List of battle rifles

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Battle rifles are full-length, semi-automatic or select fire rifles that are chambered for a full-power rifle cartridge,{{cite web |url=https://archive.today/20120712082636/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_12_45/ai_57006135/|title=Military Guns Of The Century |author=Charles Karwan |work=Guns Magazine |date=December 1999}} and have been adopted by a nation's military. The difference between a battle rifle and a designated marksman rifle is often only one of terminology with modifications to the trigger and accuracy enhancements; many of the weapons below are currently still in use and have been repurposed as designated marksman rifles. For intermediate-powered rifle cartridge firearms (e.g.: 5.45x39mm, 5.56×45mm, 5.8x42mm, and 7.62×39mm) see List of assault rifles.

Below is the list of automatic rifles and battle rifles.

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!Year

Automatgevær 3

|Kongsberg Gruppen

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Norway}}

|1961

AK-308{{cite book | last=Neville | first=L. | title=The Elite: The A–Z of Modern Special Operations Forces | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing | year=2019 | isbn=978-1-4728-2430-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zW6MDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA231 | page=231}}

|Kalashnikov Concern

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Russian Federation}}

|2018

Automatkarbin 4{{cite book | last=Fagerholm | first=M. | last2=Johnson | first2=M. | last3=Appelberg | first3=M. | title=Havet : Fyra lyriska essäer | publisher=Albert Bonniers Förlag | year=2012 | isbn=978-91-0-013343-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yERhAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT36 | language=fi | page=36}}

|Husqvarna Vapenfabrik

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Sweden}}

|1966

FN-49

|FN Herstal

|250px

|.30-06 Springfield

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Belgium}}

|1947

Ag m/42

|Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori

|250px

|6.5×55mm

|Semi-automatic

|{{flagcountry|Sweden}}

|1941

AVT-40

|

|

|7.62×54mmR

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Soviet Union}}

|1942

MAS-49

|Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne

|250px

|7.5×54mm French

|Semi-automatic

|{{flagcountry|France}}

|1949

AR-10{{cite book | last=Rupley | first=J. | last2=Vickers | first2=L. | last3=Watters | first3=D. | last4=Bartocci | first4=C. | title=Vickers Guide: AR-15 (Volume 1) | publisher=Mott Lake Publishing | year=2020 | isbn=978-0-9965032-7-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lxc5zQEACAAJ | page=}}

|ArmaLite

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO
.308 Winchester

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|US}} and under contract in the Netherlands (Artillerie Inrichtingen)

|1956

AVS-36

|

|250px

|7.62×54mmR

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Soviet Union}}

|1936

Beretta BM59{{cite book | last=Johnston | first=G.P. | last2=Nelson | first2=T.B. | title=The World's Assault Rifles | publisher=Ironside International Publishers, Inc. | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-61984-601-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z3O6DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT1069 | page=1069}}

|Beretta

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Italy}}

|1959

Breda PG

|Beretta

|250px

|6.5×52mm Carcano
7×57mm Mauser

|Select fire(burst, full-auto)

|{{flagcountry|Italy}}

|1935

Calzada Bayo CB-57

|

|

|7.62×51mm NATO
7.92×33mm Kurz
7.92×40mm

|

|{{flagcountry|Francoist Spain}}

|1957

Cei-Rigotti

|

|250px

|6.5×52mm Carcano
7.65×53mm Mauser

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Italy}}

|1890s

CETME rifle

|CETME

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Francoist Spain}}

|1957

Charlton Automatic Rifle

|Charlton Motor Workshops
Electrolux

| 250px

|.303 British

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|New Zealand}}

|1942

Chauchat

|SIDARME
Gladiator

|

|8×51mmR French

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|France}}

|1907

Chauchat-Ribeyrolles 1918

|Ribeyrolles, Sutter and Chauchat (RSC)

|250px

|8×51mmR French

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|France}}

|1918

Colt Modular 901

|Colt Defense

|250px

|7.62x51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|US}}

|2013

CZ BREN 2

|Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod

|File:CZ BREN 2 BR.jpg

|7.62x51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}}

|2015

FA-MAS Type 62

|Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne

|

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|France}}

|1962

Fedorov Avtomat

|Degtyarev plant

|250px

|6.5×50mmSR Arisaka

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|1915

Fallschirmjager 42

|Rheinmetall

|250px

|7.92×57mm Mauser

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|1941

FM57 rifle

|N/A

|

|7.62×51mm NATO

|?

