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-auto models that would not belong under the term "assault rifle."

Definition

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]}

• It must be an individual weapon;
• It must be capable of selective fire, which means it has the capacity to switch between semi-automatic and burst/fully automatic fire;^[4]
• It must have an intermediate-power cartridge: more power than a pistol but less than a standard rifle or battle rifle. For full-power automatic rifles, see List of battle rifles;
• Its ammunition must be supplied from a detachable box magazine;
• It should have an effective range of at least 300 metres (330 yards).

Rifles that meet most of these criteria, but not all, are technically not assault rifles, despite frequently being called such.

For example:

• Select-fire Amogh carbines are not assault rifles; their effective range is only 200 yards.^[5]
• Select-fire rifles such as the FN FAL are not assault rifles; they are battle rifles and fire full-powered rifle cartridges.
• Select-fire rifles such as the Joint Venture Protective Carbine are not assault rifles; as their cartridge is too weak.
• Semi-automatic-only rifles like the Colt AR-15 are not assault rifles; they do not have select-fire capabilities. In contrast, the original ArmaLite AR-15 would meet the criteria.
• Select-fire rifles with fixed magazines like the Cei-Rigotti are not assault rifles; they do not have detachable box magazines.

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.

List

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Cartridge	Manufacturing country	Serial production	Production
AAC Honey Badger	Advanced Armament Corporation		.300 AAC Blackout	United States		2011
AAI ACR	AAI Corporation		5.56×45mm sub-calibre flechette	United States	no	1989
AC-556	Sturm, Ruger & Co.		.223 Remington	United States	yes	1999-2009
ACAR[6]	Lithgow Arms Wedgetail Industries Thales Australia[7]		5.56×45mm NATO/.300 Blackout	Australia		2023
ArmaLite AR-15 Colt AR-15	Armalite, Colt		5.56×45mm NATO, 223 Remington	United States	yes	1959-1964 (Armalite) 1964–present (Colt)
ArmaLite AR-18	ArmaLite		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	yes	1969-1985
ACR	Remington Arms Bushmaster		5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC	United States	yes	2006
ADS	KBP Instrument Design Bureau		5.45×39mm 5.45×39mm PSP	Russia		2007
AEK-971	Degtyarev plant		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union		1990–present (designed 1978)
AG-043			5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	no	1974
AO-63 assault rifle	TsNIITochMash		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	no	1984
Automatkarbin 5	Förenade Fabriksverken		5.56×45mm NATO	Sweden	yes	1986–present
AK-9	Kalashnikov Concern		9×39mm	Russia		c. 2007-?
AK12/AK200 AK15 AK19 AK201, AK202, AK204 AK203 AK205	Kalashnikov Concern		5.45×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, 7.62×39mm	Russia	yes	2010
AK-47	Kalashnikov Concern		7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	yes	1948–present
AK-63	Fegyver- és Gépgyár		7.62×39mm	Hungary	yes	1977
AK-74	Kalashnikov Concern		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	yes	1974-1991 (AK-74) 1991–present (AK-74M)
AK-100 rifle family AK-101 AK-102 AK-103 AK-104 AK-105	Kalashnikov Concern		5.45×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, 7.62×39mm	Russia	yes	c. 1994–present
AK-107	Kalashnikov Concern		5.45×39mm 5.56×45mm NATO	Russia	yes	1990s
AKM	Izhmash Tula Arms Plant		7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	yes	1959-1977 (USSR)
AMD-65	Fegyver- és Gépgyár		7.62×39mm	Hungary	yes	1965-1985
AMP-69	Fegyver- és Gépgyár		7.62×39mm	Hungary		1970–1985
