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List of API blowback firearms

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This is a list of advanced primer ignition blowback firearms (API).

Assault Rifles

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Name/
designation

! Year of
intro

! Country of
origin

! Primary
cartridge

! Type

APT

| 1980s

| {{flagcountry|Soviet Union}}

| 5.45×39mm

|

Anti Tank Rifles

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Name/
designation

! Year of
intro

! Country of
origin

! Primary
cartridge

! Type

Oerlikon SSG36

| 1940s

| {{flagcountry|Switzerland}}

| 20×105mmB

|

Solothurn S-18/100

| 1940s

| {{flagcountry|Switzerland}}

| 20×105mmB

|

Grenade Launchers

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Name/
designation

! Year of
intro

! Country of
origin

! Primary
cartridge

! Type

Mk 19

| 1968

| {{flagcountry|USA}}

| 40x53mm

|

Daewoo K4

| 1993

| {{flagcountry|South Korea}}

| 40x53mm

|

Heckler & Koch GMG

| 2000s

| {{flagcountry|Germany}}

| 40x53mm

|

Norinco LG5

| 2000s

| {{flagcountry|China}}

| 40x53mm

| Hybrid of API Blowback and short-recoil

QLU-11

| 2011

| {{flagcountry|China}}

| 35x32mm

| Hybrid of API Blowback and short-recoil

Machine Guns

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Name/
designation

! Year of
intro

! Country of
origin

! Primary
cartridge

! Type

QJZ-171

| 2017

| {{flagcountry|China}}

| 12.7×108mm

| Hybrid of API Blowback and short-recoil

Submachine Guns

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Name/
designation

! Year of
intro

! Country of
origin

! Primary
cartridge

! Type

TZ-45

| 1944

| {{flagcountry|Italy}}

| 9×19mm Parabellum

|

Shotguns

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Name/
designation

! Year of
intro

! Country of
origin

! Primary
cartridge

! Type

Atchisson Assault Shotgun

| 1972

| {{flagcountry|United States}}

| 12 Gauge

|

References

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