List of Service Rifles of National Armies

This is a list of service rifles of national armies.

Country Service Rifle
Afghanistan M16A4
AK-47 (and variants)
M4A1 (Special forces)
Albania Heckler & Koch G3 (peacekeeping operations)
Type 56
Algeria AKM
Type 81 Assault Rifle
Argentina FN FAL
(M16A4 for Naval Infantry)
Armenia AK-47
AK-74
Australia F88 Austeyr
(M4A1 Carbine for special forces)
Austria Sturmgewehr 77
Azerbaijan AK-47
AK-74
(TAR-21 for special forces)
Bahamas M16
(IMI Galil for commandos)
Bermuda Ruger Mini-14 20GB
Bangladesh Heckler & Koch G3
Type 81 assault rifle
Daewoo K1
Daewoo K2
Steyr AUG
(M4 Carbine for Army Special Forces Officers)
Belgium FN FAL
FN FNC
FN F2000 (Special Forces use)
Bolivia Heckler & Koch G3 Few in service (a3 and a4 types)
FN FAL (Argentina)
Sturmgewehr 57
M-16 A1 &A2
Bosnia and Herzegovina M16A1/A2/A4
Brazil IMBEL MD-2
FN FAL
(M16A2 for Naval Infantry)
Cambodia Type 56
AKM
M16A1 (reserved for secondary forces)
QBZ-97A (Special Forces use)
Canada Diemaco C7
Diemaco C8 Carbine
Chile SIG SG 540
HK33(Marines)
SIG SG 510
M4 Carbine(Army special forces)
China QBZ-95 (presently mass inducting)
Type 81
Type 56 (reserved for secondary forces)
Colombia Heckler & Koch G3, IMI Galil
Croatia VHS assault rifle
Cyprus Heckler & Koch G3 Cypriot National Guard AK-74M Greek-Cypriot Special Forces
Czech Republic VZ58
CZ-805 BREN (replacing Sa vz. 58 in service)
Denmark M/95 (Diemaco C7A1)
M/96 Carbine (Diemaco C8A2)
Egypt Maadi MISR
AKM
M16
El Salvador Heckler & Koch G3
Estonia Ak 4, IMI Galil
Falkland Islands Steyr AUG FN FAL
Fiji Daewoo K2
M16A2
Finland Rynnäkkökivääri 62
Rynnäkkökivääri 95
France GIAT FAMAS F1
FAMAS G2 (Marine Nationale)
Georgia M4 carbine (Georgian Armed Forces)
AK-74M (Reserve forces)
Germany Heckler & Koch G36
Greece Heckler & Koch G3 (Hellenic Army standard rifle)
M16 rifle (Hellenic Navy and special forces)
Heckler & Koch G36 (Purchase pending)
Hungary AK-63 (Hungarian AKM copy)
M4A1 (special forces)
India INSAS 5.56 mm (Indian Armed Forces Standard Issue Rifle/CISF/counter insurgency)
RFI SLR 1A1 & 1C (phased out of army and is being used by police/paramilitary)
AKM (secondary rifle/Counter Insurgency)
MPi-KM-72 (secondary rifle/counter insurgency )
Arsenal Co. AR (secondary rifle/Counter Insurgency)
Sa Vz. 58 (secondary rifle/Counter Insurgency)
IMI Tavor TAR-21 (Special Forces)

M4A1 (Special forces) AK-47 (CISF)

