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The self-contained firearm changed everything about how wars are fought - and continues to dominate the battlefields of today.

The foot soldier maintains a certain authority over success and failure on the battlefield. The gun, a self-contained projectile-firing weapon, changed the warzone forever when it was introduced in its various perfected forms. Today, the gun, and related infantry-level weapons, still reign supreme across the world despite advances made in aerial and vehicular firepower. Ground cannot be taken by machines alone and the foot soldier remains the most important cog in place to assure commanders, warplanners and politicians the total victory.
Sharp 55 pistol
1700-1799
Belgian Pinfire
1800-1899
Luger pistol
1900-1909
Browning M1917
1910-1919
DP LMG
1920-1929
Beretta Model 38 SMG
1930-1939
AK47
1940-1949
AR15
1950-1959
Colt XML48
1960-1969
APS rifle
1970-1979
Beretta SC7090
1980-1989
DENEL PAW20 Neopup
1990-1999
FN SCAR
2000-2009
ST Motiv K14
2010-2019
MBDA MMP ATGM
2020-2029
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