Short-stroke gas piston firearms

205 firearms that operate by short-stroke gas piston, across every maker and era in the catalogue, each structured the same way.

FN FAL (Mexican License Production)

Introduced: 1968
Weight: 4.31 kg
Barrel: 533 mm

FN FAL 50.63 Para

Introduced: 1958
Weight: 3.90 kg
Barrel: 436 mm

FN FAL 50.64 Para

Introduced: 1963
Weight: 4.25 kg
Barrel: 533 mm

FN Mk 20 SSR

Introduced: 2010
Weight: 4.85 kg
Barrel: 508 mm

FN SCAR 16S

Introduced: 2026
Weight: 3.95 kg
Barrel: 413 mm

FN SCAR 17S

Introduced: 2009
Weight: 3.63 kg
Barrel: 413 mm

FN SCAR-H

Introduced: 2009
Weight: 3.58 kg
Barrel: 406 mm

FN SCAR-L

Introduced: 2009
Weight: 3.50 kg
Barrel: 355 mm

FN SCAR-SC

Introduced: 2017
Weight: 3.15 kg
Barrel: 190 mm

Fajr-224

Introduced: 2015
Weight: Not recorded
Barrel: Not recorded

FightLite MCR

Introduced: 2002
Weight: 5.13 kg
Barrel: 413 mm

FoldAR Remnant

Introduced: 2026
Weight: Not recorded
Barrel: 267 mm

Gewehr 43 (G43/K43) Sniper

Introduced: 1943
Weight: 4.40 kg
Barrel: 546 mm

Gilboa Snake DBR

Introduced: 2013
Weight: 5.44 kg
Barrel: 406 mm

HK416 D14.5

Introduced: 2004
Weight: 3.49 kg
Barrel: 368 mm

HK416F

Introduced: 2017
Weight: 4.00 kg
Barrel: 368 mm

HK417

Introduced: 2006
Weight: 3.87 kg
Barrel: 305 mm

Heckler & Koch G11

Introduced: 1990
Weight: 3.60 kg
Barrel: 540 mm

Heckler & Koch G36

Introduced: 1997
Weight: 3.63 kg
Barrel: 480 mm

Heckler & Koch G36C

Introduced: 2001
Weight: 2.81 kg
Barrel: 228 mm

Heckler & Koch G36K

Introduced: 1997
Weight: 3.00 kg
Barrel: 318 mm

Heckler & Koch MP7

Introduced: 2001
Weight: 1.90 kg
Barrel: 180 mm

Heckler & Koch MR556 A4

Introduced: 2025
Weight: 3.48 kg
Barrel: 419 mm

Heckler & Koch MR762

Introduced: 2009
Weight: 4.51 kg
Barrel: 419 mm

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