M15 Rifle, The Classic Army series rifles are full-scale AEG replicas of the various M16–type and M4-type rifles currently in use by the United States armed forces. They are made by Classic Army.

All replicas feature metal receivers, strengthened gearsets and stiffer springs than AEG’s from manufacturers such as Tokyo Marui, and also feature laser engraved “ArmaLite” trademarks, just like those found on the actual AR15 series weapons produced by ArmaLite.

In firearms and military equipment

• M15 mine, a United States anti-tank mine
• M15 rifle, a variant of the M14, a United States military rifle
• Grigorovich M-15, a Russian World War I-era biplane flying boat
• M15 pistol, a General Officer’s variant of the M1911A1
• M15 Half-track
• M15/42 tank, an Italian medium tank

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FN Scar For Sale (Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle)^[8] is a family of gas-operated (short-stroke gas piston)^[9] automatic rifles developed by Belgian manufacturer FN Scar For Sale Herstal (FN) in 2004.^[10] It is constructed with modularity for the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to satisfy the requirements of the SCAR competition.^[11] This family of rifles consist of two main types. The SCAR-L, for “light”, is chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO and the SCAR-H, for “heavy”, is chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO. Both are available in Close Quarters Combat (CQC), Standard (STD), and Long Barrel (LB) variants.

FN Scar

In early 2004, United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) issued a solicitation for a family of Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifles, the so-called SCAR, designed around two different calibers but featuring high commonality of parts and identical ergonomics. The SCAR system completed low rate initial production testing in June 2007.^[12] After some delays, the first rifles began to be issued to operational units in April 2009, and a battalion of the U.S. 75th Ranger Regiment was the first large unit deployed into combat with 600 of the rifles in 2009.^[2] The U.S. Special Operations Command later cancelled their purchase of the SCAR-L and planned to remove the rifle from their inventory by 2013. However, they will continue to purchase the SCAR-H version, and also plan to purchase 5.56 mm conversion kits for the SCAR-H, allowing it to substitute for the SCAR-L.^{[13] FN Scar For Sale}

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Heckler & Koch HK416 A5 is a further development of the HK416 assault rifle in 5.56 x 45 mm NATO calibre. The most striking changes compared to its previous versions as well as to market available AR platforms include an improved and tool-less gas regulator for suppressor use, a redesigned, user-friendly lower receiver, which allows complete ambidextrous operation of the weapon and ensures optimised magazine compatibility, as well as numerous technical improvements to maximize the operator safety, reliability, ammunition compatibility and durability under real operating conditions.

Distinctive features of the variants

• The 20″ Variant has a long handguard with a gas regulator window
• Handguard with integrated flip up sight on 11″ Variant
• Modular interface for Bayonet and foldable front sight on barrel of the 14.5″, 16.5″ and 20″ variants

Heckler & Koch HK416 A5 – 11″ – Cal. 5.56 MM X 45 NATO

General
Calibre	5.56 mm x 45
Operating principle	Gas-operated
Magazine capacity	10/20/30 rounds
Modes of fire	0-1-D
Rate of fire	approx. 850/min
Sights	M
Buttstock	R
Dimensions
Length min./max.	approx. 709/805 mm
Width	approx. 74.0 mm
Height	approx. 240.0 mm
Barrel length	approx. 279 mm
Sight radius	approx. 340.0 mm
Weight
Weapon	approx. 3.12 kg
Magazine	approx. 0.25 kg
Other Data
Colour scheme

HK416 A5 – 14.5″ – CAL. 5.56 MM X 45 NATO

General
Calibre	5.56 mm x 45
Operating principle	Gas-operated
Magazine capacity	10/20/30 rounds
Modes of fire	0-1-D
Rate of fire	approx. 850/min
Sights	M
Buttstock	R
Dimensions
Length min./max.	approx. 797/893 mm
Width	approx. 74.0 mm
Height	approx. 240.0 mm
Barrel length	approx. 368 mm
Sight radius	approx. 430.0 mm
Weight
Weapon	approx. 3.49 kg
Magazine	approx. 0.25 kg
Other Data
Colour scheme	RAL8000/black

