← Capabilities
- International families
- 4,2322015 to 2024
- Leading country
- United States2.6× the next
- All families
- 16khome filings included
- Over five years
- Falling2020 to 2024 against the five before
Year by year
Patent families by country of origin and the year of the earliest filing, 2000 to 2025; 2025 is a part year, still filling in. International families are those for which protection was sought beyond one country.
Volume
International patent families in the capability, by the year of the earliest filing.
Source: Global Institute for National Capability (GINC), 2026. Underlying patents from 107 patent offices, IFI CLAIMS and Google
Share by country
Each country's share of the year's international families, in per cent: the capability's five largest countries of origin, 2015 to 2024, and the rest of the world.
Source: Global Institute for National Capability (GINC), 2026. Underlying patents from 107 patent offices, IFI CLAIMS and Google
Country leaderboard
International patent families, 2015 to 2024, by country of origin. Growth compares the latest five full years with the five before.
Ten largest
United States
Germany
France
Türkiye
United Kingdom
China
Italy
Austria
Israel
South Korea
1,319
502
222
212
211
167
140
129
121
101
| 2000 to 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 1,319 | 31.2% | 0.9× | 5,624 | |
| 2 | Germany | 502 | 11.9% | 0.8× | 801 | |
| 3 | France | 222 | 5.2% | 0.7× | 341 | |
| 4 | Türkiye | 212 | 5.0% | 1.6× | 536 | |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 211 | 5.0% | 1.0× | 354 | |
| 6 | China | 167 | 3.9% | 0.9× | 3,940 | |
| 7 | Italy | 140 | 3.3% | 1.2× | 233 | |
| 8 | Austria | 129 | 3.0% | 0.8× | 166 | |
| 9 | Israel | 121 | 2.9% | 1.0× | 183 | |
| 10 | South Korea | 101 | 2.4% | 0.8× | 1,232 | |
| 11 | Canada | 96 | 2.3% | 0.7× | 182 | |
| 12 | Sweden | 74 | 1.7% | 1.2× | 83 | |
| 13 | Taiwan | 68 | 1.6% | 1.5× | 187 | |
| 14 | Spain | 67 | 1.6% | 0.4× | 97 | |
| 15 | Belgium | 65 | 1.5% | 0.7× | 67 | |
| 16 | Russia | 65 | 1.5% | 0.7× | 898 | |
| 17 | Australia | 63 | 1.5% | 1.4× | 94 | |
| 18 | Switzerland | 56 | 1.3% | 0.8× | 76 | |
| 19 | Finland | 56 | 1.3% | 1.9× | 72 | |
| 20 | Japan | 46 | 1.1% | 0.4× | 137 | |
| 21 | Netherlands | 45 | 1.1% | 0.4× | 59 | |
| 22 | India | 38 | 0.9% | 1.9× | 41 | |
| 23 | Czechia | 37 | 0.9% | 1.8× | 57 | |
| 24 | Brazil | 31 | 0.7% | 1.1× | 117 | |
| 25 | Norway | 30 | 0.7% | 1.0× | 44 | |
| 26 | Poland | 21 | 0.5% | 0.8× | 173 | |
| 27 | South Africa | 17 | 0.4% | 0.7× | 18 | |
| 28 | Hong Kong | 14 | 0.3% | 2.5× | 22 | |
| 29 | Hungary | 13 | 0.3% | 1.2× | 23 | |
| 30 | Singapore | 12 | 0.3% | 2.0× | 14 | |
| 31 | Denmark | 11 | 0.3% | 1.2× | 15 | |
| 32 | New Zealand | 5 | 0.1% | 0.3× | 11 | |
| 33 | Mexico | 4 | 0.1% | 0.3× | 19 | |
| 34 | Luxembourg | 3 | 0.1% | 0.5× | 7 | |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0.1% | 2.0× | 7 | |
| 36 | Malaysia | 3 | 0.1% | 2.0× | 14 | |
| 37 | Portugal | 3 | 0.1% | 0.5× | 7 | |
| 38 | Liechtenstein | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0× | 1 | |
| 39 | Ireland | 0 | 0.0% | – | 1 |
Applicants
The largest applicants by international patent families, 2015 to 2024: across the world, then within each of the five countries with the most families in Combined Arms Manoeuvre. Names are as held in the source and are not consolidated across subsidiaries.
