A Gun Map That’s a Little Different
Different cultures, different customs, or so the saying goes
The saying also apparently applies to rifle preferences for the world’s militaries, as the following map illustrates.
[Map note from Gizmodo: “Judging by the map's choice of colors, it seems to group weapons that are of a similar family together by color”]:
Click to enlarge (imgur.com)
Obviously, there are many, many more
types of rifles than the ones shown on the map, but as Gizmodo notes,
the “map gives a general gist of each military’s standardization.”
And here are a few of the more popular rifles referenced in the map:
M4:
Wikimedia Commons.
C7:
Wikimedia Commons.
FX-05:
Wikimedia Commons.
GALIL:
Wikimedia Commons.
FAL:
Wikimedia Commons.
M16:
Wikimedia Commons.
FAMAS:
Wikimedia Commons.
IMBEL MD-2:
Wikimedia Commons.
SG 540:
Wikimedia Commons.
AK 47:
Wikimedia Commons.
SA80:
Wikimedia Commons.
R4:
Wikimedia Commons
M96:
Wikimedia Commons.
G36:
hk-usa.com
F88 AUSTEYR:
Wikimedia Commons.
QBZ 95:
Wikimedia Commons.
INSAS:
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