A paramilitary firearm is a firearm not used by the armed forces but retains military capabilities. The term may refer to semi automatic only variants of military firearms sold to civilians/law enforcement agencies/government paramilitary organisations or privately-owned military firearms (semi- or full-auto) chambered in civilian rounds.
Examples
- Ruger Mini-14
- Heckler & Koch SL6
- Heckler & Koch HK41
- AK pattern firearms chambered in .44 Bore
- Fostech Origin 12
- ArmaLite AR-15
- Armalite AR-18
- Land defence pistol
- TS V
- American-180
- Ingram Model 5
- Federal Engineering XC