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Below is a list of multiple-barrel firearms of all forms from around the world. [1]
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Below is a list of multiple-barrel firearms of all forms from around the world. [1]
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nock gun | Henry Nock |  | .46 inches (12 mm) |  United Kingdom | 1779 |
| TP-82 Cosmonaut survival pistol |  | 5.45×39mm 12.5×70 |  Soviet Union | 1986 |
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nambu Type 90 | Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company |  |  Japan | 1930 |
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osa |  | 18×45 mm |  Russia | 1997 | |
| Flash-ball | Verney-Carron |  | 44×83mm |  France | 1995 |
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80.002 | 5.45×39mm 12.7mm Grenade | Soviet Union | 1975 | ||
| AO-63 assault rifle | TsNIITochMash | 5.45×39mm | Soviet Union | 1984 | |
| S&T Daewoo K11 | S&T Daewoo |  | 5.56×45mm NATO 20×30mm Grenade |  South Korea | 2010 |
| Springfield Armory SALVO | Springfield Armory | 5.56×45mm NATO |  United States | 1957 | |
| TKB-059 | Tula Arms Plant |  | 7.62×39mm | Soviet Union | 1962 |
| QTS-11 | Norinco | 5.8×42mm |  China | 2011 | |
| Silver Shadow Gilboa Snake | Silver Shadow | 5.56×45mm NATO |  Israel | 2015 | |
| XM29 OICW | Heckler & Koch Alliant Techsystems |  | 5.56x45mmm NATO |  Germany / United States | 1996 |
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fliegerbeobachter-Doppelpistole | W+F Bern | 7.65×21mm Parabellum |  Switzerland | 1919 | |
| From machine gun | V.Karlovich From | 7.62x38mmR | Russia | 1917 | |
| Spasov M1944 Trigun | Hristo Spasov | 9×19mm Parabellum |  Bulgaria | 1944 | |
| Sturmpistole M.18 | Steyr | 9x23mm Steyr |  Austrian Empire  Kingdom of Hungary | 1917 | |
| Villar Perosa aircraft submachine gun |  | 9mm Glisenti |  Italy | 1914 |
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M30 Luftwaffe drilling | Sauer & Sohn |  | 12 gauge 9.3×74mmR |  Germany | 1941 |
| DP-12 | Standard Manufacturing Company | 12 gauge | United States | 2015 | |
| KUGS HD410 | KUGS | .410 caliber | Switzerland | 2022 | |
| Winchester Liberator |  | 16 Gauge 12 gauge | United States | 1962 |
| Name | Manufacturer | Image | Cartridge | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DP-64 | Degtyarev plant |  | 45mm grenades | Russia | 1990 |
A carbine is a long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length. Most modern carbines are rifles that are compact versions of a longer rifle or are rifles chambered for less powerful cartridges.
A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries.
In firearm designs, the term single-shot refers to guns that can hold only a single round of ammunition inside and thus must be reloaded manually after every shot. Compared to multi-shot repeating firearms ("repeaters"), single-shot designs have no moving parts other than the trigger, hammer/firing pin or frizzen, and therefore do not need a sizable receiver behind the barrel to accommodate a moving action, making them far less complex and more robust than revolvers or magazine/belt-fed firearms, but also with much slower rates of fire.
A muzzle brake or recoil compensator is a device connected to, or a feature integral to the construction of, the muzzle or barrel of a firearm or cannon that is intended to redirect a portion of propellant gases to counter recoil and unwanted muzzle rise. Barrels with an integral muzzle brake are often said to be ported.
Flintlock is a general term for any firearm that uses a flint-striking ignition mechanism, the first of which appeared in Western Europe in the early 16th century. The term may also apply to a particular form of the mechanism itself, also known as the true flintlock, that was introduced in the early 17th century, and gradually replaced earlier firearm-ignition technologies, such as the matchlock, the wheellock, and the earlier flintlock mechanisms such as the snaplock and snaphaunce.
In the United States, assault weapon is a controversial term used to define firearms with specified characteristics. The definition varies among regulating jurisdictions, but usually includes semi-automatic firearms with a detachable magazine, a pistol grip, and sometimes other features, such as a vertical forward grip, flash suppressor, or barrel shroud. Certain firearms are specified by name in some laws that restrict assault weapons. When the now-defunct Federal Assault Weapons Ban was passed in 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice said, "In general, assault weapons are semiautomatic firearms with a large magazine of ammunition that were designed and configured for rapid fire and combat use." The commonly used definitions of assault weapons are under frequent debate, and have changed over time.
The National Firearms Act (NFA), 73rd Congress, Sess. 2, ch. 757, 48 Stat. 1236 was enacted on June 26, 1934, and currently codified and amended as I.R.C. ch. 53. The law is an Act of Congress in the United States that, in general, imposes an excise tax on the manufacture and transfer of certain firearms and mandates the registration of those firearms. The NFA is also referred to as Title II of the federal firearms laws, with the Gun Control Act of 1968 ("GCA") as Title I.
In the United Kingdom, access by the general public to firearms is subject to some of the strictest control measures in the world. Subject to licensing, members of the public may own rifles and shotguns. However, most handguns have been banned in Great Britain since the Dunblane school massacre in 1996. Handguns are permitted in Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man which have their own legislation. Scotland imposes an additional licensing regime on airguns, which is not mirrored in England and Wales.
This is an index of lists of weapons.
Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gas created by the ignition of the propellant charge.
Break action is a type of firearm action in which the barrel(s) are hinged much like a door and rotate perpendicularly to the bore axis to expose the breech and allow loading and unloading of cartridges. A separate operation may be required for the cocking of a hammer to fire the new round. There are many types of break-action firearms; break actions are universal in double-barreled shotguns, double-barreled rifles, combination guns, and are commonly found in single shot pistols, rifles, shotguns, including flare guns, grenade launchers, air guns, and some older revolver designs. They are also known as hinge-action, break-open, break-barrel, break-top, or, on old revolvers, top-break actions.
Short-barreled rifle broadly refers to any rifle with an unusually short barrel. The term carbine describes a production rifle with a reduced barrel length for easier handling in confined spaces. Concern about concealment for illegal purposes has encouraged regulations specifying minimum barrel lengths and overall lengths.
The following are terms related to firearms and ammunition topics.
Title II weapons, or NFA firearms, are designations of certain weapons under the United States National Firearms Act (NFA).
A multiple-barrel firearm is any type of firearm with more than one gun barrel, usually to increase the rate of fire or hit probability and to reduce barrel erosion or overheating.
A repeating firearm or repeater is any firearm that is capable of being fired repeatedly before having to be manually reloaded with new ammunition into the firearm.