HK416 A5 – 16.5″ – CAL. 5.56 MM X 45 NATO

General
Calibre	5.56 mm x 45
Operating principle	Gas-operated
Magazine capacity	10/20/30 rounds
Modes of fire	0-1-D
Rate of fire	approx. 850/min
Sights	M
Buttstock	R
Dimensions
Length min./max.	approx. 848/944 mm
Width	approx. 74.0 mm
Height	approx. 240.0 mm
Barrel length	approx. 419 mm
Sight radius	approx. 481.0 mm
Weight
Weapon	approx. 3.56 kg
Magazine	approx. 0.25 kg
Other Data
Colour scheme	RAL8000/black

HK416 A5 – 20″ – CAL. 5.56 MM X 45 NATO

General
Calibre	5.56 mm x 45
Operating principle	Gas-operated
Magazine capacity	10/20/30 rounds
Modes of fire	0-1-D
Rate of fire	approx. 850/min
Sights	M
Buttstock	R
Dimensions
Length min./max.	approx. 934/1030 mm
Width	approx. 74.0 mm
Height	approx. 240.0 mm
Barrel length	approx. 505 mm
Sight radius	approx. 567.0 mm
Weight
Weapon	approx. 3.85 kg
Magazine	approx. 0.25 kg
Other Data
Colour scheme	RAL8000/black

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SG-550 is the official assault rifle of the Swiss Army (Fusil d’Assaut; F ass 90) manufactured by Swiss Arms (formerly SIG Arms AG). Designed in the 1980s , it was gradually introduced in 1988 in the Swiss army, thus replacing the Stgw 57/Fass 57 (also built by SIG). After twenty years of active service, the SIG 550 has been declined in different versions and sold to several intervention groups. SG 550 continues to offer it for export and it is its flagship product in the field of long guns

Technical

The regulatory SIG 550 in Switzerland uses the Swiss 5.6 mm ammunition designed for a normal range of 300 meters. Export versions chamber the 5.56mm NATO . An interesting feature of the SIG 550/551/552 are their translucent plastic magazines (20 and 30 rounds) which can be nested to facilitate rapid reloading. The SIG 550 is effective up to 400 meters with the use of the drum sight and the front sight, 600  m with a telescope.

Its main qualities are easy maintenance and precision, obtained at the expense of lightness and maneuverability, essential in urban combat. It is a weapon designed for “guerrilla” type combat with snipers, mobile, akin to snipers (snipers). It is also possible to mount a telescope on the SIG-550. All have a fire selector to choose the desired firing mode: semi-automatic, burst of three shots, automatic or safety. They can also accommodate various aiming aids instead of their standard firing devices. They are however equipped with a safety preventing the civilian shooter from using the weapon in 3-shot burst or automatic. The purchase of a weapon that can fire in bursts is subject to a permit (prohibited in Switzerland except with a special permit).

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IMI Galil For Sale (Hebrew: גליל) is a family of Israeli-made automatic rifles chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO and 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges. Originally designed by Yisrael Galili and Yakov Lior in the late 1960s, the Galil was first produced by the state-owned Israel Military Industries and is now exported by the privatized Israel Weapon Industries.

IMI Galil For Sale, this rifle was manufactured using RK 62 receivers.^[7] Moreover, the Galil design is largely based on the Finnish rifle RK 62 (itself a derivative of the AK-47).^[8] The Galil family of weapons is used by both military and police forces across 25 countries.

The Israeli Army initially deployed the 5.56×45mm NATO Galil in three basic configurations; the Automatic Rifle Machine-gun (ARM),^[9] the Automatic Rifle (AR), and the Short Automatic Rifle (SAR). A modern version of the Galil currently in production in multiple calibers is known as the Galil ACE.