Global
4,232 international families
BAE SYSTEMS PLC · United Kingdom
NEXTER SYSTEMS · France
RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH · Germany
KRAUSS MAFFEI WEGMANN GMBH & CO KG · Germany
GLOCK TECH GMBH · Austria
RHEINMETALL LANDSYSTEME GMBH · Germany
81
67
56
47
40
39
United States
1,319 international families
STURM RUGER & CO
AXON ENTPR INC
MAGPUL IND CORP
WILCOX IND CORP
VISTA OUTDOOR OPERATIONS LLC
RAYTHEON CO
39
32
27
25
20
17
Germany
502 international families
RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH
KRAUSS MAFFEI WEGMANN GMBH & CO KG
RHEINMETALL LANDSYSTEME GMBH
KNDS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO KG
HECKLER & KOCH GMBH
THYSSENKRUPP AG
56
47
39
22
18
17
France
222 international families
NEXTER SYSTEMS
KNDS FRANCE
NAVAL GROUP
SAINT GOBAIN CT RECHERCHES
THALES SA
SAINT GOBAIN
67
33
16
11
10
7
Türkiye
212 international families
TASYAGAN BAHTIYAR
SAMSUN YURT SAVUNMA SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
FNSS SAVUNMA SISTEMLERI ANONIM SIRKETI
FNSS SAVUNMA SISTEMLERI A S
TUSAS TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII ANONIM SIRKETI
ATA SILAH SANAYI ANONIM SIRKETI
26
18
16
15
14
8
United Kingdom
211 international families
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
PEARSON ENG LTD
SECR DEFENCE
ADVANCED BLAST & BALLISTIC SYSTEMS LTD
SPARTAN BOSS LTD
GRAPHENE COMPOSITES LTD
81
11
6
5
5
3
Similar capabilities
The nine capabilities that share the most international patent families with Combined Arms Manoeuvre, 2015 to 2024: the families counted in both as a share of those counted in either. Each card shows its five largest countries.
Strategic Infrastructure
Military Bases & Installations
6.9% shared · 370 families in both
United States
Germany
South Korea
United Kingdom
Japan
353
218
111
100
84
National Security
Land Fires
5.7% shared · 303 families in both
United States
Germany
France
United Kingdom
South Korea
357
232
127
113
93
Critical Technology
Structural & Composite Materials
3.9% shared · 1,069 families in both
Japan
United States
Germany
China
France
7,278
5,012
2,345
2,154
1,734
National Security
Standing Force Generation & Training
2.9% shared · 140 families in both
United States
Germany
South Korea
United Kingdom
Canada
217
90
58
38
30
National Security
Operational Sustainment & War Reserves
2.6% shared · 118 families in both
United States
Germany
France
United Kingdom
China
88
67
32
24
23
National Security
Control of the Air
2.1% shared · 99 families in both
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Türkiye
France
176
57
50
43
41
National Security
Counter-Uncrewed & Low-Altitude Defence
1.5% shared · 71 families in both
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
Israel
156
135
72
56
50
National Security
Integrated Air & Missile Defence
1.0% shared · 44 families in both
Germany
United States
Japan
Israel
United Kingdom
92
75
47
41
28
Strategic Infrastructure
Mining & Quarrying
0.9% shared · 75 families in both
China
United States
Germany
Australia
South Africa
1,624
664
351
271
185
Crosswalk
How Combined Arms Manoeuvre is matched to the patent classifications. The entries below were chosen for it; each stands for itself and everything beneath it in the scheme, 529 Cooperative entries in all. A patent family counts when any of its codes, in either scheme and at any office, falls under one of them. Codes since retired are placed under the entries that replaced them.
