Top Sixty Most Produced Modern Weapons

A 2007 report for the World Bank, by Oxford University economist Phillip illicoat, estimated that there !ere abo"t #00 million firearms in the !orld$ %he same report placed the ann"al n"mber of firearms deaths !orld!ide at bet!een 200,000 and &00,000, !ith only a minority of these '' 20,000 to (00,000 ) in *conflict settin+s,$ Another report by the -eneva'based .mall Arms ."rvey the same year said that there !ere at least /01 million !eapons in circ"lation, and probably many more$ http233en$!ikipedia$or+3!iki3.mall4arms4trade http233en$!ikipedia$or+3!iki3.mall4Arms4."rvey %here are at least /0 small arms desi+ns !hich have been prod"ced in n"mbers exceedin+ one million since the late (1th cent"ry$ Added to+ether, prod"ction of these types alone add "p to abo"t one third of a billion$ 5any more models have been made in the h"ndreds of tho"sands$ Of co"rse, many of these !eapons have since broken or been destroyed, b"t ne! and s"rvivin+ examples remain a si+nificant part of the !orld arms trade$ 6n the U.A alone, an estimated 270 to 0(0 million firearms are in le+al private o!nership, incl"din+ ((& million hand+"ns, ((0 million rifles and 7/ million shot+"ns ) more than half the !orld8s +"ns are concentrated in that one co"ntry$ %he !eapons on this list incl"de hand+"ns, shot+"ns, rifles, s"bmachine +"ns 9.5-s:, machine +"ns and even the ;P-'7 anti'tank rocket la"ncher$ 5any are military !eapons !hich !ere "sed in the t!o !orld !ars, so it is "ns"rprisin+ that they !ere man"fact"red in s"ch hi+h n"mbers$ Others are civilian h"ntin+ and sportin+ !eapons, !hich +enerally sell very !ell in co"ntries like the U.A and <anada$ %he s"rprises on the list are some post'WW66 military !eapons, altho"+h this reflects the fact that a handf"l of desi+ns have dominated the arms trade since the (1#0s$ %he h"+e n"mber of U=i .5-s prod"ced is +en"inely s"rprisin+, considerin+ that the .5- fell o"t of favo"r !ith the !orld8s armies after the introd"ction of the modern a"tomatic assa"lt rifle ) and that a"tomatic !eapons are ille+al in most co"ntries of the !orld$ %he n"mber one best'seller is, and has lon+ been, the A '&7 rifle and its vario"s derivatives ) famed as "ncommonly efficient killin+ machines$ As for amm"nition, estimates p"t the prod"ction of firearm cartrid+es at (0'(& billion per year2 that is, 00 million b"llets a day$ (: alashnikov A '&7 assa"lt rifle and derivatives2 #0'(00 million 96ncl"din+ (0 million A 5, # million A '7&, (0'(# million <hinese %ype #/, 0 million >"+oslav ?astava 570, 0#0,000 @innish ;k /2 and &20,000 .o"th African Aektor ;&$ 2: 5osin'Ba+ant bolt'action rifle2 07 million 0: Cee Dnfield bolt'action rifle2 (7 million pl"s &: .imonov . . self'loadin+ rifle2 (# million #: 5a"ser ar17 bolt'action rifle2 (&$# million 9pl"s many other versions of the 5a"ser rifle: /: Armalite3<olt 5(/3A;'(# assa"lt3self'loadin+ rifle2 (('(2 million 97 million military and 0' &million civilian: 7: 5akarov P5 self'loadin+ pistol2 (0'20 million 7: 65636W6 U=i s"bmachine +"n2 (0 million pl"s 1: ;emin+ton 770 p"mp'action shot+"n2 (0 million (0: 5ossber+ #00 p"mp'action shot+"n2 (0 million ((: ;P-'7 rocket'propelled +renade la"ncher2 1 million pl"s (2: Winchester 5odel (71& lever'action rifle2 7$# million pl"s (0: Arisaka %ype00307311 bolt'action rifle2 7$# million (&: Eeckler F och -0 assa"lt rifle2 more than 7 million (#: Bro!nin+ 5(1(7 and 5(1(1 machine +"ns2 aro"nd 7 million (/: 5( <arbine self'loadin+3a"tomatic rifle2 /$# million pl"s (7: 5( -arand self'loadin+ rifle2 /$2#million

