List of API blowback firearms
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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 | |