An assault rifle is a rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge, a detachable magazine, and can switch between semi-automatic/fully automatic fire. Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern armies. Some rifles listed below such as the AR15 also come in semi-auto models which 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 M2 carbines and 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.
• 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.
• Semi-automatic-only rifles with fixed magazines like the SKS are not assault rifles; they do not have detachable box magazines and are not capable of automatic fire.

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 fulfils the other requirements of the definition above.

List

Name	Manufacturer	Image	Cartridge	Manufacturing country	Year made
9A-91	KBP Instrument Design Bureau		9×39mm	Soviet Union	1991
AAC Honey Badger	Advanced Armament Corporation		.300 AAC Blackout	United States	2011
AAI ACR	AAI Corporation		5.56×45mm sub-calibre flechette	United States	1989
Australian Combat Assault Rifle	Thales[6]		5.56×45mm NATO ; 7.62	France	2023
ArmaLite AR-15	Armalite, Colt		5.56×45mm NATO, 223 Remington	United States	1956
ArmaLite AR-18	ArmaLite		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	1963
ArmaLite AR-100	ArmaLite		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	1980s
ACR	Remington Arms Bushmaster		5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC	United States	2006
ADS	KBP Instrument Design Bureau		5.45×39mm 5.45mm PSP	Russia	2007
AEK-971	Degtyarev plant		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	1978
AG-043			5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	1974
AO-63 assault rifle	TsNIITochMash		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	1984
Automatkarbin 5	Förenade Fabriksverken		5.56×45mm NATO	Sweden	1982
AK-9	Kalashnikov Concern		9×39mm	Russia	2000s
AK12/AK200 AK15 AK19 AK201, AK202, AK204 AK203 AK205	Kalashnikov Concern		5.45×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, 7.62×39mm	Russia	2010
AK-47	Kalashnikov Concern		7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	1946
AK-63	Fegyver- és Gépgyár		7.62×39mm	Hungary	1977
AK-74	Kalashnikov Concern		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	1974
AK-74M	Kalashnikov Concern		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	1991
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	1994
AK-107	Kalashnikov Concern		5.45×39mm 5.56×45mm NATO	Russia	1990s
AKM	Izhmash Tula Arms Plant		7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	1950s
AMD-65	Fegyver- és Gépgyár		7.62×39mm	Hungary	1965
AMP-69	Fegyver- és Gépgyár		7.62×39mm	Hungary	1970–1985
AN-94	Izhmash		5.45×39mm	Russia	1994
AM17 AMB17	Yevgeny Dragunov		5.45x39mm (AM17), 9x39mm (AMB17)	Russia	2015
AO-27 rifle			7.62 mm (3 mm flechette)	Soviet Union	1961
AO-35 assault rifle			5.45×39mm 7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	1968?
AO-38 assault rifle	TsNIITochMash		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	1965
AS-44			7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	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	1970s
AS Val	TsNIITochMash		9×39mm	Soviet Union	1987
ASM-DT amphibious rifle	Tula Arms Plant		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	1990s
Barrett REC7 Barrett M468	Barrett Firearms Manufacturing		5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC	United States	2007
Beretta AR70/90	Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta		5.56×45mm NATO	Italy	1985
Beretta ARX160	Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta		5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm	Italy	2008
BSA 28P	Birmingham Small Arms Company		.280 British	United Kingdom	1949
BR18	ST Kinetics		5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm	Singapore	2012
