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An assault rifle is a rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge, a detachable magazine, and can switch between semi-automatic/fully automatic fire. Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern armies.

By strict definition, a firearm must have the following characteristics to be considered an assault rifle:

It must be an individual weapon;
It must be capable of selective fire, which means it has the capacity to switch between semi-automatic and burst/fully automatic fire;
It must have an intermediate-power cartridge: more power than a pistol but less than a standard rifle or battle rifle. For full-power automatic rifles, see List of battle rifles;
Its ammunition must be supplied from a detachable box magazine;
It should have an effective range of at least 300 metres (330 yards).

Rifles that meet most of these criteria, but not all, are technically not assault rifles, despite frequently being called such.

For example:

Select-fire M2 carbines and Amogh carbines aren't assault rifles; their effective range is only 200 yards.
Select-fire rifles such as the FN FAL battle rifle aren't assault rifles; they fire full-powered rifle cartridges.
Semi-automatic-only rifles like the Colt AR-15 aren't assault rifles; they do not have select-fire capabilities. In contrast, the original ArmaLite AR-15 would meet the criteria.
Semi-automatic-only rifles with fixed magazines like the SKS aren't assault rifles; they do not have detachable box magazines and are not capable of automatic fire.

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
AAC Honey Badger PDW	Advanced Armament Corporation	File:AAC Honey badger.png	.300 AAC Blackout	United States	2011
AAI ACR	AAI Corporation		5.56×45mm sub-calibre flechette	United States
AB-3	Kalashnikov Concern		5.6mm Caseless	Soviet Union	1970
Adaptive Combat Rifle	Remington Arms Bushmaster		5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC	United States	2006
ADS amphibious rifle	KBP Instrument Design Bureau		5.45×39mm 5.45mm PSP	Russia	2007
AEK-971	Degtyarev plant		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	1978
AG-043			5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	1974
AO-63 assault rifle	TsNIITochMash		5.45x39mm	Soviet Union	1984
Ak 5	Förenade Fabriksverken		5.56×45mm NATO	Sweden	1982
AK-9	Kalashnikov Concern		9×39mm	Russia	2000s
AK-12	Kalashnikov Concern		5.45×39mm 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm 9×39mm 6.5mm Grendel	Russia	2010
AK-47	Kalashnikov Concern		7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	1946
AK-63	Fegyver- és Gépgyár		7.62×39mm	Hungary	1977
AK-74	Kalashnikov Concern		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	1974
AK-101	Kalashnikov Concern		5.56×45mm NATO	Russia	1994
AK-103	Kalashnikov Concern		7.62×39mm	Russia	1994
MPT-55	MKEK, Sarsılmaz Arms and Kalekalıp		7.62×39mm 5.56×45mm NATO	Turkey	2017
AK-107	Kalashnikov Concern		5.45×39mm / 5.56×45mm NATO	Russia	1990s
AKM	Izhmash Tula Arms Plant		7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	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
AO-27 rifle		File:Assaul AO-27.jpg	7.62 mm (3 mm flechette)	Soviet Union	1961
AO-31			5.45×39mm 7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	1962
AO-35 assault rifle			5.45×39mm 7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	1968?
AO-38 assault rifle	TsNIITochMash		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	1965
APS-95	Končar-Arma d.o.o	File:Aps95.jpg	5.56×45mm NATO	Croatia	1995
APS underwater rifle	Tula Arms Plant TsNIITochMash		5.66×39mm	Soviet Union	1970s
AS Val	TsNIITochMash		9×39mm	Soviet Union	1987
ASM-DT amphibious rifle	Tula Arms Plant		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	1990s
Barrett REC7	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	Italy	1985
Beretta ARX160	Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta		5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm	Italy	2008
Beretta Rx4 Storm	Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta		5.56×45mm NATO .223 Remington	Italy	2005
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
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 L	Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara		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
C7 rifle	Colt Canada		5.56×45mm NATO	Canada	1982
Colt CM901	Colt Defense		5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm	United States	2010s
Conventional Multirole Combat Rifle	ST Kinetics		5.56×45mm NATO	Singapore	2014
CZ 805 BREN	Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod		5.56×45mm NATO	Czech Republic	2009
ČZ 2000	Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod		5.56×45mm NATO	Czechoslovakia	1990
Daewoo K2	S&T Motiv		5.56×45mm NATO	South Korea	1972
Desert Tech MDR	Desert Tech		.223 Remington 5.56×45mm NATO .223 Wylde .308 Win 7.62×51mm NATO	United States	2014