AN-94	Izhmash		5.45×39mm	Russia	yes	1994-2006
AM-17	Kalashnikov Concern		5.45x39mm	Russia		2015
AMB-17	Kalashnikov Concern		9x39mm	Russia		2015
AO-27 rifle			7.62 mm (3 mm flechette)	Soviet Union	No	1961
AO-35 assault rifle			5.45×39mm 7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	no	1968?
AO-38 assault rifle	TsNIITochMash		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	no	1965
AS-44			7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	no	1944
AT-44	Fedor Tokarev		7.62×41mm	Soviet Union	no	1944
APS-95	Končar-Arma d.o.o		5.56×45mm NATO	Croatia		1995
APS underwater rifle	Tula Arms Plant TsNIITochMash		5.66×39mm	Soviet Union	yes	1975–present
AS Val	TsNIITochMash		9×39mm	Soviet Union	yes	1987–present
ASM-DT amphibious rifle	Tula Arms Plant		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	no	1990s
Barrett REC7 Barrett M468	Barrett Firearms Manufacturing		5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC	United States		2007
Beretta AR70/223	Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta		5.56×45mm NATO	Italy	Yes	1972-1990
Beretta AR70/90	Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta		5.56×45mm NATO	Italy	Yes	1990-?
Beretta ARX160	Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta		5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm	Italy	Yes	2008–present
BSA 28P	Birmingham Small Arms Company		.280 British	United Kingdom		1949
BSA Machine Carbine [8][9]	Birmingham Small Arms Company		.30 Carbine	United Kingdom	no	1945
BR18	ST Kinetics		5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm	Singapore		2018–present
Burton LMR 1917[10]			.345 Winchester Self-Loading	United States	no	1917
Bushmaster M4 Type Carbine	Bushmaster Firearms International		.223 Remington 5.56x45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm	United States		1990s
Chropi rifle	Chropei		7.62×39mm	Greece	no	1975
CEAM Modèle 1950	Atelier Mécanique de Mulhouse		.30 Carbine 7.92×33mm Kurz 7.65×35mm 7.5×38mm	France	no	1949-1950 (prototypes only)
CETME Model A	Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara		7.92x41mm CETME	Spain	no	c.1954-?
CETME Model B	CETME		7.62×51mm CETME 7.62x51mm NATO	Spain	yes	1961-?
CETME Model L	CETME		5.56×45mm NATO	Spain	yes	1986-1991
Close Quarters Battle Receiver	Colt's Manufacturing Company		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	yes	1999
Colt ACR	Colt's Manufacturing Company		5.56×45mm M855 or Duplex	United States	no	1982
Cristóbal Carbine	Armería San Cristóbal Weapon Factory		.30 Carbine	Dominican Republic	yes	1950
Diemaco C7 Diemaco C8	Colt Canada, Diemaco		5.56×45mm NATO	Canada		1982–present
Colt CM901	Colt Defense		5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm	United States		c.2012–present
Colt MARS	Colt		5.56×30mm Mars	United States		1997
CZ 805 BREN/ CZ 805 BREN 2	Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod		5.56×45mm NATO, 7,62×39mm	Czech Republic		2009–present (BREN) 2015–present (BREN 2)
ČZ 2000	Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod		5.56×45mm NATO	Czechoslovakia		1990 (prototypes only)
Daewoo K1	S&T Motiv		5.56×45mm NATO	South Korea		1980–present
Daewoo K2	S&T Motiv		5.56×45mm NATO	South Korea		1982–present
Dasan Machineries K16	Dasan Machineries		5.56×45mm NATO	South Korea		c.2024[citation needed]
Desert Tech MDR	Desert Tech		.223 Remington 5.56×45mm NATO .223 Wylde .308 Winchester 7.62×51mm NATO	United States		2014
Dlugov assault rifle			7.62×39mm	Soviet Union		1953
EM-2 rifle	Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield		7 mm Mk1Z (7×43mm)	United Kingdom		1948-1951 (pre-production prototypes only)
Excalibur rifle	Armament Research and Development Establishment		5.56×45mm NATO	India		2013–14
