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Military Firearms Timeline
Service weapons across every major military, 1860 to present. Country swimlanes, a year snapshot, or browse the full set.
Service rifleService pistolMachine gunLMG / SAWSubmachine gunSniper rifleAnti-materiel
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Service Rifle
Charleville Musket Model 17171717–1777
Long Land Pattern "Brown Bess"1722–1842
Prussian Potsdam Musket1723–1809
Model 1795 Springfield Musket1795–1816
Dreyse Needle Gun M18411841–1871
Springfield Model 18421842–1865
Pattern 1853 Enfield1853–1871
Lorenz Rifle M18541854–1866
Springfield Model 18611861–1873
Chassepot M18661866–1874
Vetterli-Vitali Fucile Modello 1870/871870–1891
Berdan Rifle No. 21870–1891
Martini-Henry1871–1889
Mauser Model 18711871–1888
Springfield Model 1873 (Trapdoor)1873–1892
Peabody-Martini (Ottoman Contract M1874)1874–1890
Murata Type 13 / Type 181880–1897
Lebel M18861886–1940
Gewehr 88 (Commission Rifle)1888–1898
Lee-Metford1888–1902
Schmidt-Rubin Model 18891889–1931
Ottoman Mauser M18901890–1918
Mosin-Nagant M91/301891–1960
Carcano Model 1891 (Fucile Modello 1891)1891–1945
Krag-Jørgensen (M1892)1892–1903
Spanish Mauser M1893 (Mauser Espanol Modelo 1893)1893–1936
Hanyang Type 88 (Han Yang Zao)1895–1944
Mannlicher M1895 (Repetiergewehr M.95)1895–1945
Swedish Mauser M96 (Gevar m/96)1896–1963
Arisaka (Type 38 / Type 99)1897–1945
Gewehr 98 / K98k1898–1945
Springfield M19031903–1957
Lee-Enfield SMLE1904–1957
M1917 Enfield1917–1945
Schmidt-Rubin K311931–1958
Karabiner 98k1935–1945
Zhongzheng Rifle (Type Chiang Kai-shek)1935–1950
M1 Garand1936–1957
MAS-361936–1978
SVT-401940–1945
StG 441944–1945
SKS1945–1970
MAS-49 / 561949–1979
AK-47 / AKM1949–present
EM-2 (Rifle No.9 Mk I)1951–1954
FN FAL1953–1990
Type 56 Carbine (SKS)1956–1980
M141957–1970
SA vz. 581958–2010
CETME Model 581958–1999
HK G31959–1997
Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanny (AKM)1959–1974
Valmet Rk 621962–present
M16 / M41964–present
Howa Type 641964–2020
ArmaLite AR-181969–1990
Zastava M701970–present
Galil (AR/ARM)1972–2003
AK-74 / AK-121974–present
Steyr AUG (Sturmgewehr 77)1977–present
FAMAS1979–2017
Daewoo K21984–present
Colt Canada C71984–present
L85 / SA801987–present
Howa Type 891989–present
SIG SG 550 (Stgw 90)1990–present
QBZ-95 (Type 95)1995–present
HK G361997–2021
INSAS (Indian Small Arms System)1998–present
Tavor TAR-21 / X952001–present
HK4162004–present
MSBS Grot (wz. 2017)2017–present
HK416 F (French Army variant)2017–present
Kalashnikov AK-122018–present
CZ BREN 22019–present
Heckler & Koch HK4332021–present
AK-203 (Indo-Russian Rifles)2022–present
XM7 (MCX SPEAR)2023–present
Service Pistol
Colt Single Action Army1873–1892
Webley Revolver1887–1947
Revolver Modèle 18921892–1945
Nagant M1895 Revolver1895–1950
Luger P081908–1942
M1911 / 1911A11911–1985
Nambu Type 141925–1945
TT-33 Tokarev1933–1952
Browning Hi-Power1935–2017
Walther P38 / P11938–1994
MAC Mle 19501950–1990
Makarov PM1951–present
Type 54 Pistol (Tokarev)1954–2010
CZ 751975–present
SIG Sauer P2201975–present
Glock 17/191982–present
SIG P2261984–2015
Beretta M9 / 92FS1985–2017
PAMAS G1 / Beretta 921990–present
QSZ-921997–present
SIG M17 / M18 (P320)2017–present
Machine Gun
Maxim / Vickers1884–1968
M1919 Browning1919–1970
M2 Browning .50 BMG1933–present
MG341934–1945
DShK / DShKM1938–present
MG42 / MG31942–present
M60 GPMG1957–1995
M240 / FN MAG1977–present
LMG / SAW
Lewis Gun1914–1946
BAR M19181918–1957
DP-27 / DPM1928–1960
Bren Gun1938–1992
RPK / RPK-741961–present
M249 SAW (FN Minimi)1984–present
Submachine Gun
MP18 / MP281918–1945
Thompson SMG1919–1971
Beretta Modello 381938–1955
MP401940–1945
PPSh-411941–1960
Sten Gun1941–1960
M3 Grease Gun1942–1992
PPS-431943–1960
Sterling SMG (L2)1944–1994
IMI Uzi1954–present
HK MP51966–present
Sniper Rifle
SVD Dragunov1963–present
L96 / Arctic Warfare (AW)1982–present
M24 SWS (Rem 700)1988–present
Accuracy International AWM1996–present
Anti-Materiel
Boys Anti-Tank Rifle1937–1945
Panzerbüchse 38/391938–1943
PTRD-41 / PTRS-411941–1960
Barrett M82 / M1071990–present
Gepárd M1 / M2 / M61991–present
OSV-96 / KSVK1996–present
NTW-20 / NTW-14.51998–present
QBU-10 / M99 (Type 99)1999–present
Steyr HS .50 / IWS 20002004–present
Color shows role.
Weapons in service
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United States
Springfield M1903
Service Rifle
M1911 / 1911A1
Service Pistol
Lewis Gun
LMG / SAW
United Kingdom
Lee-Enfield SMLE
Service Rifle
Webley Revolver
Service Pistol
Maxim / Vickers
Machine Gun
Lewis Gun
LMG / SAW
Germany
Gewehr 98 / K98k
Service Rifle
Luger P08
Service Pistol
Maxim / Vickers
Machine Gun
Soviet Union / Russia
Mosin-Nagant M91/30
Service Rifle
Nagant M1895 Revolver
Service Pistol
Maxim / Vickers
Machine Gun
France
Lebel M1886
Service Rifle
Revolver Modèle 1892
Service Pistol
Japan
Arisaka (Type 38 / Type 99)
Service Rifle
China
Hanyang Type 88 (Han Yang Zao)
Service Rifle
Major powers only. Click any weapon for the full story.
This timeline covers the service weapons issued across major militaries from 1860 to the present, including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, France, Israel, and others. Weapons are organized by role: service rifle, battle rifle, pistol, submachine gun, light machine gun, and general-purpose machine gun.
Browse by country swimlane to see how each military's standard-issue weapons evolved over 160 years, jump to a specific year for a global snapshot, or search the full catalog by weapon name, caliber, or country of origin. Notable weapons include the Springfield Model 1903, M1 Garand, M16, M4 Carbine, AK-47, AKM, AK-74, FN FAL, G3, L85, SIG SG 550, and the XM7 / SIG MCX-SPEAR.
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