Home›Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons›Caliber›5.56x45mm NATOBrowse By5.56x45mm NATOThis dimension groups weapon systems by their caliber. Wikipedia notes that weapons range "from simple implements such as clubs and swords to complicated modern firearms, tanks, missiles and biological weapons," firearms whose bore size is measured precisely as caliber. Browsing by caliber keeps weapon systems built to the same specification grouped together.Facts5.56x45mm NATOSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1884 15.56x45mm NATOFilter Results13 entriesWeapon Type or ClassAllLight machine gun (8)light machine gun (gas operated, air cooled) (1)Light machine gun platform (1)Machine gun (1)Modular weapon system (1)rotary-barreled machine gun (1)Squad automatic weapon (1)Introduced EraAll1963 (1)1964 (1)1966 (1)1975 (1)1982 (1)1984 (1)1988 (1)1989 (1)1994 (1)1997 (1)2002 (1)2010 (2)2021 (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (6)Prototype or Experimental (2)Retired (1)OperatorAllIsraeli Defense Forces (1)Royal Navy (1)United States Marine Corps (1)United States Navy (1)Wars Used InAllBosnian War (1)Burundian Civil War (1)Gulf War (2)Iraq War (3)Kosovo War (2)Russo-Ukrainian War (2)Syrian Civil War (3)Vietnam War (1)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (3)ManufacturerAllCadillac (1)Colt's Manufacturing Company (1)FN Herstal (3)General Dynamics Corporation (1)General Electric (1)Israel Weapon Industries (1)Knight's Armament Company (1)SNT Motiv (1)SureFire (1)Textron Marine & Land Systems (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 13Ares Shrike 5.565.56x45mm NATOColt Automatic Rifle5.56x45mm NATOColt IAR69405.56x45mm NATODaewoo Precision Industries K35.56x45mm NATOFN EVOLYS5.56x45mm NATOFN Minimi5.56x45mm NATOIWI Negev5.56x45mm NATOKnight's Armament Company LAMG5.56x45mm NATOLSAT light machine gun5.56x45mm NATOM249 SAW5.56x45mm NATOStoner 635.56x45mm NATOSureFire MGX5.56x45mm NATOXM214 Microgun5.56x45mm NATOSources1. Wikipedia: Machine guntier 2WikipediaMachine gun, History, Maxim and World War I sectionQuote, Machine gun, History, Maxim and World War I sectionThe first practical self-powered machine gun was invented in 1884 by Sir Hiram Maxim.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.