An Armalite rifle (AR) is one of a series of rifles the ArmaLite company made or, more generally, a rifle based on one of its designs, such as the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle. Eugene Stoner, Jacques Michault, Melvin Johnson, Robert Fremont, and Jim Sullivan are some of the designers credited with their development.[1] In the United States, these rifles are generally known by their model numbers. The AR before the model number stands for "ArmaLite Rifle".[2] [3]
| Model number | Model name | Cartridges | Manufacturers | Notes | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircrew survival weapon | ArmaLite | A bolt-action, take-down survival rifle. | ||||
| Explorer | A semi-automatic, take-down survival rifle. | |||||
| Fairchild ArmaLite, Artillerie Inrichtingen (AI) | A lightweight battle rifle. | |||||
| Unknown | ArmaLite | A lightweight hunting style rifle that never made it past the prototype phase and according to reports had issues of exploding when fired. | ||||
| A lightweight assault rifle. A smaller version of the AR-10 and adopted by the United States military as the M16 rifle. Later developed by Colt into a popular semi-automatic Colt AR-15. | ||||||
| ArmaLite | Prototype battle rifle. | |||||
| Semiautomatic 12ga 2shot shotgun based on the earlier AR-9. | ||||||
| An inexpensive, easy to make, stamped steel rifle. Also known as "The Widowmaker" in Northern Ireland. | ||||||
| Semi-automatic rifle version of the AR-18. | ||||||
| AR-100 AR-101 AR-102 AR-103 AR-104 | ArmaLite, Elitool | AR-100 series[4] based on the AR-16 that used a self ejecting magazine device.[5] Used in development of Ultimax 100 LMG. | ||||
| AR-30, AR-30A1, AR-31 | ArmaLite | Bolt-action rifle based in part on the ArmaLite AR-50 rifle. | ||||
| ArmaLite | Single-shot, .50 caliber bolt-action sniper and long-range target rifle. |