Home›Small Arms And Sidearms›Country of OriginBrowse ByCountry of OriginFactsCountry of OriginSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested950 1Country of OriginFilter Results65 entriesWeapon ClassAllFlamethrower / Incendiary Weapon (2)Grenade / Explosive Device (3)Machine Gun (23)Pistol / Revolver (37)Rifle (54)Small Arm (52)Submachine Gun (29)Sword / Polearm / Bladed (4)Tank / Armored Vehicle (1)Weapon FamilyAllAmmunition and Cartridges (16)Assault Rifles (41)Assault Rifles of Asia-Pacific (7)Assault Rifles of China (1)Assault Rifles of Europe (18)Assault Rifles of Germany (4)Assault Rifles of Israel (1)Assault Rifles of Russia and the Soviet Union (2)Assault Rifles of the Americas Outside the United States (4)Assault Rifles of the Middle East and Africa (4)Assault Rifles of the United States (2)Bolt-Action, Lever-Action and Historic Rifles (30)Edged and Bladed Small Arms (5)Other Pistols and Handguns (15)Other Small Arms and Personal Weapons (16)Pistols and Revolvers (43)Revolvers (19)Rifles and Carbines (60)Semi-Automatic and Battle Rifles (28)Semi-Automatic Pistols (40)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Asia-Pacific (5)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Belgium (2)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Czechia (2)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Europe (12)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Germany (5)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Italy (4)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Russia and the Soviet Union (2)Semi-Automatic Pistols of Switzerland (3)Semi-Automatic Pistols of the Americas Outside the United States (2)Semi-Automatic Pistols of the Middle East and Africa (3)Semi-Automatic Pistols of the United States (3)Shotguns (11)Sniper, Designated Marksman and Anti-Materiel Rifles (26)Submachine Guns (33)Introduced EraAll1867 (8)1869 (4)1870 (3)1872 (3)1880 (3)1887 (3)1888 (4)1889 (4)1890 (4)1891 (3)1893 (3)1895 (7)1899 (3)1900 (5)1901 (4)1903 (3)1905 (5)1908 (4)1910 (4)1911 (3)1915 (4)1918 (4)1921 (3)1924 (3)1930 (3)1931 (6)1934 (4)1935 (9)1936 (4)1937 (3)1938 (8)1939 (5)1940 (3)1941 (5)1942 (7)1943 (5)1944 (3)1945 (4)1948 (3)1949 (5)1951 (5)1952 (3)1954 (6)1956 (4)1957 (3)1958 (6)1959 (5)1960 (4)1962 (4)1963 (5)1964 (3)1965 (4)1966 (4)1967 (4)1968 (4)1969 (3)1970 (7)1972 (6)1974 (6)1975 (5)1976 (6)1977 (5)1978 (4)1979 (4)1980 (8)1981 (6)1983 (8)1984 (9)1985 (9)1986 (4)1987 (4)1989 (6)1990 (12)1991 (6)1992 (6)1993 (5)1994 (3)1995 (8)1996 (5)1997 (10)1998 (7)1999 (6)2000 (9)2001 (7)2002 (3)2003 (7)2004 (5)2005 (5)2006 (6)2007 (5)2008 (8)2009 (3)2010 (5)2011 (7)2012 (3)2014 (7)2017 (7)2019 (8)2022 (5)2024 (4)Showing the 100 most common of 175 options.ManufacturerAllAAI Corporation (1)Aeros Corporation (2)Anciens Etablissements Pieper (2)Anzio Ironworks (1)Beretta (5)Birmingham Small Arms Company (2)Browning Arms Company (2)Brügger & Thomet (1)Buck Knives (1)Bushmaster Firearms International (2)C. G. Haenel (3)Calico Light Weapons Systems (1)Carl Gustafs stads gevärsfaktori (2)Carl Walther GmbH (3)CASA (aircraft manufacturer) (1)Century International Arms (2)CheyTac USA (1)China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (2)China South Industries Group (1)Colt's Manufacturing Company (3)Cugir Arms Factory (3)Dasan Machineries (1)Dassault Aviation (1)Dassault Aviation S.A. (1)Degtyarev plant (2)Desert Tech (1)Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (3)Emerson Knives (1)Fabrique d'armes Émile et Léon Nagant (2)Fegyver- és Gépgyár (3)FFV (1)FN Herstal (5)Franchi (1)General Motors (1)George & John Deane (1)Gerber Legendary Blades (1)Hanyang Arsenal (2)Heckler & Koch (4)High Standard Manufacturing Company (1)Howa Machinery (2)Husqvarna Group (2)IBM (1)IMBEL (2)IMI Systems (1)Interdynamic AB (1)Ishapore Rifle Factory (2)Israel Weapon Industries (2)Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (2)John Inglis and Company (1)Kalashnikov Concern (3)KBP Instrument Design Bureau (2)KelTec (1)Korth (1)Krieghoff (1)Lewis Machine & Tool Company (2)Lithgow Arms (2)London Small Arms Co. Ltd (1)Magnum Research (2)Magpul (1)Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault (3)Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (2)Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle (2)Matra (1)Mauser (5)McMillan Firearms Manufacturing (1)Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (1)Norinco (2)Remington Arms (5)Royal Small Arms Factory (2)Röhm Gesellschaft (1)Sauer & Sohn (2)Savage Arms (2)SIG Group (3)SIG Sauer (4)Smith & Wesson (2)SNT Motiv (2)Springfield Armory (1)Sterling Armaments Company (3)Steyr Arms (3)Steyr-Daimler-Puch (3)Swiss Arms (4)Taurus (1)Tikka (1)TsKIB SOO (2)TsNIITochMash (2)Tula Arms Plant (3)Ukrainian Defense Industry (2)United States Marine Corps (1)Valmet (1)Vickers (1)Waffenfabrik Bern (2)Webley & Scott (2)Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1)Winchester Repeating Arms Company (1)Z111 Factory (3)Zastava Arms (4)Zbrojovka Brno (2)Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod (2)Łucznik Arms Factory (2)Showing the 99 most common of 208 options.OperatorAllArgentine Armed Forces (10)Armed Forces of Ukraine (1)Australian Army (3)Australian Defence Force (7)Austrian Army (2)Austro-Hungarian Army (2)Boer Commando (1)Border Guard (Poland) (1)Brazilian Army (12)British Army (9)Bulgarian Armed Forces (1)Bundeswehr (7)Canadian Armed Forces (10)Canadian Army (1)Confederate States Army (3)Czechoslovak Army (1)Egyptian Armed Forces (9)Finnish Defence Forces (12)French Air and Space Force (1)French Armed Forces (10)Hezbollah (3)Imperial German Army (1)Imperial Japanese Army (4)Imperial Japanese Navy (5)Imperial Russian Army (5)Indian Air Force (1)Indian Army (5)Indian Navy (3)Indonesian Navy (1)Islamic Republic of Iran Army (1)Israeli Defense Forces (7)Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (1)Macedonian Army (1)Mexican Armed Forces (9)Ottoman Army (3)People's Liberation Army (8)People's Liberation Army Navy (1)Polish Armed Forces (1)Red Army (4)Republic of Korea Armed Forces (1)Royal Air Force (3)Royal Navy (2)Russian Armed Forces (3)Russian Ground Forces (1)Serbian Army (1)South African Defence Force (1)Soviet Armed Forces (5)Spanish Armed Forces (8)Swedish Navy (1)Turkish Armed Forces (14)Union Army (2)United States Air Force (1)United States Armed Forces (20)United States Army (6)United States Marine Corps (6)United States Navy (5)Vietnam People's Army (13)Waffen-SS (3)Wehrmacht (16)CaliberAll.22 Long Rifle (12).22 WMR (2).22-250 Remington (3).222 Remington (2).223 Remington (7).243 Winchester (3).25 ACP (9).270 Winchester (2).280 British (2).30-06 Springfield (6).30-40 Krag (2).300 Winchester Magnum (6).303 British (4).308 Winchester (7).32 ACP (26).32 S&W (3).32 S&W Long (3).338 Lapua Magnum (9).357 Magnum (8).357 SIG (7).375 Chey Tac (2).38 ACP (2).38 S&W (2).38 Special (7).380 ACP (19).40 S&W (17).410 bore (4).44 Magnum (6).44 Special (2).45 ACP (18).450 Adams (2).455 Webley (3).476 Enfield (2).50 Action Express (2).50 BMG (8).577 Snider (2).58 caliber (2).69 caliber (2)10.15x61mmR (3)10.4 × 20 mm R (2)10.6x25mmR (1)105mm (2)10mm Auto (6)11.15x58mmR (2)11mm (4)12-gauge (11)12.17×42mm RF (3)12.7x108mm (5)13mm (2)14.5x114mm (4)15.24mm (3)16-gauge (3)20-gauge (4)20mm (4)28-gauge (3)30mm (2)32-gauge (3)40mm (6)40x46mm (4)5.45x39mm (6)5.56x45mm NATO (39)5.7x28mm (2)6.5mm Grendel (2)6.5x47mm Lapua (2)6.5x50mm (3)6.5x55mm (6)6.5×53mmR (2)6.8 mm Remington SPC (2)6.8x51mm (2)7 mm caliber (2)7.5x55mm (3)7.62x25mm (6)7.62x39mm (19)7.62x41mm SP-4 (2)7.62x51mm NATO (23)7.62x54mmR (6)7.62×25mm Tokarev (4)7.63×25mm Mauser (2)7.65x17mm (3)7.65x53mm Argentine (5)7.65×20mm Longue (2)7.65×21mm Parabellum (2)7.92x57mm Mauser (11)75mm (2)76.2mm (2)7mm-08 Remington (3)7x57mm Mauser (10)8 mm caliber (2)8mm Lebel (2)8x22mm Nambu (2)8x50mmR Lebel (3)8×50mmR Mannlicher (2)9x18mm (8)9x19mm (38)9x23mm (3)9×18mm Makarov (4)9×19 mm Parabellum (28)9×21mm (4)9×23mm Largo (3)9×25mm Mauser (2)Showing the 100 most common of 237 options.Service StatusAllIn Service (53)Out of Production (24)Prototype or Experimental (17)Retired (46)Under Development (1)Wars Used InAllAlgerian War of Independence (1)American Civil War (5)American Revolutionary War (2)Anglo-Ashanti Wars (1)Anglo-Egyptian War (1)Anglo-Maratha Wars (1)Anglo-Zulu War (2)Angolan Civil War (6)Araguaia Guerrilla War (1)Austro-Prussian War (2)Balkan Wars (6)Bosnian War (2)Boxer Rebellion (12)Burundian Civil War (5)Cambodian Civil War (8)Chaco War (2)Chinese Civil War (9)Cold War (1)Constitutionalist Revolution (3)Crimean War (3)Croatian War of Independence (4)Eastern Front (World War II) (1)Eritrean War of Independence (3)Eritrean-Ethiopian War (1)Falklands War (6)First Balkan War (4)First Boer War (4)First Chechen War (3)First Congo War (3)First Indochina War (11)First Italo-Ethiopian War (4)First Sino-Japanese War (6)First Sudanese Civil War (1)Franco-Prussian War (4)Free State-Basotho Wars (1)French and Indian War (1)Gulf War (11)Haitian Revolution (1)Ifni War (2)Indian Rebellion of 1857 (3)Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (2)Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (3)Indo-Pakistani Wars (2)Indonesian National Revolution (1)Insurgency in Aceh (2)Iran-Iraq War (7)Iraq War (27)Kargil War (2)Korean War (11)Kosovo War (9)Laotian Civil War (12)Lebanese Civil War (8)Mahdist War (2)Mau Mau Uprising (2)Mexican Drug War (4)Mexican Revolution (5)Mexican-American War (2)Napoleonic Wars (3)Nigerian Civil War (5)Ogaden War (4)Papua Conflict (2)Paraguayan War (4)Philippine-American War (2)Rhodesian Bush War (2)Russian Civil War (7)Russo-Georgian War (5)Russo-Japanese War (4)Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (4)Russo-Ukrainian War (17)Rwandan Civil War (3)Salvadoran Civil War (2)Second Balkan War (2)Second Boer War (6)Second Chechen War (2)Second Italian War of Independence (2)Second Italo-Ethiopian War (8)Second Sino-Japanese War (9)Second Sudanese Civil War (2)Sino-Indian War (5)Six-Day War (4)South African Border War (7)Soviet-Afghan War (7)Spanish Civil War (19)Spanish-American War (4)Sri Lankan Civil War (5)Syrian Civil War (25)Taiping Rebellion (3)The Troubles (3)Turkish War of Independence (3)Vietnam War (24)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (23)War in Iraq (2013-2017) (2)War of 1812 (3)War of the Pacific (4)Winter War (7)World War I (16)World War II (30)Yemeni Civil War (5)Yom Kippur War (3)Yugoslav Wars (14)Showing the 100 most common of 111 options.Area (sq km)All744.3 (1)22,072 (1)30,689 (1)36,197 (1)41,291 (1)43,094 (1)56,561 (1)78,871 (1)83,600 (1)83,879 (1)86,600 (1)88,499 (1)93,030 (1)100,472 (1)110,993.6 (1)120,538 (1)127,900 (1)238,397 (1)242,500 (1)248,577 (1)255,804 (1)302,069 (1)310,196 (1)312,696 (1)315,093 (1)331,338 (1)338,455 (1)347,681 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)385,207 (1)450,295 (1)468,787 (1)505,983 (1)603,628 (1)632,702.3 (1)676,615 (1)698,700 (1)783,562 (1)881,913 (1)1,220,813 (1)1,285,216 (1)1,648,195 (1)1,904,569 (1)1,972,550 (1)2,780,085 (1)3,287,263 (1)7,688,287 (1)8,510,346 (1)9,572,900 (1)9,866,632 (1)9,984,670 (1)14,700,000 (1)17,075,400 (1)22,402,200 (1)23,700,000 (1)Dissolution or End YearAll1801 (1)1806 (1)1867 (1)1910 (1)1912 (1)1917 (1)1918 (3)1922 (1)1933 (1)1945 (1)1946 (1)1990 (1)1991 (1)1992 (2)Government TypeAllConstitutional Monarchy (9)One-Party (3)Republic (30)Income GroupAllHigh (27)Low (1)Lower-Middle (2)Upper-Middle (14)Independence or Founding YearAll843 (1)962 (1)1000 (1)1139 (1)1492 (1)1523 (1)1644 (1)1701 (1)1707 (1)1721 (1)1776 (1)1801 (2)1804 (1)1816 (1)1821 (2)1822 (1)1830 (1)1848 (1)1861 (2)1867 (2)1868 (1)1870 (1)1871 (2)1877 (1)1901 (1)1905 (1)1908 (1)1910 (1)1912 (2)1917 (1)1918 (5)1922 (1)1923 (1)1945 (3)1946 (1)1947 (3)1948 (2)1949 (3)1965 (1)1971 (1)1979 (1)1991 (4)1993 (1)2006 (1)LandlockedAllNo (39)Yes (6)PopulationAll3,866,233 (1)5,627,400 (1)5,652,881 (1)6,001,008 (1)6,110,200 (1)6,423,207 (1)6,532,019 (1)9,154,242 (1)9,219,113 (1)9,489,000 (1)10,147,200 (1)10,353,296 (1)10,610,485 (1)10,915,839 (1)11,027,129 (1)11,867,634 (1)15,700,000 (1)19,043,151 (1)21,200,000 (1)23,271,000 (1)23,299,132 (1)25,950,000 (1)27,801,023 (1)32,283,000 (1)34,352,720 (1)37,314,000 (1)40,000,000 (1)41,417,056 (1)42,399,000 (1)42,769,196 (1)46,735,004 (1)49,752,000 (1)51,106,229 (1)52,800,000 (1)58,900,000 (1)63,250,000 (1)63,419,000 (1)66,027,000 (1)69,081,996 (1)69,414,000 (1)83,497,147 (1)86,092,168 (1)92,417,681 (1)103,439,000 (1)114,000,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)134,000,000 (1)142,557,000 (1)181,537,800 (1)213,421,037 (1)241,499,431 (1)288,315,089 (1)293,047,571 (1)340,587,000 (1)383,100,000 (1)541,000,000 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50ArgentinaCountry of Origin7 entriesAustraliaCountry of Origin4 entriesAustriaCountry of Origin13 entriesAustria-HungaryCountry of Origin15 entriesAustrian EmpireCountry of Origin2 entriesAzerbaijanCountry of Origin1 entryBelgiumCountry of Origin27 entriesBrazilCountry of Origin7 entriesBulgariaCountry of Origin2 entriesCanadaCountry of Origin4 entriesChinaCountry of Origin21 entriesCroatiaCountry of Origin2 entriesCzechiaCountry of Origin5 entriesCzechoslovakiaCountry of Origin14 entriesDenmarkCountry of Origin1 entryEmpire of JapanCountry of Origin12 entriesFinlandCountry of Origin10 entriesFranceCountry of Origin22 entriesFrench Third RepublicCountry of Origin5 entriesGerman EmpireCountry of Origin22 entriesGerman ReichCountry of Origin14 entriesGermanyCountry of Origin44 entriesHoly Roman EmpireCountry of Origin1 entryHungaryCountry of Origin6 entriesIndiaCountry of Origin8 entriesIndonesiaCountry of Origin7 entriesIranCountry of Origin1 entryIsraelCountry of Origin9 entriesItalyCountry of Origin22 entriesJapanCountry of Origin7 entriesKingdom of Great BritainCountry of Origin3 entriesKingdom of ItalyCountry of Origin7 entriesKingdom of PortugalCountry of Origin1 entryKingdom of PrussiaCountry of Origin1 entryMexicoCountry of Origin2 entriesNorth KoreaCountry of Origin1 entryNorwayCountry of Origin4 entriesPakistanCountry of Origin1 entryPeruCountry of Origin1 entryPhilippinesCountry of Origin1 entryPolandCountry of Origin13 entriesQing dynastyCountry of Origin1 entryRepublic of China (1912-1949)Country of Origin1 entryRomaniaCountry of Origin7 entriesRussiaCountry of Origin45 entriesRussian EmpireCountry of Origin3 entriesSerbiaCountry of Origin6 entriesSingaporeCountry of Origin3 entriesSouth AfricaCountry of Origin10 entriesSouth KoreaCountry of Origin9 entriesShowing 1 to 50 of 65, page 1 of 2.12Next →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.