| Entry | Title in the scheme | Why it is chosen | CPC codes | IPC codes | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F41H7/00 | Armoured or armed vehicles | Armoured and armed vehicles, including tanks and uncrewed ground vehicles | 11 | 5 | 13,732 |
| F41H5/00 | Armour; Armour plates | Armour and armour plate | 35 | 17 | 54,559 |
| F41H1/00 | Personal protection gear | Body armour and ballistic helmets | 5 | 5 | 14,922 |
| F41A | Functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance, e.g. cannons; mountings for smallarms or ordnance | Working parts and mountings of guns | 409 | 397 | 218,905 |
| F41C | Smallarms, e.g. pistols, rifles; accessories therefor | Small arms | 42 | 50 | 32,731 |
| F41H11/12 | Means for clearing land minefields; Systems specially adapted for detection of landmines | Clearing and detecting land mines | 16 | 16 | 7,069 |
| F42B23/00 | Land mines ; Land torpedoes | Land mines | 8 | 7 | 2,543 |
| E01D15/127 | Portable or sectional bridges combined with ground-supported vehicles for the transport, handling or placing of such bridges or of sections thereof | Vehicle-launched assault bridges | 1 | 1 | 1,595 |
| F41A33/00 | Adaptations for training; Gun simulators | Left out | |||
| F41A31/00 | Testing arrangements | Left out | |||
| F41C33/00 | Means for wearing or carrying smallarms | Left out |
CPC and IPC codes are the codes in use on patent documents, at any office, that fall under the entry. Documents is the larger of the two schemes' counts of documents carrying one of them. An entry with no IPC codes can be told apart only in the Cooperative scheme.
The Cooperative codes in use that count towards Combined Arms Manoeuvre: 527 codes on 340,136 documents. The 150 most used are listed; the full list is in the cpc-to-capability.csv download.
| Code | Title | Under entry | How placed | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F41H1/02 | Armoured or projectile- or missile-resistant garments; Composite protection fabrics | F41H1/00 | In the scheme | 7,961 |
| F41H5/0485 | Layered armour containing fibre- or fabric-reinforced layers all the layers being only fibre- or fabric-reinforced layers | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 5,441 |
| F41A3/66 | Breech housings or frames; Receivers | F41A | In the scheme | 4,202 |
| F41H5/04 | Plate construction composed of more than one layer | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 4,058 |
| F41H7/02 | Land vehicles with enclosing armour, e.g. tanks | F41H7/00 | In the scheme | 3,329 |
| F41H5/013 | Mounting or securing armour plates | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 3,328 |
| F41C23/16 | Forestocks; Handgrips; Hand guards | F41C | In the scheme | 3,298 |
| F41H5/0478 | Fibre- or fabric-reinforced layers in combination with plastics layers | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 3,266 |
| F41A21/30 | Silencers | F41A | In the scheme | 3,218 |
| F41C27/00 | Accessories; Details or attachments not otherwise provided for | F41C | In the scheme | 2,996 |
| F41H5/0492 | Layered armour containing hard elements, e.g. plates, spheres, rods, separated from each other, the elements being connected to a further flexible layer or being embedded in a plastics or an elastomer matrix | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 2,972 |
| F41H5/0471 | Layered armour containing fibre- or fabric-reinforced layers | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 2,497 |
| F41A19/10 | Triggers; Trigger mountings | F41A | In the scheme | 2,429 |
| F41H5/0407 | Transparent bullet-proof laminatesinformative reference: layered products essentially comprising glass in general B32B17/06, e.g. B32B17/10009; manufacture or composition of glass, e.g. joining glass to glass C03; permanent multiple-glazing windows, e.g. with spacing therebetween, E06B3/66 | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 2,416 |
| F41H5/08 | Shields for personal use, i.e. hand held shields | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 2,326 |
| F41H5/0428 | Ceramic layers in combination with additional layers made of fibres, fabrics or plastics | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 2,318 |
| F41A17/38 | Magazine mountings, e.g. for locking the magazine in the gun | F41A | In the scheme | 2,296 |
