Home›Small Arms And Sidearms›Country of Origin›United KingdomBrowse ByUnited KingdomFactsUnited KingdomSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested950 1United KingdomFilter Results30 entriesWeapon ClassAllMachine Gun (2)Pistol / Revolver (5)Rifle (18)Small Arm (5)Submachine Gun (2)Weapon FamilyAllAssault Rifles (4)Assault Rifles of Europe (3)Bolt-Action, Lever-Action and Historic Rifles (6)Other Pistols and Handguns (1)Pistols and Revolvers (6)Revolvers (4)Rifles and Carbines (21)Semi-Automatic and Battle Rifles (4)Semi-Automatic Pistols (1)Sniper, Designated Marksman and Anti-Materiel Rifles (7)Submachine Guns (3)Introduced EraAll1853 (2)1856 (1)1866 (1)1867 (1)1871 (1)1880 (1)1883 (1)1888 (1)1911 (1)1913 (1)1916 (1)1941 (2)1942 (1)1943 (2)1951 (1)1954 (2)1960 (1)1970 (1)1985 (1)1991 (1)1995 (1)1996 (1)2000 (1)2006 (1)2010 (2)ManufacturerAllAccuracy International (5)BAE Systems (1)Birmingham Small Arms Company (3)George & John Deane (1)Holland & Holland (1)Lewis Machine & Tool Company (1)Royal Small Arms Factory (9)Sterling Armaments Company (3)W. W. Greener (1)Webley & Scott (2)Westley Richards (1)OperatorAllAustralian Defence Force (3)British Army (9)Bundeswehr (1)Canadian Armed Forces (2)Confederate States Army (1)Finnish Defence Forces (1)French Armed Forces (1)Indian Army (1)Royal Air Force (4)Royal Navy (2)Turkish Armed Forces (1)United States Armed Forces (2)United States Army (2)United States Navy (1)Wehrmacht (1)CaliberAll.22 Long Rifle (1).276 Enfield (1).280 British (1).300 Winchester Magnum (1).303 British (4).32 ACP (2).338 Lapua Magnum (1).45 ACP (1).450 Adams (1).455 Webley (2).476 Enfield (1).50 BMG (3).577 caliber (1).577 Snider (1)30 x 113 mm B (1)30mm (1)4.85x49mm (1)5.56x45mm NATO (3)7.62x51mm NATO (4)9x19mm (5)9×19 mm Parabellum (3)Service StatusAllIn Service (13)Out of Production (1)Prototype or Experimental (3)Retired (14)Wars Used InAllAmerican Civil War (3)Anglo-Ashanti Wars (1)Anglo-Zulu War (3)Balkan Wars (2)Boxer Rebellion (2)Chinese Civil War (1)Crimean War (2)Falklands War (3)First Boer War (4)First Indochina War (2)First Italo-Ethiopian War (3)First Sino-Japanese War (1)Franco-Prussian War (1)Gulf War (4)Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1)Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (1)Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (1)Iraq War (3)Korean War (3)Laotian Civil War (1)Mau Mau Uprising (1)Nigerian Civil War (2)Paraguayan War (2)Portuguese Conquest of the Gaza Empire (2)Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (1)Second Anglo-Afghan War (2)Second Boer War (4)Second Opium War (1)Second Sino-Japanese War (1)Sino-Indian War (1)Syrian Civil War (1)Taiping Rebellion (1)Vietnam War (3)War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) (2)War of the Pacific (1)World War I (3)World War II (7)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 30Accuracy International Arctic WarfareUnited KingdomAccuracy International AS50United KingdomAccuracy International AW50United KingdomAccuracy International AWMUnited KingdomAccuracy International AX50United KingdomADEN cannonUnited KingdomBeaumont-Adams revolverUnited KingdomBSA WelgunUnited KingdomDe Lisle CarbineUnited KingdomEM-2 rifleUnited KingdomEnfield revolverUnited KingdomL129A1United KingdomL1A1 Self-Loading RifleUnited KingdomL42A1United KingdomL64/65United KingdomLanchester submachine gunUnited KingdomLee-MetfordUnited KingdomMartini-Henry RifleUnited KingdomPattern 1853 EnfieldUnited KingdomPattern 1913 EnfieldUnited KingdomPattern 1914 EnfieldUnited KingdomRook rifleUnited KingdomSA80United KingdomSnider-EnfieldUnited KingdomSten GunUnited KingdomSterling SAR-87United KingdomThorneycroft carbineUnited KingdomWebley LongspurUnited KingdomWebley Self-Loading PistolUnited KingdomWelrodUnited KingdomSources1. 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.