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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	USA	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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