| F41A3/26 | Rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements rigidly mounted on the bolt or bolt handle and on the barrel or breech-housing respectively the locking elements effecting a rotary movement about the barrel axis, e.g. rotating cylinder bolt locks semi-automatically or automatically operated, e.g. having a slidable bolt-carrier and a rotatable bolt | F41A | In the scheme | 2,280 |
| F41H5/0457 | Metal layers in combination with additional layers made of fibres, fabrics or plastics | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 2,255 |
| F41A11/00 | Assembly or disassembly features; Modular concepts; Articulated or collapsible guns | F41A | In the scheme | 2,234 |
| F41H5/007 | Reactive armour; Dynamic armour | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 2,220 |
| F41H7/04 | Armour construction | F41H7/00 | In the scheme | 2,204 |
| F41A3/72 | Operating handles or levers; Mounting thereof in breech-blocks or bolts | F41A | In the scheme | 2,198 |
| F41A5/18 | Mechanisms or systems operated by propellant charge energy for automatically opening the lock gas-operated | F41A | In the scheme | 2,177 |
| F41A9/65 | Box magazines having a cartridge follower | F41A | In the scheme | 2,029 |
| F41H1/04 | Protection helmets | F41H1/00 | In the scheme | 1,979 |
| F41H5/0414 | Layered armour containing ceramic material | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 1,971 |
| F41C23/14 | Adjustable stock or stock parts, i.e. adaptable to personal requirements, e.g. length, pitch, cast or drop | F41C | In the scheme | 1,959 |
| F41A17/46 | Trigger safeties, i.e. means for preventing trigger movement | F41A | In the scheme | 1,940 |
| F41A15/14 | Cartridge extractors, i.e. devices for pulling cartridges or cartridge cases at least partially out of the cartridge chamber; Cartridge ejectors, i.e. devices for throwing the extracted cartridges or cartridge cases free of the gun for bolt-action guns the ejector being mounted on or within the bolt; Extractors per se | F41A | In the scheme | 1,899 |
| F41A21/36 | Muzzle attachments or glands for recoil reduction ; Stabilisators; Compensators, e.g. for muzzle climb prevention | F41A | In the scheme | 1,823 |
| F41H5/02 | Plate construction | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 1,817 |
| F41H5/24 | Armour; Armour plates for stationary use, e.g. fortifications ; Shelters; Guard Booths | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 1,808 |
| F41A17/063 | Electric or electromechanical safeties comprising a transponder | F41A | In the scheme | 1,794 |
| F41A17/06 | Electric or electromechanical safeties | F41A | In the scheme | 1,727 |
| F41C3/00 | Pistols, e.g. revolvers | F41C | In the scheme | 1,712 |
| F41A11/02 | Modular concepts, e.g. weapon-family concepts | F41A | In the scheme | 1,707 |
| F41H7/042 | Floors or base plates for increased land mine protection | F41H7/00 | In the scheme | 1,704 |
| F41A35/06 | Adaptation of guns to both right and left hand use | F41A | In the scheme | 1,646 |
| F41H5/023 | Armour plate, or auxiliary armour plate mounted at a distance of the main armour plate, having cavities at its outer impact surface, or holes, for deflecting the projectile | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 1,631 |
| F41H7/00 | Armoured or armed vehicles | F41H7/00 | In the scheme | 1,627 |
| F41A19/58 | Electric firing mechanisms | F41A | In the scheme | 1,610 |
| F41C23/04 | Folding or telescopic stocks or stock parts | F41C | In the scheme | 1,607 |
| F41C23/10 | Stocks or grips for pistols, e.g. revolvers | F41C | In the scheme | 1,603 |
| F41A9/70 | Arrangements thereon for discharging, e.g. cartridge followers or discharge throats | F41A | In the scheme | 1,578 |
| F41A35/00 | Accessories or details not otherwise provided for | F41A | In the scheme | 1,571 |
| F41A29/02 | Scrapers or cleaning rods | F41A | In the scheme | 1,493 |
| E01D15/127 | Portable or sectional bridges combined with ground-supported vehicles for the transport, handling or placing of such bridges or of sections thereof | E01D15/127 | In the scheme | 1,427 |
| F41A19/13 | Percussion or firing pins, i.e. fixed or slidably-mounted striker elements; Mountings therefor | F41A | In the scheme | 1,418 |
| F41A23/24 | Turret gun mountings | F41A | In the scheme | 1,418 |
