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Short-barreled rifle
Short-barreled rifle (SBR) is a legal designation in the United States, referring to a shoulder-fired, rifled firearm, made from a rifle, with a barrel length of less than or overall length of less than, or a handgun fitted with a buttstock and a barrel of less than 16 inches length.
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Special forces
Special forces and special operations forces are military units trained to conduct special operations.
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ST Kinetics CPW
The CPW (Compact Personal Weapon) is a multi-caliber submachine gun developed by ST Kinetics of Singapore as a PDW-class firearm.
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Submachine gun
A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed, automatic carbine designed to fire pistol cartridges.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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.300 AAC Blackout
The.300 AAC Blackout (designated as the 300 BLK by the SAAMI and 300 AAC Blackout by the C.I.P. or 300 AAC Blackout), also known as 7.62×35mm is a carbine cartridge developed in the United States by Advanced Armament Corporation (AAC) for use in the M4 carbine.
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4.38×30mm Libra
The 4.38×30mm Libra (.17 Libra) is a centerfire cartridge designed for use in personal defense weapons.
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5.56×30mm MINSAS
The 5.56×30mm MINSAS is an cartridge manufactured by the Ordnance Factories Board for close quarter battle use.
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5.56×45mm NATO
The 5.56×45mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 5.56 NATO) is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge family developed in Belgium by FN Herstal.
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5.8×21mm
The 5.8×21mm cartridge is a Chinese armor-piercing firearm cartridge.
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6.5×25mm CBJ
The 6.5×25mm CBJ is a pistol cartridge designed for the CBJ-MS personal defence weapon.
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6.8mm Remington SPC
The 6.8 mm Remington Special Purpose Cartridge (6.8 SPC, 6.8 SPC II or 6.8×43mm) is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate rifle cartridge that was developed by Remington Arms in collaboration with members of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, United States Special Operations Command to possibly replace the 5.56 NATO cartridge in a Short Barreled Rifle(SBR)/Carbine.
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7.62×37mm Musang
The 7.62×37mm Musang is an assault rifle cartridge introduced in 2012 developed and manufactured in the Philippines by the Government Arsenal for use by the military in special operations and close quarter battle.
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9×19mm Parabellum
The 9×19mm Parabellum is a firearms cartridge that was designed by Georg Luger and introduced in 1902 by the German weapons manufacturer Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) (German Weapons and Munitions Factory) for their Luger semi-automatic pistol.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_defense_weapon
