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.

Heckler & Koch MR762 A4

Introduced: 2025
Weight: 4.20 kg
Barrel: 419 mm

Heckler & Koch SL8

Introduced: 2000
Weight: 3.90 kg
Barrel: 510 mm

Heckler & Koch XM8

Introduced: 2003
Weight: 3.40 kg
Barrel: 318 mm

Howa M300

Introduced: 1960
Weight: 2.80 kg
Barrel: 498 mm

Howa Type 20

Introduced: 2020
Weight: 3.50 kg
Barrel: 330 mm

Howa Type 89

Introduced: 1989
Weight: 3.50 kg
Barrel: 420 mm

Howa Type HR-13

Introduced: Not recorded
Weight: Not recorded
Barrel: Not recorded

IMBEL FAL 7.62 (M964)

Introduced: 1964
Weight: 4.30 kg
Barrel: 533 mm

IMBEL FAL M964

Introduced: 1964
Weight: 4.30 kg
Barrel: 533 mm

IMBEL IA2

Introduced: 2012
Weight: 3.60 kg
Barrel: 450 mm

IMBEL M964

Introduced: 1964
Weight: 4.31 kg
Barrel: 533 mm

IMBEL MD-2

Introduced: 1985
Weight: 4.40 kg
Barrel: 453 mm

IMBEL MD-3

Introduced: 1985
Weight: 4.57 kg
Barrel: 453 mm

IMBEL MD97

Introduced: 1997
Weight: 3.60 kg
Barrel: 437 mm

IMBEL ParaFAL

Introduced: 1985
Weight: 3.90 kg
Barrel: 458 mm

IMBEL SAR-48

Introduced: 1985
Weight: 4.31 kg
Barrel: 533 mm

IWI Arad 5

Introduced: 2025
Weight: 3.40 kg
Barrel: 406 mm

IWI Negev NG7 SE

Introduced: 2014
Weight: 7.95 kg
Barrel: 508 mm

IWI Tavor 7

Introduced: 2018
Weight: 4.08 kg
Barrel: 419 mm

IWI Tavor TS12

Introduced: 2018
Weight: 3.63 kg
Barrel: 470 mm

Inland M1 Carbine

Introduced: 1942
Weight: 2.48 kg
Barrel: 458 mm

Inland M1A1 Carbine (Paratrooper)

Introduced: 1942
Weight: 2.36 kg
Barrel: 458 mm

Inland M1A1 Paratrooper

Introduced: 2015
Weight: 2.35 kg
Barrel: 457 mm

Irwin-Pedersen M1 Carbine

Introduced: 1942
Weight: 2.48 kg
Barrel: 458 mm

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