EMER K1	Myanmar Fritz Werner Industries		5.56×45mm NATO	Burma		1990s
Fateh	Defense Industries Organization		5.56×45mm NATO	Iran		2014
FAMAS	Nexter		5.56×45mm NATO	France	yes	F1: 1975-2000 G2: 1994-2000
FARA 83	Fabrica Militar de Armas Portatiles Domingo Matheu		5.56×45mm NATO	Argentina		1984-1990
FB Beryl	Łucznik Arms Factory		5.56×45mm NATO	Poland	yes	1997–present
FB MSBS	FB "Łucznik" Radom		5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm	Poland	yes	2018–present (prototypes 2007–2017)
FB Tantal	Łucznik Arms Factory		5.45×39mm	Poland	yes	1989-1994
CAL	Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal		5.56×45mm NATO	Belgium		1966-1975
F2000	Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal		5.56×45mm NATO	Belgium	yes	2001–present
FNC	Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal		5.56×45mm NATO	Belgium	yes	1979-2004
SCAR	FN Herstal		5.56×45mm NATO	Belgium		2004–present
FX-05 Xiuhcoatl	Dirección General de Industria Militar del Ejército		5.56×45mm NATO	Mexico	yes	2005–present
Galil Córdova	Indumil		5.56×45mm NATO	Colombia	yes	2015
Grad AR	State Factories-North Ossetia		6×49mm 5.45×39mm	South Ossetia		2010
Grossfuss Sturmgewehr			7.92×33mm Kurz	Germany	no	1944
G11	Heckler & Koch		4.73×33mm	West Germany		K1: 1987-1989 (prototypes only) K2: 1990 (pre-production prototypes only)
G36	Heckler & Koch		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany		1996–present
G41	Heckler & Koch		5.56×45mm NATO	West Germany		1984-1996
H&R Reising light rifle	Eugene Reising		.30 Carbine	United States	no	1941
HK33	Heckler & Koch		5.56×45mm NATO	West Germany	yes	1968-2000 (H&K) 1999–present (MKEK)
HK36	Heckler & Koch		4.6×36 mm	West Germany	no	Early 1970s (prototypes only)
HK416 M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle	Heckler & Koch		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany	yes	2004–present
HK433	Heckler & Koch		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany	yes	2017-?
Type 20	Howa		5.56×45mm NATO	Japan		2020–present
Type 89	Howa		5.56×45mm NATO	Japan		1989–present
VHS	HS Produkt		5.56×45mm NATO	Croatia	yes	VHS: 2005-? VHS-2: 2013–present
MD97	IMBEL		5.56×45mm NATO	Brazil		1997-?
IA2	IMBEL		5.56×45mm NATO	Brazil		2012–present
T4	Taurus		5.56×45mm NATO	Brazil		2017
Thompson Light Rifle	Auto Ordnance		.30 Carbine	United States	no	1941
Thompson .351 WSL Variant	Auto Ordnance		.351 Winchester Self-Loading	United States	no	1926
Galil	Israel Military Industries		5.56×45mm NATO	Israel	yes	1972-1998
Tavor TAR21	Israel Weapon Industries		5.56×45mm NATO	Israel	yes	c.2001/2002–present
Tipo Terni Mod. 1921[11][12]			7.35×32mm	Italy	no	1921
IWI Tavor X95	Israel Weapon Industries		5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm .300 AAC Blackout 5.56×30mm MINSAS	Israel	yes	c.2009–present
IFAR 22	PT Republik Armamen Industri		5.56×45mm NATO	Indonesia		2022
Ingram FBM	Fabrica Boliviana de Municiones		5.56×45mm NATO	Bolivia		1990s
INSAS rifle[13]	Ordnance Factories Board		5.56×45mm NATO	India	yes	1994–present
Interdynamics MKS	Interdynamics		5.56×45mm NATO	Sweden		1979
IWI ACE	Israel Weapons Industries		5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm	Israel		2008–present
KH-2002 Khaybar	DIO		5.56×45mm NATO	Iran		2003
Kbkg wz. 1960			7.62×39mm	Poland		1960
Komodo Armament D5	Komodo Armament[14]		5.56×45mm NATO	Indonesia		2014(?)
L64/65	RSAF Enfield		4.85×49mm	United Kingdom	No	1972-1974, 1976-1978 (prototypes only)
SA80	BAE Systems		5.56×45mm NATO	United Kingdom	Yes	1985-1994
Leader Dynamics Series T2 MK5	Leader Dynamics Australian Automatic Arms		5.56×45mm NATO	Australia		Late 1970s/early 1980s-1996
LF-58			.30 Carbine	Italy		1950s
LR-300	Z-M Weapons		5.56×45mm NATO	United States		2000
LSAT rifle			LSAT caseless ammunition	United States		2008
