List of API blowback firearms

This is a list of advanced primer ignition blowback firearms (API).

Assault Rifles

Name/
designation 		Year of
intro 		Country of
origin 		Primary
cartridge 		Type
APT 1980s  Soviet Union 5.45×39mm

Anti Tank Rifles

Name/
designation 		Year of
intro 		Country of
origin 		Primary
cartridge 		Type
Oerlikon SSG36 1940s   Switzerland 20×105mmB
Solothurn S-18/100 1940s   Switzerland 20×105mmB

Grenade Launchers

Name/
designation 		Year of
intro 		Country of
origin 		Primary
cartridge 		Type
Mk 19 1968  United States 40x53mm
Daewoo K4 1993  South Korea 40x53mm
Heckler & Koch GMG 2000s  Germany 40x53mm
Norinco LG5 2000s  China 40x53mm Hybrid of API Blowback and short-recoil
QLU-11 2011  China 35x32mm Hybrid of API Blowback and short-recoil

Machine Guns

Name/
designation 		Year of
intro 		Country of
origin 		Primary
cartridge 		Type
QJZ-171 2017  China 12.7×108mm Hybrid of API Blowback and short-recoil

Submachine Guns

Name/
designation 		Year of
intro 		Country of
origin 		Primary
cartridge 		Type
TZ-45 1944  Italy 9×19mm Parabellum

Shotguns

Name/
designation 		Year of
intro 		Country of
origin 		Primary
cartridge 		Type
Atchisson Assault Shotgun 1972  United States 12 Gauge

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