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	1975
CEAM Modèle 1950	Atelier Mécanique de Mulhouse		.30 Carbine 7.92×33mm Kurz 7.65×35mm 7.5×38mm	France	1949
CETME Model L	Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara		5.56×45mm NATO	Spain	1981
Close Quarters Battle Receiver	Colt's Manufacturing Company		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	1999
Colt ACR	Colt's Manufacturing Company		5.56×45mm M855 or Duplex	United States	1982
Diemaco C7 Diemaco C8	Colt Canada, Diemaco		5.56×45mm NATO	Canada	1982
Colt CM901	Colt Defense		5.56×45mm NATO 6.8mm Remington SPC 7.62×39mm	United States	2010s
CZ 805 BREN/ CZ 805 BREN 2	Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod		5.56×45mm NATO, 7,62×39mm	Czech Republic	2009
ČZ 2000	Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod		5.56×45mm NATO	Czechoslovakia	1990
Daewoo K1 Daewoo K2	S&T Motiv Dasan Machineries		5.56×45mm NATO	South Korea	1972
Dasan Machineries K16	Dasan Machineries		5.56×45mm NATO	South Korea	2020
Desert Tech MDR	Desert Tech		.223 Remington 5.56×45mm NATO .223 Wylde .308 Winchester 7.62×51mm NATO	United States	2014
Desarrollos Industriales Casanave SC-2005	Desarrollos Industriales Casanave S.A		5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm	Peru	2005
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
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	1967
FARA 83	Fabrica Militar de Armas Portatiles Domingo Matheu		5.56×45mm NATO	Argentina	1981
FB Beryl	Łucznik Arms Factory		5.56×45mm NATO	Poland	1995
FB MSBS	FB "Łucznik" Radom		5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm	Poland	2016
FB Tantal	Łucznik Arms Factory		5.45×39mm	Poland	1981
CAL	Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal		5.56×45mm NATO	Belgium	1963
F2000	Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal		5.56×45mm NATO	Belgium	1995
FNC	Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal		5.56×45mm NATO	Belgium	1975
SCAR	FN Herstal		5.56×45mm NATO	Belgium	2004
FX-05 Xiuhcoatl	Dirección General de Industria Militar del Ejército		5.56×45mm NATO	Mexico	2005
Galil Córdova	Indumil		5.56×45mm NATO	Colombia	2015
Grad AR	State Factories-North Ossetia		6×49mm 5.45×39mm	South Ossetia	2010
Grossfuss Sturmgewehr			7.92×33mm Kurz	Germany	1944
G11	Heckler & Koch		4.73×33mm	West Germany	1968
G36 G36K	Heckler & Koch		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany	1990
G41	Heckler & Koch		5.56×45mm NATO	West Germany	1984
HK33	Heckler & Koch		5.56×45mm NATO	West Germany	1960s
HK36	Heckler & Koch		4.6×36 mm	West Germany	1970s
HK416 M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle	Heckler & Koch		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany	2004
HK433	Heckler & Koch		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany	2017
Type 20	Howa		5.56×45mm NATO	Japan	2020
Type 89	Howa		5.56×45mm NATO	Japan	1989
VHS	HS Produkt		5.56×45mm NATO	Croatia	2005
MD97	IMBEL		5.56×45mm NATO	Brazil	1997
IA2	IMBEL		5.56×45mm NATO	Brazil	2012
T4	Taurus		5.56×45mm NATO	Brazil	2017
Galil	Israel Military Industries		5.56×45mm NATO	Israel	1972
Tavor TAR21	Israel Weapon Industries		5.56×45mm NATO	Israel	1995
IWI Tavor X95	Israel Weapon Industries		5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm .300 AAC Blackout 5.56×30mm MINSAS	Israel	2003
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[7]	Ordnance Factories Board		5.56×45mm NATO	India	1998
Interdynamics MKS	Interdynamics		5.56×45mm NATO	Sweden	1979
IWI ACE	Israel Weapons Industries		5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm	Israel	2008
KH-2002 Khaybar	DIO		5.56×45mm NATO	Iran	2003
Kbkg wz. 1960			7.62×39mm	Poland	1960
KORD 6P67	Degtyarev plant		5.45×39mm	Russia	2018
Komodo Armament D5	Komodo Armament[8]		5.56×45mm NATO	Indonesia	2014(?)
