List of API blowback firearms

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

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Assault Rifles

Name/
designation
Year of
intro
Country of
origin
Primary
cartridge
Type
APT 1980sFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 5.45×39mm

Anti Tank Rifles

Name/
designation
Year of
intro
Country of
origin
Primary
cartridge
Type
Oerlikon SSG36 1940sFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 20×105mmB
Solothurn S-18/100 1940sFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 20×105mmB

Grenade Launchers

Name/
designation
Year of
intro
Country of
origin
Primary
cartridge
Type
Mk 19 1968Flag of the United States.svg  United States 40x53mm
Daewoo K4 1993Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 40x53mm
Heckler & Koch GMG 2000sFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 40x53mm
Norinco LG5 2000sFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 40x53mm Hybrid of API Blowback and short-recoil
QLU-11 2011Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 35x32mm Hybrid of API Blowback and short-recoil

Machine Guns

Name/
designation
Year of
intro
Country of
origin
Primary
cartridge
Type
QJZ-171 2017Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 12.7×108mm Hybrid of API Blowback and short-recoil

Submachine Guns

Name/
designation
Year of
intro
Country of
origin
Primary
cartridge
Type
TZ-45 1944Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9×19mm Parabellum

Shotguns

Name/
designation
Year of
intro
Country of
origin
Primary
cartridge
Type
Atchisson Assault Shotgun 1972Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12 Gauge

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