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List of API blowback firearms

Name/ designation	Year of intro	Country of origin	Primary cartridge	Type
APT	1980s	Soviet Union	5.45×39mm

Anti Tank Rifles[edit]

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[edit]

Name/ designation	Year of intro	Country of origin	Primary cartridge	Type
Heckler & Koch GMG	2000s	Germany	40x53mm
Norinco LG5	2000s	China	40x53mm
QLU-11	2011	China	35x32mm

Machine Guns[edit]

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[edit]

Name/ designation	Year of intro	Country of origin	Primary cartridge	Type
TZ-45	1944	Italy	9×19mm Parabellum

Shotguns[edit]

Name/ designation	Year of intro	Country of origin	Primary cartridge	Type
Atchisson Assault Shotgun	1972	United States	12 Gauge

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