| F41A17/36 | Magazine safeties locking the gun automatically in a safety condition when the magazine is empty or removed | F41A | In the scheme | 1,410 |
| F41H5/0421 | Ceramic layers in combination with metal layers | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 1,410 |
| F41H11/12 | Means for clearing land minefields; Systems specially adapted for detection of landmines | F41H11/12 | In the scheme | 1,396 |
| F41H7/044 | Hull or cab construction other than floors or base plates for increased land mine protection | F41H7/00 | In the scheme | 1,366 |
| F41A5/26 | Arrangements or systems for bleeding the gas from the barrel | F41A | In the scheme | 1,349 |
| F41A3/58 | Breakdown breech mechanisms, e.g. for shotguns | F41A | In the scheme | 1,340 |
| F41H5/266 | Periscopes for fighting or armoured vehicles | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 1,293 |
| F41A3/82 | Coil spring buffers | F41A | In the scheme | 1,290 |
| F41A9/83 | Apparatus or tools for reloading magazines with unbelted ammunition, e.g. cartridge clips | F41A | In the scheme | 1,288 |
| F41A23/34 | Gun mountings, e.g. on vehicles; Disposition of guns on vehicles on wheeled or endless-track vehicles | F41A | In the scheme | 1,267 |
| F41A19/12 | Sears; Sear mountings | F41A | In the scheme | 1,250 |
| F41A17/74 | Hammer safeties, i.e. means for preventing the hammer from hitting the cartridge or the firing pin | F41A | In the scheme | 1,237 |
| F41A21/32 | Muzzle attachments or glands | F41A | In the scheme | 1,230 |
| F41A17/44 | Safety plugs, e.g. for plugging-up cartridge chambers, barrels, magazine spaces | F41A | In the scheme | 1,229 |
| F41A19/30 | Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms having only slidably-mounted striker elements, i.e. percussion or firing pins the percussion or firing pin being movable relative to the breech-block propelled by a spring under tension in bolt-action guns | F41A | In the scheme | 1,202 |
| F41C23/00 | Butts; Butt plates; Stocks | F41C | In the scheme | 1,188 |
| F41C27/06 | Adaptations of smallarms for firing grenades, e.g. rifle grenades, or for firing riot-control ammunition; Barrel attachments therefor | F41C | In the scheme | 1,169 |
| F41A21/325 | Mountings for muzzle attachments | F41A | In the scheme | 1,166 |
| F41A17/56 | Sear safeties, i.e. means for rendering ineffective an intermediate lever transmitting trigger movement to firing pin, hammer, bolt or sear | F41A | In the scheme | 1,164 |
| F41A9/37 | Feeding two or more kinds of ammunition to the same gun; Feeding from two sides | F41A | In the scheme | 1,161 |
| F41A21/12 | Cartridge chambers; Chamber liners | F41A | In the scheme | 1,159 |
| F41C7/00 | Shoulder-fired smallarms, e.g. rifles, carbines, shotguns | F41C | In the scheme | 1,142 |
| F41A17/42 | Safeties for locking the breech-block or bolt in a safety position | F41A | In the scheme | 1,139 |
| F41C23/20 | Butts; Butt plates; Mountings therefor | F41C | In the scheme | 1,135 |
| F41A27/06 | Mechanical systems | F41A | In the scheme | 1,133 |
| F41A21/48 | Barrel mounting means, e.g. releasable mountings for replaceable barrels | F41A | In the scheme | 1,123 |
| F41H5/263 | Mounting of transparent armoured panels, e.g. bulletproof windows on vehicles | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 1,118 |
| F41A27/24 | Elevating gear | F41A | In the scheme | 1,117 |
| F41H5/26 | Peepholes; Windows; Loopholes | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 1,111 |
| F41A19/16 | Adjustable firing mechanisms; Trigger mechanisms with adjustable trigger pull | F41A | In the scheme | 1,110 |
| F41A23/20 | Gun mountings, e.g. on vehicles; Disposition of guns on vehicles for disappearing guns | F41A | In the scheme | 1,110 |
| F41A17/08 | Safety arrangements, e.g. safeties for inhibiting firing in a specified direction, e.g. at a friendly person or at a protected area | F41A | In the scheme | 1,105 |
| F41A21/02 | Composite barrels, i.e. barrels having multiple layers, e.g. of different materials | F41A | In the scheme | 1,097 |
| F41A1/04 | Missile propulsion using the combustion of a liquid, loose powder or gaseous fuel, e.g. hypergolic fuel | F41A | In the scheme | 1,088 |
| F41A35/02 | Dust- or weather-protection caps or covers | F41A | In the scheme | 1,085 |
| F41A3/64 | Mounting of breech-blocks; Accessories for breech-blocks or breech-block mountings | F41A | In the scheme | 1,083 |