|{{flagcountry|Sweden}}

|1957

FN FAL

|FN Herstal
IMBEL
Fabricaciones Militares

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Belgium}}

|1947

FN SCAR-H

|FN Herstal

|File:United States Navy SEALs 121.jpg

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Belgium}}

|2009

Gewehr 41

|Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik

|File:Gewehr 1941 Walther noBG.jpg

|7.92×57mm Mauser

|Semi-automatic

|{{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|1941

Gewehr 43

|Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik

|250px

|7.92×57mm Mauser

|Semi-automatic

|{{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|1943

GRAM 61 battle rifle

|Bofors Carl Gustaf

|

|6.5×55mm

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Sweden}}

|

GRAM 63 battle rifle

|Bofors Carl Gustaf

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Sweden}}

|1963

G1

|

|File:German FAL-G1 noBG.png

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|West Germany}}

|1957-1958

Heckler & Koch G3

|Heckler & Koch
MKEK

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|West Germany}}

|1955

Heckler & Koch HK417

|Heckler & Koch

|File:KWA HK417A2.jpg

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Germany}}

|2005

Howa Type 64

|Howa

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Japan}}

|1964

IWI ACE 52

|Israel Weapon Industries

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Israel}}

|2008

L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle

|Royal Small Arms Factory

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|UK}}

|1952

Lmg 25

|W+F Bern

|250px

|7.5×55mm Swiss

|Select fire

|{{flagcountry|Switzerland}}

|1925

M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle

|Colt's Manufacturing Company

|250px

|30-06 Springfield
.303 British
7.92×57mm Mauser

|Select fire

|{{flag|US}}

|1917

M1 Garand

|Springfield Armory

| File:Garand.jpg

|.30-06 Springfield

|Semi-automatic

|{{flag|US}}

|1933

M14 rifle

|Springfield Armory

|File:M14 Stand-off Munitions Disruptor (SMUD) (7414626342).jpg

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flag|US}}

|1954

Madsen LAR

|Dansk Industri Syndikat

|

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flag|Denmark}}

|1959

Madsen machine gun

|Dansk Rekyl Riffel Syndikat A/S

|File:Madsen machine gun with magazine.jpg

|8×58mmR Danish Krag

7×57mm Mauser

6.5×55mm

6.5×53mmR

6.5×52mm Carcano

7.92×57mm Mauser

7.65×53mm Argentine

7.62×54mmR

8×50mmR Lebel

8×50mmR Mannlicher

Patrone 88

.303 British

.30-06

7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flag|Denmark}}

|1902

Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle

|Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division

|File:MK14, Mod 0 Enhanced Battle Rifle (7414624728).jpg

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flag|US}}

|2001

Model 45A

|N/A

|

|.30-06 Springfield

|Select fire

|{{flag|US}}
{{flag|Commonwealth of the Philippines}}

|1945

MPT-76

|MKEK
Sarsılmaz Arms

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|2009

Ishapore 1A1

|Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli

|File:Ishapore 1A1 battle rifle.jpg

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flag|India}}

|1960

IMBEL IA2

|IMBEL

| 250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flag|Brazil}}

|2012

ParaFAL

|IMBEL

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|?

|{{flag|Brazil}}

|2009

Pindad SS3

|PT Pindad (Persero)

|

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flag|Indonesia}}

| 2014

Rieder automatic rifle

|

|

|.303 British

|Select fire

|{{flag|South Africa}}

|1941

MCX Spear

|SIG Sauer

|250px

|7.62x51mm NATO
6.5mm Creedmoor
.277 FURY

|Select fire

|{{flag|US}}

|2019

SIG SG 510

|Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft

|250px

|7.5×55mm Swiss
7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flag|Switzerland}}

|1956

SIG SG 542

|Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft
FAMAE

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flag|Switzerland}}

|1977

ShAK-12

|Izhmash

|250px

|12.7×55mm

|Select fire

|{{flag|Russia}}

|2010

SIG716

|SIG Sauer

|File:SIG716i.png

|7.62x51mm
6.5mm Creedmoor

|Select fire

|{{flag|US}}

|2010

SLEM-1

|FN Herstal

|

|7.92×57mm Mauser

|Semi-automatic

|{{flag|Belgium}}

|1944

SVT-40

|Tula Arms Plant
Izhevsk Machinebuilding Plant

|250px

|7.62×54mmR

|Semi-automatic

|{{flag|Soviet Union}}

|1938

Sturmgewehr 58

|Fabrique Nationale de Herstal and Steyr-Daimler-Puch

|File:STG-58.jpg

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flag|Belgium}}
{{flag|Austria}}

|1956

T48 rifle

|FN Herstal
H&R Firearms
High Standard Manufacturing Company

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flag|Belgium}}

|1947

Wz. 1928

|Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów

|250px

|7.92×57mm Mauser

|Select fire

|{{flag|Second Polish Republic}}

|1928

Zastava M77 B1

|Zastava Arms

|250px

|7.62×51mm NATO

|Select fire

|{{flag|Yugoslavia}}

|1977

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