Indonesia SS-1
Pindad SS2
Heckler & Koch G3
M4 Carbine
PM2-V1 V2 V3
Iran Heckler & Koch G3
AKM (and smaller numbers of AK-47, AK-102, and Type 56 rifles)
Khaybar KH2002
Iraq AKM (and smaller numbers of AK-47, Type 56, and QBZ-95 rifles)
M16 (to begin replacement of AK series of weapons)
Ireland Steyr AUG A1
Israel IMI Tavor TAR-21
IMI Galil
M4 Carbine
M16
Italy Cei-Rigotti (out of service)
Beretta BM59 (kept in reserve)
Beretta AR70/90
M4 Carbine (special forces)
Beretta ARX-160 (entering limited service)
Jamaica L85
Japan Howa Type 89
Howa Type 64
Kenya Heckler & Koch G3
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Type 56 (AK-47 clone)
Type 68
Republic of Korea M16A1 limited and reserve only
Daewoo K1A
Daewoo K2
Daewoo K11
Laos Type 56
AK-47
M16 rifle
Latvia Heckler & Koch G3
Heckler & Koch G36
Lithuania Heckler & Koch G3
Heckler & Koch G36
Luxembourg Steyr AUG
Malaysia M4 Carbine
Steyr AUG (to be discharged)
Mexico Heckler & Koch G3 (To be replaced by FX-05)
FX-05
M16A2 (Mexican Marines)
Mongolia AK-47
AK-74
Myanmar Heckler & Koch G3
M16S1 MA series rifle
Netherlands Diemaco C7
Diemaco C8
Heckler & Koch HK416 D10RS
Heckler & Koch HK417 D14.5RS (used by sniper spotters)
Nepal M16 rifle
CAR-15
New Zealand F88 Austeyr
Nigeria Heckler & Koch G3
AK-105 AK-104
Norway Automatgevær 3 (Heckler & Koch G3)
Heckler & Koch G36E(limited)
Heckler & Koch HK416/HK 417 (To replace AG-3 starting 2008)
Diemaco C7(limited)
Diemaco C8(limited)
Pakistan Heckler & Koch G3
AKM
Type 56 assault rifle

Type 81 assault rifle

Peru Heckler & Koch G3
Philippines M16A1 and M16A2
M14 Rifle
UDMC PVAR Rifle (NAVSOG)
M4 Carbine
CAR-15
M1 Garand (used by some CAFGU units)
Steyr AUG (used by the 1st Scout Ranger Regiment) M1903 Springfield
Poland AKM/AKMS
Beryl wz.96
Portugal Heckler & Koch G3
IMI Galil (Paratroopers)
Heckler & Koch G36 (Air Force and Navy Special Forces)
Republic of China T91 assault rifle
T86 assault rifle (limited)
T65 assault rifle
Romania PA md. 86
Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 (Romanian AKM copy)
Heckler & Koch G36 (special forces only)
Russia AK-74M
AK-47
AK-101
AK-103

rifles in service with specialised units

Saudi Arabia G36C
Steyr AUG
Heckler & Koch G3
M4 carbine
Singapore ST Kinetics SAR-21 and M16S1
Slovakia VZ58
Slovenia FN F2000
Zastava M70 (contract reserve troops)
Serbia Zastava M70
Zastava M21
South Africa R4
Spain Heckler & Koch G36E
Sri Lanka Type 56
Type 81
M16
Sudan Heckler & Koch G3
Type 56
Sweden Ak 4
Ak 5
Heckler & Koch G36 (Used by Särskilda Skyddsgruppen in Afghanistan)
Switzerland Sturmgewehr 90 / Fusil d'assault 90
Sturmgewehr 57
SIG 552
Historical rifles: see Rifles of Switzerland
Thailand M16A2
M4 Carbine/Colt Commando
Heckler & Koch HK33
SAR-21
Tonga IMI Galil
M4 (carbine)
M16 assault rifle
FN FNC
Tunisia Steyr AUG
M4 (carbine) (Special forces)
FN FAL (Border Guards)
Turkey Heckler & Koch HK33
Heckler & Koch G3
M16A2 and M4 carbine (special forces, marines and land forces aviators.)
Turkmenistan AK-74
ARX-160 (In use with special forces)
Ukraine AK-74 (mostly AKS-74 variant)
AKM
Vepr
United Kingdom L85A2 (SA80)
Diemaco C8 SFW (In use with special forces)
United States M14
M16A4
M4 carbine
HK416 (Special forces)
FN SCAR SOCOM units only.
Uzbekistan AK-74
Venezuela FN FAL
AK-104 (Replacing most FALs)
Vietnam AKMS AKM
AK-101 AK-103 AK-74 TAR-21 (Naval Infantry)
Zimbabwe L85
AKM
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