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Heckler & Koch G36

Heckler & Koch G36 Created for the requirements of the German armed forces, the G36 continues to set the standard in the field of assault rifles. Used as an infantry weapon in a large number of countries, special forces and security forces also rely on its constant reliability.

Essential components of the G36 are made of glass fibre reinforced plastic. This gives the user a lightweight weapon with high performance and low maintenance requirements.

Heckler & Koch G36 is ideally suited for dismounted infantry operations. For optimal handling, weight, and rate of fire in close-quarters battle, and for rapid, accurate and penetrating single fire in long-range combat.

General
Calibre	5.56 mm x 45
Operating principle	Gas-operated
Magazine capacity	30 rounds
Modes of fire	SEF
Rate of fire	approx. 750/min
Sights	O, R
Buttstock	FO
Dimensions
Length min./max.	approx. 755/1002 mm
Width	approx. 65.0 mm
Height	approx. 323.0 mm
Barrel length	approx. 480 mm
Weight
Weapon	approx. 3,630 g
Magazine	approx. 140 g

General
Calibre	5.56 mm x 45
Operating principle	Gas-operated
Magazine capacity	30 rounds
Modes of fire	0-1-D
Rate of fire	approx. 750/min
Sights	O
Buttstock	FO
Dimensions
Length min./max.	approx. 755/1002 mm
Width	approx. 65.0 mm
Height	approx. 277.0 mm
Barrel length	approx. 480 mm
Weight
Weapon	approx. 3,630 g
Magazine	approx. 140 g

G36K | Enhanced mobility

Enhanced mobility. The compact version for the unit’s specialists. Extremely efficient, with all of the capabilities of an assault rifle at short and medium ranges. Optimally suited for use in cramped areas.

G36C | The ultra-short assault rifle

The dimensions of a submachine gun with the terminal ballistics of the 5.56 mm NATO round. Developed for special tactical applications by police and military special forces.

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AK74M is an assault rifle introduced into service by the Soviet Union in 1974 , to replace the AKM with a smaller caliber weapon ( 5.45×39mm M74 ) that could offer the same advantages as the American M16 .

Description and history 

A new weapon of the Soviet Army , the AK-74 was designed as an interim weapon to quickly use the new 5.45×39mm M74 ammunition , as a transition before adopting a more modern rifle.

This rifle was distinguished by an almost entirely plastic muzzle brake , fittings and magazine, instead of the traditional metal. The first prototype was born in 1970, under the designation AK74M   ; it is exactly like the AKM-59 in sheet metal and wood but has a metal magazine of a prototype of 5.45 ammunition. It was later that we decided on the real model in plastic and metal. A more modern rifle, the Nikonov AN-94 only appeared twenty years later and only received confidential distribution within elite units, due to its very high cost.

The AK-74 therefore remains the most common weapon chambering the new 5.45 ammunition, the adoption of which did not cause a problem since the rifle had been designed for it. Curiously enough, the AK-74 retains the shortcomings of the AKM , notably the awkward fire selector and spinning start, which force the operator to keep his index finger out of the trigger guard during non-fire phases.

The sights can be considered as primitive but fulfill their function perfectly, and are calibrated on the current distances of use of the weapon; their adaptation (site and drift adjustment of the handlebars) is a model of ease and robustness.

Serviceability is very good (this is the case with any weapon designed by the engineer Kalashnikov ), and neither sand nor water prevents it from working, to some extent. Most AK-74s have some sort of hook on the stock so they can be easily stored. This rifle, as shooting instructors call it, is idiot-proof  : anyone can, without training or knowledge of weapons and after a short training, stock it, cock it and fire it. The simplicity of its mechanism means that it is often made or maintained by hand. The whole thing makes the AK-74 the most common assault rifle, leaving the FAL far behind .

The AK-74 was mass-produced starting in 1976 . The version for paratroop troops, AKS-74 is equipped with a folding metal butt along the weapon. The night-fighting version, the AK-74N, includes a side rail for mounting an infrared scope. In 1991 , a new version equipped with the folding stock and the side rail allowing to mount a scope will be put into service under the designation of AK-74M .