(7: %ype /0 assa"lt rifle2 / million 9also G"oted as ( million: (1: .hpa+in PP.h'&( s"bmachine +"n2 / million 20: 5arlin 5odel 00/ lever'action rifle2 / million pl"s 2(: .mith F Wesson 5odel (0 5ilitary and Police revolver2 / million pl"s 22: ;"+er (0322 self'loadin+ rifle2 # million pl"s 20: Walther PP3PP self'loadin+ pistol2 # million 2&: ;emin+ton ((00 self'loadin+ shot+"n2 & million 2#: .%DB s"bmachine +"n2 0$# to &$# million 2/: Beretta 12 self'loadin+ pistol2 0$# million 27: .teyr'5annlicher 5(71# bolt'action rifle2 0 million pl"s 27: .prin+field 5(100 bolt'action rifle2 0 million 21: C"+er P07 self'loadin+ pistol2 abo"t 0 million 00: Cebel 5odel (771 bolt'action rifle2 2$1 million 0(: <olt 5(1(( self'loadin+ pistol2 more than 2$7 million 02: Winchester 5odel (203(2003(000 p"mp'action shot+"n2 2$/ million 00: Bro!nin+ 52 heavy machine +"n2 2 to 0 million 0&: <arcano bolt'action rifle2 2 to 0 million 0#: .terlin+ C2 s"bmachine +"n2 2 million pl"s 0/: @B @AC assa"lt rifle2 2 million pl"s 07: Ba+ant 5(71# revolver2 2 million 07: Winchester 5odel (1(2 p"mp'action shot+"n2 2 million 01: Winchester 5odel 70 bolt'action rifle2 2 million &0: ."daev PP.'&0 s"bmachine +"n2 2 million &(: 6thaca 07 p"mp'action shot+"n2 2 million &2: Ei+h .tandard .entinel revolver2 abo"t 2 million &0: %hompson s"bmachine +"n ($7 million &&: %okarev %% self'loadin+ pistol2 ($7 million &#: %okarev .A%'07 and .A%'&0 a"tomatic rifle2 ($/ million &/: 5(& a"tomatic3self'loadin+ rifle2 ($# million &7: <olt Hetective .pecial revolver2 ($# million &7: Beretta 5(10&35(10# self'loadin+ pistol2 ($# million &1: Earrin+ton F ;ichardson >o"n+ America Ho"ble Action revolver2 ($# million #0: Earrin+ton F ;ichardson 5odel 2 Ho"ble Action revolver2 ($0 million #(: @B Bro!nin+ Ei'Po!er self'loadin+ pistol2 more than ($0 million #2: @B Bro!nin+ 5odel (1(0 and (122 self'loadin+ pistol2 ('2 million #0: ;"+er 5ini'(& self'loadin+ rifle2 ( million pl"s #&: -lock (7 series self'loadin+ pistol2 ( million pl"s ##: <? 7# self'loadin+ pistol2 ( million pl"s #/: 5a"ser <1/ 8Broomhandle8 self'loadin+ pistol2 ( million pl"s #7: Winchester 5odel (712 lever'action rifle2 ( million #7: Winchester model (717 p"mp'action shot+"n2 ( million #1: .ava+e 5odel 11 lever'action rifle2 ( million /0: 5P 0735P &0 s"bmachine +"n2 aro"nd ( million /(: alashnikov P machine +"n2 ( million /2: Walther P07 self'loadin+ pistol2 abo"t ( million /0: .mith F Wesson 5odel 0030( revolver2 probably more than ( million Total: 320 - 400 million http233!!!$oxfam$or+3en3pressroom3pressrelease320(2'0#'003amm"nition'trade'&'billion'yet'little' re+"lation'control'b"llets'sold http233!!!' !ds$!orldbank$or+3servlet3WH.<ontent.erver3WH.P36B3200730&3(030000(/&0/420070&(0(&#0& #3;endered3PH@3!ps&202$pdf