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.

Type 81

Introduced: 1983
Weight: 3.40 kg
Barrel: 445 mm

U.S. Ordnance M60E6

Introduced: 2014
Weight: 9.35 kg
Barrel: 458 mm

Universal Enforcer M1

Introduced: 1964
Weight: 2.04 kg
Barrel: 286 mm

VHS

Introduced: 2009
Weight: 3.40 kg
Barrel: 500 mm

VHS-2

Introduced: 2013
Weight: 3.90 kg
Barrel: 500 mm

Vektor Mini-SS

Introduced: 1994
Weight: 8.26 kg
Barrel: 513 mm

Walther Gewehr 43

Introduced: 1943
Weight: 4.10 kg
Barrel: 549 mm

Walther WA 2000

Introduced: 1982
Weight: 6.95 kg
Barrel: 650 mm

Weatherby SA-08

Introduced: 2008
Weight: 2.95 kg
Barrel: 660 mm

Wildey Survivor

Introduced: 1980
Weight: 1.81 kg
Barrel: 203 mm

XM7 (M7)

Introduced: 2022
Weight: 3.80 kg
Barrel: 330 mm

Zastava M59/66 (Yugoslav SKS)

Introduced: 1959
Weight: 4.10 kg
Barrel: 550 mm

vz. 52

Introduced: 1952
Weight: 4.14 kg
Barrel: 520 mm

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