Derivative versions have been produced, including the AKS-74U which is a very short version with the dimensions of a submachine gun and the RPK-74 which is the submachine gun version. Other derivative models chamber other ammunition like the 5.56 NATO but not used in the Russian army.

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Ak 47 rifle for sale, officially known as the Avtomat Kalashnikova (Russian: Автомат Калашникова, lit. ‘Kalashnikov’s automatic [rifle]’; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is a gas-operated assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, it is the originating firearm of the Kalashnikov (or “AK”) family of rifles. After more than seven decades, the AK-47 model and its variants remain the most popular and widely used rifles in the world.

The number “47” refers to the year the rifle was finished. Design work on the AK-47 began in 1945. It was presented for official military trials in 1947, and, in 1948, the fixed-stock version was introduced into active service for selected units of the Soviet Army. In early 1949, the AK was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces^[9] and used by the majority of the member states of the Warsaw Pact.

The model and its variants owe their global popularity to their reliability under harsh conditions, low production cost (compared to contemporary weapons), availability in virtually every geographic region, and ease of use. The AK has been manufactured in many countries, and has seen service with armed forces as well as irregular forces and insurgencies throughout the world. As of 2004, “of the estimated 500 million firearms worldwide, approximately 100 million belong to the Kalashnikov family, three-quarters of which are AK-47s”.^[4] The model is the basis for the development of many other types of individual, crew-served and specialised firearms.

Origins

During World War II, the Sturmgewehr 44 rifle used by German forces made a deep impression on their Soviet counterparts.^[10][11] The select-fire rifle was chambered for a new intermediate cartridge, the 7.92×33mm Kurz, and combined the firepower of a submachine gun with the range and accuracy of a rifle.^[12][13] On 15 July 1943, an earlier model of the Sturmgewehr was demonstrated before the People’s Commissariat of Arms of the USSR.^[14] The Soviets were impressed with the weapon and immediately set about developing an intermediate caliber fully automatic rifle of their own,^[10][11] to replace the PPSh-41 submachine guns and outdated Mosin–Nagant bolt-action rifles that armed most of the Soviet Army.^[15]

The Soviets soon developed the 7.62×39mm M43 cartridge, which is used in^[14] the semi-automatic SKS carbine and the RPD light machine gun.^[16] Shortly after World War II, the Soviets developed the AK-47 rifle, which quickly replaced the SKS in Soviet service.^[17][18] Introduced in 1959, the AKM is a lighter stamped steel version and the most ubiquitous variant of the entire AK series of firearms. In the 1960s, the Soviets introduced the RPK light machine gun, an AK type weapon with a stronger receiver, a longer heavy barrel, and a bipod, that eventually replaced the RPD light machine gun.^[16]

Concept

Mikhail Kalashnikov began his career as a weapon designer in 1941 while recuperating from a shoulder wound which he received during the Battle of Bryansk.^[5][19] Kalashnikov himself stated…”I was in the hospital, and a soldier in the bed beside me asked: ‘Why do our soldiers have only one rifle for two or three of our men, when the Germans have automatics?’ So I designed one. I was a soldier, and I created a machine gun for a soldier. It was called an Avtomat Kalashnikova, the automatic weapon of Kalashnikov—AK—and it carried the year of its first manufacture, 1947.”^[20]

The Ak 47 rifle for sale is best described as a hybrid of previous rifle technology innovations. “Kalashnikov decided to design an automatic rifle combining the best features of the American M1 and the German StG 44.”^[21] Kalashnikov’s team had access to these weapons and had no need to “reinvent the wheel”. Kalashnikov himself observed: “A lot of Russian Army soldiers ask me how one can become a constructor, and how new weaponry is designed. These are very difficult questions. Each designer seems to have his own paths, his own successes and failures. But one thing is clear: before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field. I myself have had many experiences confirming this to be so.”^{[19] Ak 47 rifle for sale}

