Home›Small Arms And Sidearms›Caliber Class›Small ArmsBrowse BySmall ArmsFactsSmall ArmsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested950 1Small ArmsFilter Results876 entriesWeapon ClassAllGrenade / Explosive Device (3)Machine Gun (37)Pistol / Revolver (195)Rifle (308)Small Arm (311)Submachine Gun (59)Weapon FamilyAllAmmunition and Cartridges (43)Assault Rifles (115)Assault Rifles of Asia-Pacific (12)Assault Rifles of China (6)Assault Rifles of Europe (27)Assault Rifles of Germany (12)Assault Rifles of Israel (5)Assault Rifles of Russia and the Soviet Union (21)Assault Rifles of the Americas Outside the United States (6)Assault Rifles of the Middle East and Africa (6)Assault Rifles of the United States (10)Bolt-Action, Lever-Action and Historic Rifles (95)Edged and Bladed Small Arms (3)Other Pistols and Handguns (39)Other Small Arms and Personal Weapons (26)Pistols and Revolvers (277)Revolvers (67)Rifles and Carbines (386)Semi-Automatic and Battle Rifles (101)Semi-Automatic Pistols (171)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Asia-Pacific (7)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Belgium (8)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Czechia (11)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Europe (20)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Germany (24)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Italy (8)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Russia and the Soviet Union (11)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Switzerland (6)Semi-Automatic Pistols of the Americas Outside the United States (3)Semi-Automatic Pistols of the Middle East and Africa (3)Semi-Automatic Pistols of the United States (47)Shotguns (51)Sniper, Designated Marksman and Anti-Materiel Rifles (76)Submachine Guns (68)Introduced EraAll1857 (3)1860 (5)1861 (4)1866 (4)1867 (6)1869 (3)1887 (4)1888 (4)1890 (5)1895 (6)1898 (4)1899 (4)1900 (5)1901 (4)1903 (6)1905 (6)1907 (5)1908 (5)1910 (5)1911 (4)1915 (4)1918 (4)1921 (4)1930 (4)1931 (5)1935 (12)1936 (5)1938 (7)1939 (6)1940 (4)1941 (7)1942 (15)1943 (6)1945 (5)1947 (5)1948 (6)1949 (10)1950 (4)1951 (5)1953 (4)1954 (9)1955 (6)1956 (9)1957 (5)1958 (6)1959 (12)1960 (7)1962 (6)1963 (9)1964 (5)1965 (5)1966 (6)1967 (7)1968 (6)1969 (4)1970 (10)1972 (7)1974 (6)1975 (5)1976 (7)1977 (6)1979 (6)1980 (10)1981 (10)1983 (10)1984 (8)1985 (11)1986 (5)1987 (5)1988 (5)1989 (8)1990 (18)1991 (9)1992 (5)1993 (11)1994 (9)1995 (11)1996 (9)1997 (17)1998 (9)1999 (10)2000 (14)2001 (12)2002 (5)2003 (11)2004 (10)2005 (8)2006 (16)2007 (5)2008 (12)2009 (6)2010 (10)2011 (19)2012 (7)2013 (5)2014 (12)2017 (10)2019 (12)2022 (6)2024 (5)Showing the 100 most common of 178 options.ManufacturerAllAccuracy International (6)Arcadia Machine & Tool (3)ArmaLite (4)Armaments Bureau (3)Astra-Unceta y Cia SA (6)Auto-Ordnance Company (3)Barrett Firearms Manufacturing (7)Benelli Armi (3)Beretta (18)Bersa (2)Birmingham Small Arms Company (4)Blaser (2)Browning Arms Company (3)Bushmaster Firearms International (5)C. 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Mossberg & Sons (2)Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) (3)PGM Precision (2)Pindad (5)Remington Arms (45)ROMARM (3)Royal Small Arms Factory (11)SAKO (5)Sauer & Sohn (5)Savage Arms (4)SIG Group (4)SIG Sauer (17)Smith & Wesson (42)SNT Motiv (9)Springfield Armory (9)ST Kinetics (2)Star Bonifacio Echeverria (3)Sterling Armaments Company (4)Steyr Arms (17)Steyr-Daimler-Puch (4)Sturm, Ruger & Co. (22)Swiss Arms (6)Taurus (4)TsKIB SOO (5)TsNIITochMash (5)Tula Arms Plant (15)Valmet (3)Waffenfabrik Bern (4)Webley & Scott (6)Winchester Repeating Arms Company (20)Z111 Factory (3)Zastava Arms (18)Zbrojovka Brno (4)Česká zbrojovka firearms (2)Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod (11)Łucznik Arms Factory (9)Showing the 100 most common of 206 options.OperatorAllArgentine Armed Forces (23)Armed Forces of Ukraine (2)Australian Army (3)Australian Defence Force (22)Austrian Army (4)Austro-Hungarian Army (9)Boer Commando (1)Border Guard (Poland) (1)Brazilian Army (21)British Army (22)Bulgarian Armed Forces (1)Bundeswehr (31)Canadian Armed Forces (21)Canadian Army (2)Confederate States Army (6)Czechoslovak Army (1)Egyptian Armed Forces (14)Finnish Defence Forces (31)French Air and Space Force (1)French Armed Forces (42)Hezbollah (4)Imperial German Army (1)Imperial Japanese Army (11)Imperial Japanese Navy (6)Imperial Russian Army (3)Indian Air Force (2)Indian Army (8)Indian Navy (3)Indonesian Navy 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(3).300 Winchester Magnum (11).303 British (7).308 Winchester (28).32 ACP (35).32 Remington (3).32 S&W (4).32 S&W Long (6).32-20 Winchester (4).338 Lapua Magnum (14).35 Remington (8).357 Magnum (25).357 SIG (16).38 S&W (4).38 Special (25).380 ACP (42).40 S&W (43).410 bore (12).416 Barrett (4).44 Magnum (14).44 Special (7).44-40 Winchester (8).45 ACP (57).45 Colt (8).45 Schofield (3).45-70 (3).45-70 Government (6).450 Adams (3).455 Webley (7).50 Action Express (3).50 BMG (20).50 caliber (4).54 caliber (3).69 caliber (3)10-gauge (3)10mm Auto (19)11mm (4)12-gauge (36)12.7x108mm (8)12.7x55mm (3)14.5x114mm (6)16-gauge (10)20-gauge (17)20mm (5)28-gauge (9)32-gauge (3)40mm (6)40x46mm (4)5.45x39mm (20)5.56x45mm NATO (106)5.56×30mm MINSAS (3)5.7x28mm (8)5.8x42mm (5)6.5x47mm Lapua (3)6.5x50mm (5)6.5x55mm (6)6.5×50mmSR Arisaka (5)6.8 mm Remington SPC (4)6.8x51mm (3)7.5x54mm (4)7.5x55mm (5)7.62x25mm (13)7.62x39mm (49)7.62x51mm NATO (63)7.62x54mmR (12)7.62×25mm Tokarev (9)7.63×25mm Mauser (3)7.65x17mm (3)7.65x53mm Argentine (4)7.7x58mm (3)7.92x33mm (5)7.92x57mm Mauser (19)7.92×33mm Kurz (3)7mm-08 Remington (3)7x57mm Mauser (13)8x50mmR Lebel (4)8×50mmR Mannlicher (4)9x18mm (15)9x19mm (148)9x23mm (5)9x39mm (5)9×18mm Makarov (8)9×19 mm Parabellum (87)9×21mm (6)Showing the 100 most common of 237 options.Service StatusAllIn Service (429)Out of Production (117)Prototype or Experimental (39)Retired (244)Under Development (1)Country of OriginAllArgentina (7)Australia (4)Austria (13)Austria-Hungary (15)Austrian Empire (2)Azerbaijan (1)Belgium (27)Brazil (7)Bulgaria (1)Canada (4)China (21)Croatia (2)Czechia (5)Czechoslovakia (14)Denmark (1)Empire of Japan (12)Finland (10)France (21)French Third Republic (5)German Empire (20)German Reich (14)Germany (42)Holy Roman Empire (1)Hungary (6)India (8)Indonesia (6)Iran (1)Israel (9)Italy (22)Japan (7)Kingdom of Great Britain (3)Kingdom of Italy (7)Kingdom of Portugal (1)Kingdom of Prussia (1)Mexico (2)North Korea (1)Norway (4)Pakistan 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ArmsOrtgies semi-automatic pistolSmall ArmsOSV-96Small ArmsOTs-14 GrozaSmall ArmsOTs-21 MalyshSmall ArmsOTs-27 BerdyshSmall ArmsOTs-33 PernachSmall ArmsOTs-38 Stechkin silent revolverSmall ArmsOwen GunSmall ArmsP-96 pistolSmall ArmsP9RCSmall ArmsPAM submachine gunSmall ArmsPanzerbüchse 39Small ArmsPattern 1853 EnfieldSmall ArmsPattern 1913 EnfieldSmall ArmsPattern 1914 EnfieldSmall ArmsPB (pistol)Small ArmsPedersen rifleSmall ArmsPfeifer Zeliska .600 Nitro Express revolverSmall ArmsPGM 338Small ArmsPGM Hécate IISmall ArmsPindad AM1Small ArmsPindad G2Small ArmsPindad P3Small ArmsPindad PM2Small ArmsPindad SPRSmall ArmsPistol Auto 9mm 1ASmall ArmsPistol Carpați Md. 1974Small ArmsPistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965Small ArmsPistole vz. 22Small ArmsPistole vz. 24Small ArmsPistolet automatique modèle 1935SSmall ArmsPleter 91 submachine gunSmall ArmsPowerhead (firearm)Small ArmsPP-19 BizonSmall ArmsPP-2000Small ArmsPP-90Small ArmsPPD-40Small ArmsPPS Submachine GunSmall ArmsPPS-43Small ArmsPPSh-41Small ArmsPSL (rifle)Small ArmsShowing 501 to 550 of 876, page 11 of 18.← Previous1…910111213…18Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Firearmtier 2WikipediaFirearm, History, Early firearm models sectionQuote, Firearm, History, Early firearm models sectionThe first firearms originated in 10th-century Song dynasty China (see gunpowder weapons in the Song dynasty), when bamboo tubes containing gunpowder and pellet projectiles were mounted on spears to make the portable fire lanceView 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.