LWRC M6	LWRC International		5.56×45mm NATO	United States		2006–present
LVOA-C	War Sport Industries		5.56×45mm NATO	United States		2018
M16	Colt Defense		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	Yes	1963–present? - Base model/Colt 604 (1963-1967) - A1 (1967-?) - A2 (circa 1983-?) - A3 (circa 1996-present?) - A4 (circa 1997–present?)
M2 Carbine			.30 Carbine	United States	Yes	1944
MPT-55	MKEK, Sarsılmaz Arms and Kalekalıp		7.62×39mm 5.56×45mm NATO	Turkey		2017
Masaf rifle			5.56×45mm NATO	Iran		2020
M4-WAC-47	Ukroboronprom Aeroscraft		5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm 7.62×39mm	Ukraine		2018
MK 556	C.G. Haenel		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany		2020
Maschinenkarabiner 42(H)	Hugo Schmeisser		7.92×33mm Kurz	Germany	no	1942
Maschinenkarabiner 42(W)	Walther		7.92×33mm Kurz	Germany	no	1942
Multi Caliber Individual Weapon System	Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli		5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm 6.8mm Remington SPC	India		2012
Nesterov assault rifle			7.62×39mm	Soviet Union		1961
Norinco CQ	Norinco		5.56×45mm NATO	China	Yes	1980s-present
OTs-12 Tiss	KBP Instrument Design Bureau		9×39mm	Russia		1993-?
OTs-14 Groza	TsKIB SOO		9×39mm 7.62×39mm	Russia		1992-1999
Pindad SS1	Pindad		5.56×45mm NATO	Indonesia		1991–present
Pindad SS2	Pindad		5.56×45mm NATO	Indonesia		2005–present
Pindad AM1	Pindad		5.56×45mm NATO	Indonesia		2023–present
Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965	ROMARM		7.62×39mm	Romania		1963–1994
Pistolengewehr[15][16][17]	Waffenfabrik Bern, Adolf Fürrer		7.65x35mm	Switzerland	no	1920–1921
Pușcă Automată model 1986	ROMARM		5.45×39mm	Romania		1986–present
PVAR rifle	United Defense Manufacturing Corporation		5.56×45mm NATO	Philippines		2011
QBZ-95	Norinco		5.8×42mm5.56×45mm NATO	China		1995–present
QBZ-03	Norinco		5.8×42mm 5.56×45mm NATO	China		2003–present
QTS-11	Norinco		5.8×42mm	China		2011–present
QBZ-191	Norinco		5.8×42mm	China		c.2019-?
Remington R4	Remington Arms		5.56×45mm NATO	United States		2010
Remington R5 RGP	Remington Arms		5.56×45mm NATO	United States		2010
Rk 62	Valmet SAKO		7.62×39mm	Finland		1965-1994
Rk 95 TP	SAKO		7.62×39mm	Finland		1995-1998
Ribeyrolles 1918 automatic carbine			8×35mm Ribeyrolles	France	no	1918
Robinson Armament XCR	Robinson Armament Co		5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm 7.62×39mm 6.8mm Remington SPC 6.5mm Grendel .260 Remington	United States		2004
RS556 [18]	Rheinmetall Steyr Arms		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany  Austria
SEAL Recon Rifle	NAVSEA		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	Yes	1993
S&T Daewoo K11	S&T Motiv		5.56×45mm NATO	South Korea		2010–present[19]
S&T STG16	S&T Motiv		5.56×45mm	South Korea		2016
Sa vz. 58	Česká zbrojovka		7.62×39mm	Czechoslovakia	Yes	1959-1984
SAR 80	Chartered Industries of Singapore (now known as ST Kinetics)		5.56×45mm NATO	Singapore		c.1984-?
SAR-21	ST Kinetics		5.56×45mm NATO	Singapore	yes	CIS: 1999–2000 ST Kinetics: 2000–present
Scicon IW	SD Scicon Ltd[20]		4.7mm caseless	United Kingdom		c.1984
SIG MCX SIG XM7 NGSW	SIG Sauer		5.56×45mm NATO .300 AAC Blackout (MCX), .277 Fury (XM5 NGSW)	Switzerland	Yes	2015–present (MCX) 2019–Present (XM7)
SIG Sauer SIG516	Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft		5.56×45mm NATO .223 Remington 7.62×39mm	United States	Yes	c. 2010–present
SIG SG 530	Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft		5.56×45mm NATO	Switzerland		1960s
SG540/SG543	Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft		5.56×45mm NATO	Switzerland		1977-2002
SIG550 SIG551	Swiss Arms AG		5.56×45mm NATO/5.6mm GP Pat 90	Switzerland		1986–present
SOCIMI AR-831	Socimi Franchi		5.56×45mm NATO	Italy		1985
