rifle
firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, and with a rifled barrel
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Summary
rifle is a weapon type[1]. rifle ranks in the top 5% of weapon type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,105 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: long gun[3], personal weapon[4], firearm[5]
- Commons category: Rifles[6]
- Said to be the same as: Gewehr[7]
- Has part(s): gun barrel[8], breechblock[9], handle[10], hammer[11], firearm trigger[12], firing pin[13]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1410[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rifles[15]
- Commons gallery: Rifle[16]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21]
- Has characteristic: helix[22]
- Different from: Karabin[23]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/04090263-n[24]
- Permanent duplicated item: Gewehr[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
- P14870: ont00000204[27]
Why It Matters
rifle has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] rifle is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]