Assault rifles are full-length, select fire rifles that are chambered for an intermediate-power rifle cartridge that use a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern militaries. Some rifles listed below, such as the AR-15, also come in semi-automatic models that would not belong under the term "assault rifle".
By strict definition, a firearm must have the following characteristics to be considered an assault rifle: [1] [ page needed ] [2] [ page needed ] [3] [ page needed ]
Rifles that meet most of these criteria, but not all, are technically not assault rifles, despite frequently being called such.
For example:
Several of the rifles on the below list have non-assault rifle variants. Because they lack the selective fire capability as they only fire semi-automatic even though it fulfills the other requirements of the definition above.
They found that this lightweight selective-fire small-caliber rifle not only met, but exceeded the performance of the standard-issue 7.62mm M14 service rifle.
Moschetto automatico tipo Terno Mod. 1921 calibro 7.65mm. Nell immediato dopoguerra i esercito era orientato a sosti-tuire i fueili ed i moschetti 91 con una nuora arma indivuale in grado di sparare a raffica
