Action
Self-loading
The breech is cycled by energy from firing. What the trigger then does is a separate question, answered by the fire modes.
Also called semi-automatic, automatic
109 entries
- PistolBergmann 1896
Bergmann Industriewerke · 1896
- PistolMauser C96
Mauser · 1896
- PistolLuger pistol
Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken · 1900
- PistolBergmann–Bayard pistol
Anciens Etablissements Pieper · 1903
- ShotgunBrowning Auto-5
FN Herstal · 1905
- PistolM1911 pistol
Colt's Manufacturing Company · 1911
- PistolFrommer Stop
Fegyver- és Gépgyár · 1912
- PistolSteyr M1912
Steyr Arms · 1912
- Machine gunVickers machine gun
Vickers Limited · 1912
- Machine gunM1918 Browning automatic rifle
Colt's Manufacturing Company · 1918
- Submachine gunThompson submachine gun
Auto-Ordnance Corporation · 1921
- Machine gunM2 Browning
Colt's Manufacturing Company · 1933
- Machine gunVickers K machine gun
Vickers-Armstrongs · 1935
- RifleM1 Garand
Springfield Armory · 1936
- Submachine gunMP 40
Erma Werke · 1940
- Submachine gunM50 Reising
Harrington & Richardson Arms Company · 1941
- Submachine gunSten
Royal Small Arms Factory · 1941
- CarbineM1 carbine
Winchester Repeating Arms Company · 1942
- Submachine gunM3 submachine gun
Guide Lamp Division, General Motors · 1942
- Submachine gunUnited Defense M42
United Defense Supply Corporation · 1942
- Submachine gunBłyskawica submachine gun
1943
- PistolTrejo pistol
Industrias Trejo de Zacatlán · 1948
- RifleAK-47
Izhmash · 1949
- PistolLercker pistol
Cesare Lercker · 1950
- PistolStechkin automatic pistol
Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant · 1951
- RifleFN FAL
FN Herstal · 1953
- Submachine gunSterling submachine gun
Sterling Armaments Company · 1953
- Submachine gunUzi
Israel Weapon Industries · 1954
- RifleArmaLite AR-10
ArmaLite · 1956
- RifleType 56
Norinco · 1956
- Machine gunM60 machine gun
Saco Defense · 1957
- RifleArmaLite AR-7
ArmaLite · 1959
- Submachine gunŠkorpion vz. 61
Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod · 1961
- RifleSVD
Izhmash · 1963
- RifleStoner 63
Cadillac Gage · 1963
- Submachine gunWalther MP
Carl Walther GmbH · 1963
- RifleM16 rifle
Colt's Manufacturing Company · 1964
- RifleRuger 10/22
Sturm, Ruger & Co. · 1964
- Submachine gunType 64 submachine gun
1964
- CarbineCAR-15 XM177 Commando
Colt's Manufacturing Company · 1966
- RifleFN CAL
FN Herstal · 1966
- Submachine gunHeckler & Koch MP5
Heckler & Koch · 1966
- PistolPB (pistol)
Izhevsk Mechanical Plant · 1967
- RifleHeckler & Koch HK33
Heckler & Koch · 1968
- RifleArmaLite AR-18
ArmaLite · 1969
- Machine gunPKM
V. A. Degtyarev Plant · 1969
- PistolHeckler & Koch VP70
Heckler & Koch · 1970
- Submachine gunMAC-10
Military Armament Corporation · 1970
- RifleIWI Galil
Israel Weapon Industries · 1972
- Submachine gunMAC-11
Military Armament Corporation · 1972
- PistolCZ 75
Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod · 1976
- Machine gunM240 machine gun
FN Herstal · 1977
- RifleSIG SG 540
SIG Sauer AG · 1977
- RifleSIG SG 542
SIG Sauer AG · 1977
- RifleFAMAS
Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne · 1978
- RifleSteyr AUG
Steyr Arms · 1978
- CarbineAKS-74U
Tula Arms Plant · 1979
- PistolBeretta 93R
Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta · 1979
- PistolHeckler & Koch P7
Heckler & Koch · 1979
- RifleVektor R4
Denel Land Systems · 1980
- CarbineDaewoo Precision Industries K1A
SNT Motiv · 1981
- RifleWalther WA 2000
Carl Walther GmbH · 1981
- PistolGlock 17
Glock Ges.m.b.H. · 1982
- CarbineLa France M16K
La France Specialties · 1982
- RifleType 81 assault rifle
Norinco · 1983
- RifleColt Canada C7
Diemaco · 1984
- Submachine gunFB Glauberyt
FB "Łucznik" Radom · 1984
- PistolTEC-9
Intratec · 1984
- Submachine gunStar Model Z84
Star Bonifacio Echeverria, S.A. · 1984
- RifleDaewoo Precision Industries K2
SNT Motiv · 1985
- RifleSA80
Royal Small Arms Factory · 1985
- RifleSIG SG 550
SIG Sauer AG · 1986
- RifleAS Val
Tula Arms Plant · 1987
- RifleBarrett M82
Barrett Firearms Manufacturing · 1989
- RifleHowa Type 89
Howa Machinery, Ltd. · 1989
- Personal defence weaponFN P90
FN Herstal · 1990
- PistolHeckler & Koch Mark 23
Heckler & Koch · 1991
- PistolOTs-23 Drotik
KBP Instrument Design Bureau · 1993
- CarbineAK-102
Kalashnikov Concern · 1994
- CarbineAK-104
Kalashnikov Concern · 1994
- CarbineAK-105
Izhmash · 1994
- CarbineColt M4 Carbine
Colt's Manufacturing Company · 1994
- RifleOTs-14 Groza
TsKIB SOO · 1994
- Submachine gunPP-91 Kedr
Zlatoust Machine-Building Plant · 1994
- CarbineSR-3 Vikhr
Tula Arms Plant · 1995
- RifleHeckler & Koch G36
Heckler & Koch · 1996
- RifleQBZ-95
Norinco · 1997
- Submachine gunBrügger & Thomet MP9
Brügger & Thomet · 2001
- Submachine gunDaewoo Telecom K7
SNT Motiv · 2001
- Personal defence weaponHeckler & Koch MP7
Heckler & Koch · 2001
- CarbineBeretta Cx4 Storm
Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta · 2003
- RifleHeckler & Koch HK416
Heckler & Koch · 2004
- RiflePindad SS2
Pindad · 2005
- RifleFX-05 Xiuhcoatl
Dirección General de Industria Militar · 2006
- Submachine gunPindad PM2
Pindad · 2006
- Submachine gunPP-2000
KBP Instrument Design Bureau · 2006
- CarbineAK-9
Izhmash · 2007
- CarbineAR-57
AR57 LLC · 2008
- RifleFN SCAR
FN Herstal · 2009
- RifleIWI Tavor X95
Israel Weapon Industries · 2009
- RifleM27 Infantry Automatic Rifle
Heckler & Koch · 2010
- RifleS&T Daewoo K11
SNT Motiv · 2010
- CarbineAAC Honey Badger
Advanced Armament Corporation · 2011
- Submachine gunBrügger & Thomet APC9
Brügger & Thomet · 2011
- CarbineB&T APC556
Brügger & Thomet · 2015
- CarbineB&T APC308
Brügger & Thomet · 2016
- PistolGrand Power Stribog
Grand Power · 2016
- RifleAK-12
Kalashnikov Concern · 2018
- RifleSmith & Wesson M&P15 Sport III
Smith & Wesson · 2024