There are claims about Kalashnikov copying other designs, like Bulkin’s TKB-415^[22] or Simonov’s AVS-31.^[23]

Early designs

Kalashnikov started work on a submachine gun design in 1942^[24] and with a light machine gun design in 1943.^[25][26] Early in 1944, Kalashnikov was given some 7.62×39mm M43 cartridges and was informed that there were other designers working on weapons for this new Soviet small-arms cartridge. It was suggested that a new weapon might well lead to greater things. He then undertook work on the new rifle.^[27] In 1944, he entered a design competition with this new 7.62×39mm, semi-automatic, gas-operated, long stroke piston carbine, strongly influenced by the American M1 Garand.^[28] This new rifle was in the same class as the SKS-45 carbine, with a fixed magazine and a gas tube above the barrel.^[27] However, the new Kalashnikov design lost out to a Simonov design.^[29]

In 1946, a new design competition was initiated to develop a new rifle.^[30] Kalashnikov submitted an entry. It was gas-operated rifle with a short-stroke gas piston above the barrel, a breech-block mechanism similar to his 1944 carbine, and a curved 30-round magazine.^[31] Kalashnikov’s rifles AK-1 (with a milled receiver) and AK-2 (with a stamped receiver) proved to be reliable weapons and were accepted to a second round of competition along with other designs.

These prototypes (also known as the AK-46) had a rotary bolt, a two-part receiver with separate trigger unit housing, dual controls (separate safety and fire selector switches) and a non-reciprocating charging handle located on the left side of the weapon.^[31][32] This design had many similarities to the StG 44.^[33] In late 1946, as the rifles were being tested, one of Kalashnikov’s assistants, Aleksandr Zaitsev, suggested a major redesign to improve reliability. At first, Kalashnikov was reluctant, given that their rifle had already fared better than its competitors. Eventually, however, Zaitsev managed to persuade Kalashnikov.

In November 1947, the new prototypes (AK-47s) were completed. It used a long-stroke gas piston above the barrel. The upper and lower receivers were combined into a single receiver. The selector and safety were combined into a single control-lever/dust-cover on the right side of the rifle. And, the bolt-handle was simply attached to the bolt-carrier. This simplified the design and production of the rifle. The first army trial series began in early 1948.^[34] The new rifle proved to be reliable under a wide range of conditions with convenient handling characteristics. In 1949, it was adopted by the Soviet Army as “7.62 mm Kalashnikov rifle (AK)”.^[9]

Further development

There were many difficulties during the initial phase of production. The first production models had stamped sheet metal receivers with a milled trunnion and butt stock insert, and a stamped body. Difficulties were encountered in welding the guide and ejector rails, causing high rejection rates.^[35] Instead of halting production, a heavy^{[N 1]} machined receiver was substituted for the sheet metal receiver. Even though production of these milled rifles started in 1951, they were officially referred to as AK-49, based on the date their development started, but they are widely known in the collectors’ and current commercial market as “Type 2 AK-47”.^[36][37] This was a more costly process, but the use of machined receivers accelerated production as tooling and labor for the earlier Mosin–Nagant rifle’s machined receiver were easily adapted.^[38] Partly because of these problems, the Soviets were not able to distribute large numbers of the new rifle to soldiers until 1956. During this time, production of the interim SKS rifle continued.^[35] 

Once the manufacturing difficulties of non-milled receivers had been overcome, a redesigned version designated the AKM (M for “modernized” or “upgraded”; in Russian: Автомат Калашникова Модернизированный [Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy]) was introduced in 1959.^[36] This new model used a stamped sheet metal receiver and featured a slanted muzzle brake on the end of the barrel to compensate for muzzle rise under recoil. In addition, a hammer retarder was added to prevent the weapon from firing out of battery (without the bolt being fully closed), during rapid or fully automatic fire.^[35] This is also sometimes referred to as a “cyclic rate reducer”, or simply “rate reducer”, as it also has the effect of reducing the number of rounds fired per minute during fully automatic fire. It was also roughly one-third lighter than the previous model.^[36]

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