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rifle Weapon Systems

Weapon systems and military equipment tagged rifle.

7 weapon systems

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Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

7
AR-15-pattern rifle, 5.56 mm self-loading rifle platform, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsAR-15-pattern rifle5.56 mm self-loading rifle platformSide: IS-aligned militants / FARC dissident groups / Armed gangsBuilt: ArmaLite / Colt / Various manufacturers / United States and multiple countriesThe AR-15-pattern rifle is a lightweight, modular 5.56 mm self-loading rifle family derived from the ArmaLite and Colt AR-15 lineage. In the Battle of Marawi, open-source arms research documented AR-type rifles among weapons captured from IS-aligned Maute Group fighters, making the platform part of the militant small-arms mix used in dense urban fighting.
Type 56 assault rifle, 7.62x39mm Kalashnikov-pattern assault rifle, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsType 56 assault rifle7.62x39mm Kalashnikov-pattern assault rifleSide: Boko Haram and ISWAPBuilt: Chinese state arms factories / NORINCO / ChinaThe Type 56 is a Chinese 7.62x39mm Kalashnikov-pattern assault rifle derived from the Soviet AK-47 and exported widely through state, surplus, and illicit channels. In the Boko Haram Insurgency, Small Arms Survey and Stimson reporting link Chinese Type 56 rifles to weapons seized from Boko Haram members and to materiel captured during the 2016 Bosso camp attack in Niger.
Type 56-1 assault rifle, 7.62x39mm under-folding-stock assault rifle, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsType 56-1 assault rifle7.62x39mm under-folding-stock assault rifleSide: Boko Haram and ISWAP / Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Chinese state arms factories / NORINCO / ChinaThe Type 56-1 is the under-folding-stock member of China's Type 56 Kalashnikov-pattern rifle family, chambered for 7.62x39mm ammunition and built for compact carriage by infantry and irregular forces. In the Yemen Civil War, arms-trafficking investigations and interdiction records link batches of Type 56-1 rifles to Iran-backed supply channels for Houthi-aligned forces.