Special Operations Assault Rifle	Ferfrans Specialties		5.56×45mm NATO	Philippines		2004
SR-3 Vikhr	Tula Arms Plant		9×39mm	Soviet Union		1995-?
SR 88	Chartered Industries of Singapore (now known as ST Kinetics)		5.56×45mm NATO	Singapore		1982-2000
Sterling SAR-87	Sterling Armaments Company		5.56×45mm NATO	United Kingdom		1980s
Steyr AUG	Steyr Mannlicher		5.56×45mm NATO	Austria		1977–present - Base (1977-1983) - A1 (1983-1997) - A2 (Dec 1997-2005) - A3 (2005-present)
Steyr ACR	Steyr Mannlicher		5.56×45mm annular-primed SCF	Austria		1987 (prototypes only)
STV series rifle	Z111 Factory		7.62×39mm	Vietnam		2019
STL-1A	Z111 Factory		7.62×39mm	Vietnam		2015
Stoner 63	Cadillac Gage		5.56×45mm NATO	United States		1963-1971
Sturmgewehr 44	C.G. Haenel		7.92×33mm Kurz	Germany		1943-1945
StG 45(M)	Mauser		7.92×33mm Kurz	Germany		1945 only
T29			.30 Carbine	United States		1944
T65 assault rifle	205th Armory		5.56×45mm NATO	Republic of China		1976-?
T86 assault rifle	205th Armory		5.56×45mm NATO	Republic of China		2000-2002
T91 assault rifle	205th Armory		5.56×45mm NATO	Republic of China		2003–present
Thompson Model 1923	Auto-Ordnance Corporation		.45 Remington–Thompson	United States		1923
TKB-010			5.45×39mm 7.62×39mm	Soviet Union
TKB-011			7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	no
TKB-022PM			7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	no	1950s
TKB-059			7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	no	1966
TKB-072	Tula Arms Plant		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union		1975
TKB-0146			5.45×39mm	Soviet Union
TKB-408			7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	no	1946
TKB-517	Tula Arms Plant		7.62×39mm	Soviet Union		1952
Type 56 assault rifle	Norinco		7.62×39mm	China		1956–present
Type 63 assault rifle			7.62×39mm	China		1963-?
Type 81 assault rifle			7.62×39mm	China		1983-?
Type 58 assault rifle			7.62×39mm	North Korea		1958-1968
Norinco Type 86S	Norinco		7.62×39mm	China		1980s
VAHAN			5.45×39mm	Armenian SSR		1952
Valmet M76	Valmet		5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm	Finland		1970s
Valmet M82	Valmet		5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm	Finland		1978-1986
VB Berapi LP06	Vita Berapi		5.56×45mm NATO	Malaysia		2006
Vektor CR-21	Denel		5.56×45mm NATO	South Africa		1997-?
Vektor R4	Denel Land Systems		5.56×45mm NATO	South Africa		c.1980-?
Vepr	National Space Agency		5.45×39mm	Ukraine		c.2003
Vollmer M35	Heinrich Vollmer		7.75×40.5 mm 7.75×39.5mm	Germany		1934
Woodhull light rifle	Woodhull Corporation Millington, NJ.		.30 Carbine	United States		1941
Malyuk	Krasyliv Assembly Manufacturing Plant		5.45×39mm 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm	Ukraine		2015
M1944 Hyde Carbine			.30 Carbine	United States		1944
Wieger StG-940			5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm	East Germany		1980s
Wimmersperg Spz			7.92×33mm Kurz	Germany		1944
Weibel M/1932	Dansk Industri Syndikat		7×44mm	Denmark		1932
XM8 rifle	Heckler & Koch		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany  United States		2003–present[citation needed]
XT-112 Assault Rifle	205th Armory		5.56×45mm NATO	Republic of China		2024
XT-97 Assault Rifle	205th Armory		5.56×45mm NATO	Republic of China		2008
XM29 OICW	Heckler & Koch Alliant Techsystems		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany  United States		1996-2004 (prototypes only)
Zastava M21	Zastava Arms		5.56×45mm NATO	Serbia		2004–present
Zastava M70	Zastava Arms		7.62×39mm	Yugoslavia		1970–present
Zastava M80	Zastava Arms		5.56×45mm NATO	Yugoslavia		1984-?
Zastava M90	Zastava Arms		5.56×45mm NATO	Serbia		1990[citation needed]
ZK 412	Zbrojovka Brno		8x35mm Rapid	Czechoslovakia		1941-1943