Automatic rifle is a term generally used to describe a self- loading rifle chambered for a rifle cartridge, capable of delivering both semi- and fully automatic fire. This "select-fire" capability, as well as the use of magazine-fed rifle ammunition, differentiate it from other classes of automatic firearm such as the machine gun and submachine gun. In many cases, however, it simply describes a rifle capable of self-loading, but not capable of automatic fire. Depending on the expert and point in history, fully- automatic carbines and assault rifles are sometimes considered to be a type of automatic rifle, and at other times separated into their own categories

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