L64/65	RSAF Enfield		4.85×49mm	United Kingdom	1972
SA80	BAE Systems		5.56×45mm NATO	United Kingdom	1970s
Leader Dynamics Series T2 MK5	Leader Dynamics Australian Automatic Arms		5.56×45mm NATO	Australia	1978
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
LVOA-C	War Sport Industries		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	2018
Automatic AR-15, M16 & M4 Variants M16 CAR-15 XM177 M4A1 Colt Advanced Piston Carbine M4 Commando	Colt Defense		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	1959
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
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	1980s
OTs-12 Tiss	KBP Instrument Design Bureau		9×39mm	Russia	1990s
OTs-14 Groza	TsKIB SOO		9×39mm 7.62×39mm	Russia	1994
Pindad SS1	Pindad		5.56×45mm NATO	Indonesia	1991
Pindad SS2	Pindad		5.56×45mm NATO	Indonesia	2005
Pindad AM1	Pindad		5.56×45mm NATO	Indonesia	2022
Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965	ROMARM		7.62×39mm	Romania	1963–1965
Pușcă Automată model 1986	ROMARM		5.45×39mm	Romania	1986
PVAR rifle	United Defense Manufacturing Corporation		5.56×45mm NATO	Philippines	2011
QBZ-95	Norinco		5.8×42mm5.56×45mm NATO	China	1995
QBZ-03	Norinco		5.8×42mm 5.56×45mm NATO	China	2003
QTS-11	Norinco		5.8×42mm	China	2015
QBZ-191	Norinco		5.8×42mm	China	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	1962
Rk 95 TP	SAKO		7.62×39mm	Finland	1990
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	Rheinmetall Steyr Mannlicher		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany  Austria	2017
SEAL Recon Rifle	NAVSEA		5.56×45mm NATO	United States	1993
S&T Daewoo K11	S&T Motiv		5.56×45mm NATO	South Korea	2000
S&T STG16	S&T Motiv		5.56×45mm	South Korea	2016
Sa vz. 58	Česká zbrojovka		7.62×39mm	Czechoslovakia	1956
SAR 80	Chartered Industries of Singapore (now known as ST Kinetics)		5.56×45mm NATO	Singapore	1976
SAR-21	ST Kinetics		5.56×45mm NATO	Singapore	1996
SIG MCX SIG XM5 NGSW	SIG Sauer		5.56×45mm NATO .300 AAC Blackout (MCX), .277 Fury (XM5 NGSW)	Switzerland	2010s (MCX), 2019-Present (XM5 NGSW)
SIG Sauer SIG516	Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft		5.56×45mm NATO .223 Remington 7.62×39mm	United States	2000s
SIG SG 530	Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft		5.56×45mm NATO	Switzerland	1960s
SG540/SG543	Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft		5.56×45mm NATO	Switzerland	1970s
SIG550 SIG551	Swiss Arms AG		5.56×45mm NATO/5.6mm GP Pat 90	Switzerland	1970s
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	1990s
SR-47			7.62×39mm	United States	2001
SR 88	Chartered Industries of Singapore (now known as ST Kinetics)		5.56×45mm NATO	Singapore	1978
Sterling SAR-87	Sterling Armaments Company		5.56×45mm NATO	United Kingdom	1980s
Steyr AUG	Steyr Mannlicher		5.56×45mm NATO	Austria	1977
Steyr ACR	Steyr Mannlicher		5.56×45mm annular-primed SCF	Austria	1987
Steyr STM 556	Steyr Mannlicher		5.56×45mm NATO	Austria	2012
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	1962
Sturmgewehr 44	C.G. Haenel		7.92×33mm Kurz	Germany	1942
StG 45(M)	Mauser		7.92×33mm Kurz	Germany	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	1992
T91 assault rifle	205th Armory		5.56×45mm NATO	Republic of China	2002
Thales NGSW	Thales Australia		.277	Australia	2022
TKB-072	Tula Arms Plant		5.45×39mm	Soviet Union	1975
TKB-517	Tula Arms Plant		7.62×39mm	Soviet Union	1952
Type 56 assault rifle	Norinco		7.62×39mm	China	1956
Type 63 assault rifle			7.62×39mm	China	1959
Type 81 assault rifle			7.62×39mm	China	1971
Type 58 assault rifle			7.62×39mm	North Korea	1958
Type 88 assault rifle Type 98 assault rifle			5.45×39mm	North Korea	1988 1998
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
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	1976
Vepr	National Space Agency		5.45×39mm	Ukraine	2001
Malyuk	Krasyliv Assembly Manufacturing Plant		5.45×39mm 5.56×45mm NATO 7.62×39mm	Ukraine	2015
W+F Stgw 70	Waffenfabrik Bern		5.6x48mm Eiger	Switzerland	1970
W+F Stgw 71	Waffenfabrik Bern		5.6x48mm Eiger	Switzerland	1971
Wieger StG-940			5.56×45mm NATO 5.45×39mm	East Germany	1980s
Wimmersperg Spz			7.92×33mm Kurz	Germany	1944
XM8 rifle	Heckler & Koch		5.56×45mm NATO	Germany  United States	2003
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	1990s
Zastava M21	Zastava Arms		5.56×45mm NATO	Serbia	2004
Zastava M70	Zastava Arms		7.62×39mm	Yugoslavia	1964
Zastava M80	Zastava Arms		5.56×45mm NATO	Yugoslavia	1978
Zastava M90	Zastava Arms		5.56×45mm NATO	Serbia	1990