page_title: Battle rifle
hierarchical_section_title: Battle rifle
caption_attribution_description: English: Company I, 3/3 Marines rifleman fires his M-14 at Vietcong during Operation Macon
context_page_description: A battle rifle is a military service rifle that is capable of semi or fully automatic fire, and fires a full-powered rifle cartridge.
  The term "battle rifle" was created largely out of a need to better differentiate the intermediate-power assault rifles from full-powered automatic rifles as both classes of firearms have a similar appearance and share many of the same features such as detachable magazines, pistol grips, etc.
  While most battle rifles largely resemble modern assault rifle designs, the term may also describe older military full-powered semi-automatic rifles such as the Fedorov Avtomat, M1 Garand, SVT-40, Gewehr 43, FN Model 1949, and the MAS-49. Before the 1980s and 1990s, the term was not well defined and was used as a general description for all types of military rifles.
context_section_description: A battle rifle is a military service rifle that is capable of semi or fully automatic fire, and fires a full-powered rifle cartridge.
  The term "battle rifle" was created largely out of a need to better differentiate the intermediate-power assault rifles (e.g. StG-44, AK-47, M16, AUG) from full-powered automatic rifles (e.g. FG-42, FN FAL, M14, H&K G3) as both classes of firearms have a similar appearance and share many of the same features such as detachable magazines, pistol grips, etc. 
  While most battle rifles largely resemble modern assault rifle designs, the term may also describe older military full-powered semi-automatic rifles such as the Fedorov Avtomat, M1 Garand, SVT-40, Gewehr 43, FN Model 1949, and the MAS-49. Before the 1980s and 1990s, the term was not well defined and was used as a general description for all types of military rifles.
caption: A U.S. marine taking aim with his M14 rifle.
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