History and Development of Assault Rifle

Rad se temelji na prikazu razvoja jurišnih pušaka kroz povijest. Prikazuju se promjene u naoružanju, odnosno automatizaciji streljačkog naoružanja te konstruiranju prvih jurišnih pušaka. Autor kroz rad analizira četiri puške koje su se u određenom vremenskom periodu, od kraja II. svjetskog rata pa do danas, pokazale najučinkovitijima. Uzrok nastanka nove vrste naoružanja bila je promjena taktike i načina ratovanja koji su zahtijevali prvenstveno oružje sa mogućnošću regulacije rada (pojedinačno i rafalno), manje mase i veće preciznosti, a istovremeno veće vatrene moći. Uspoređujući spomenute puške na temelju taktičko tehničkih karakteristika, autor želi prikazati konstrukcijska rješenja različitih država, zbog potencijalne prednosti u slučaju sukoba, ali i zbog nametanja na tržištu naoružanja.Work is based on the analysis and development of assault rifles through history. Changes in weaponry has been presented, or, to be precise, automatization of infantry weapons and constructing first assault rifles. Author is analizing four rifles which had been shown most effective in a period from the end of World War II, untill now. Cause of making new type of weapon was changing in tactics and warfare which demanded, first of all, weapon with possibility of regulating fire mode (semi-autopmatic and fully automatic), decreased weight and increased precision, and at the same time, more firepower. Comparing these rifles based on their tactical and tehnical features, author wants to show constructionaal solutions of different countries, because of potential advantages in case of conflict, and because of competition in weapon's market