Desert Tech MDRx	Desert Tech		.223 Remington 5.56×45mm NATO .223 Wylde .300 BLK .308 Win 7.62×51mm NATO 6.5mm Creedmoor	United States	2020
Desarrollos Industriales Casanave SC-2005	Desarrollos Industriales Casanave S.A		5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm	Peru	2005
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
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	File:FN SCAR-L - FN SCAR-H.jpg	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	File:Galil Córdova.jpg	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		4.73x33mm	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, others	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 (manufacturer)		5.56×45mm NATO	Brazil	2017
Galil	Israel Military Industries	File:Galil SAR sideview.png	5.56×45mm NATO	Israel	1972
Tavor	Israel Weapon Industries		5.56×45mm NATO	Israel	1995
X95	Israel Weapon Industries		5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm .300 AAC Blackout m 5.56×30mm MINSAS	Israel	2003
Ingram FBM	Fabrica Boliviana de Municiones		5.56×45mm NATO	Bolivia	1990s
INSAS rifle	Ordnance Factories Board		5.56×45mm NATO	India	1998
Interdynamics MKS	Interdynamics		5.56×45mm NATO	Sweden	1979
Itajuba OVM	Fabrica de Itajuba		5.56×45mm NATO	Brazil	1981
IWI ACE	Israel Weapons Industries		5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm	Israel	2008
KH-2002 Khaybar	DIO	File:KH-2002.jpg	5.56×45mm NATO	Iran	2003
Kbkg wz. 1960			7.62×39mm	Poland	1960
Komodo Armament D5	Komodo Armament		5.56×45mm NATO	Indonesia	2014(?)
Komodo Armament D7	Komodo Armament		7.62×51mm NATO	Indonesia	2014(?)
L64/65	RSAF Enfield		4.85×49mm	United Kingdom	1972
L85	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
LR-300	Z-M Weapons		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	2000
LSAT rifle	(To be announced)		LSAT caseless ammunition	United States	2008
M-16/ M-4	Colt Defense		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	1959
MK 556	C.G. Haenel		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany	2020
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	File:OTS-14 Groza.jpg	9x39mm 7.62x39mm	Russia	1994
Pindad SS1	PT Pindad		5.56×45mm NATO	Indonesia	1991
Pindad SS2	PT Pindad		5.56×45mm NATO	Indonesia	2005
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 / QBZ-97	Norinco		5.8×42mm DBP87 / 5.56×45mm NATO	China	1995
QBZ-03	Norinco		5.8×42mm DBP87 5.56×45mm NATO	China	2003
QTS-11	Norinco		5.8x42mm	China
QBZ-191	Norinco		5.8×42mm DBP87 5.8×42mm DBP88 5.8×42mm DBP95 5.8×42mm DBP10	China	2019
Remington R4	Remington Arms		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	2010
Remington R5 RGP	Remington Arms	File:Remington GPC.png	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 O .260 Remington	United States	2004
RS556	Rheinmetall & Steyr		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany Austria	2017
S&T Daewoo K11	S&T Motiv		5.56×45mm NATO	South Korea	2000
Sa vz. 58	Česká zbrojovka		7.62×39mm M43	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 Sauer		5.56×45mm NATO 300 AAC Blackout	Switzerland	2010s
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
SIG SG 540	Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft	File:SG 540 Manurhin.jpg	5.56×45mm NATO	Switzerland	1970s
SIG SG 550	Swiss Arms AG		5.6 mm Gw 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-47			7.62×39mm	United States	2001
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 m	Austria	1977
Steyr ACR	Steyr Mannlicher		5.56×45mm annular-primed SCF	Austria	1987
STL-1A	Z111 Factory		7.62×39mm	Vietnam	2015
Stoner 63	Cadillac Gage		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	1962
StG 44	C. G. Haenel Waffen und Fahrradfabrik		7.92×33mm Kurz	Germany	1942
StG 45(M)	Mauser	File:Sturmgewehr 45 reproduction.png	7.92×33mm Kurz	Germany	1944
STV series rifle	Z111 Factory	Promotion image of the STV-380 riffles	7.62×39mm	Vietnam	2019
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
TKB-517	Tula Arms Plant		7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	1952
Trichy Assault Rifle	Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli	File:Trichy.jpg	7.62×39mm	India	2011
Type 56 assault rifle	Norinco		7.62×39mm M43	China	1956
Type 58 assault rifle			7.62×39mm	North Korea	1958
Type 63 assault rifle			7.62×39mm	China	1959
Type 81 assault rifle			7.62×39mm	China	1971
Type 88 assault rifle			5.45x39mm	North Korea	1988
Norinco Type 86S	Norinco		7.62×39mm	China	1980s
VAHAN (firearm)			5.45×39mm	Armenian SSR (now Armenia)	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	File:CR21.jpg	5.56×45mm NATO	South Africa	1997
Vektor R4	Denel Land Systems		5.56×45mm NATO	South Africa	1976
Vepr	National Space Agency's R&D Center for precision engineering		5.45×39mm	Ukraine	2001
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		5.56x45mmm NATO	Germany / United States
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

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