| F41H5/0442 | Layered armour containing metal | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 1,080 |
| F41A21/484 | Barrel mounting means, e.g. releasable mountings for replaceable barrels using interlocking means, e.g. by sliding pins | F41A | In the scheme | 1,079 |
| F41H11/16 | Self-propelled mine-clearing vehicles; Mine-clearing devices attachable to vehicles | F41H11/12 | In the scheme | 1,077 |
| F41C3/14 | Revolvers | F41C | In the scheme | 1,076 |
| F41A21/482 | Barrel mounting means, e.g. releasable mountings for replaceable barrels using continuous threads on the barrel | F41A | In the scheme | 1,055 |
| F41A9/54 | Cartridge guides, stops or positioners, e.g. for cartridge extraction | F41A | In the scheme | 1,045 |
| F41A19/01 | Counting means indicating the number of shots fired | F41A | In the scheme | 1,040 |
| F41H5/0435 | Ceramic layers in combination with additional layers made of fibres, fabrics or plastics the additional layers being only fibre- or fabric-reinforced layers | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 1,040 |
| F41H1/08 | Protection helmets of plastics; Plastic head-shields | F41H1/00 | In the scheme | 1,037 |
| F41C23/06 | Stocks or firearm frames specially adapted for recoil reduction | F41C | In the scheme | 1,035 |
| F41A17/64 | Firing-pin safeties, i.e. means for preventing movement of slidably- mounted strikers | F41A | In the scheme | 1,033 |
| F41A21/28 | Gas-expansion chambers; Barrels provided with gas-relieving ports | F41A | In the scheme | 1,013 |
| F41A9/18 | Movable ammunition carriers or loading trays, e.g. for feeding from magazines pivoting or swinging in a vertical plane which is parallel to the barrel axis mounted within a smallarm feeding from a tubular magazine under the barrel | F41A | In the scheme | 1,013 |
| F41A3/10 | Block action, i.e. the main breech opening movement being transverse to the barrel axis with sliding breech-block, e.g. vertically | F41A | In the scheme | 1,010 |
| F41A25/02 | Fluid-operated systems | F41A | In the scheme | 1,006 |
| F41A27/08 | Bearings, e.g. trunnions; Brakes or blocking arrangements | F41A | In the scheme | 1,002 |
| F41A9/38 | Loading arrangements, i.e. for bringing the ammunition into the firing position | F41A | In the scheme | 1,001 |
| F41A19/31 | Sear arrangements therefor | F41A | In the scheme | 1,000 |
| F41A19/33 | Arrangements for the selection of automatic or semi-automatic fire | F41A | In the scheme | 1,000 |
| F41A1/08 | Recoilless guns, i.e. guns having propulsion means producing no recoil | F41A | In the scheme | 987 |
| F41A9/64 | Magazines for unbelted ammunition | F41A | In the scheme | 979 |
| F41A17/066 | Electric or electromechanical safeties having means for recognizing biometric parameters, e.g. voice control, finger print or palm print control | F41A | In the scheme | 974 |
| F41H7/048 | Vehicles having separate armoured compartments, e.g. modular armoured vehicles | F41H7/00 | In the scheme | 973 |
| F41A21/34 | Flash dampers | F41A | In the scheme | 968 |
| F41A9/76 | Magazines having an endless-chain conveyor | F41A | In the scheme | 965 |
| F41A19/14 | Hammers, i.e. pivotably-mounted striker elements; Hammer mountings | F41A | In the scheme | 960 |
| F41A5/02 | Mechanisms or systems operated by propellant charge energy for automatically opening the lock recoil-operated | F41A | In the scheme | 960 |
| F41A5/28 | Adjustable systems | F41A | In the scheme | 957 |
| F41A23/18 | Rests for supporting smallarms in non-shooting position | F41A | In the scheme | 956 |
| F41A27/30 | Stabilisation or compensation systems, e.g. compensating for barrel weight or wind force on the barrel | F41A | In the scheme | 939 |
| F41A3/74 | Obturating or packing devices for gas leak prevention in breech mechanisms | F41A | In the scheme | 932 |
| F41A15/12 | Cartridge extractors, i.e. devices for pulling cartridges or cartridge cases at least partially out of the cartridge chamber; Cartridge ejectors, i.e. devices for throwing the extracted cartridges or cartridge cases free of the gun for bolt-action guns | F41A | In the scheme | 927 |
| F41A3/40 | Semi-rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements movably mounted on the bolt or on the barrel or breech housing having rocking locking elements, e.g. pivoting levers or vanes mounted on the bolt | F41A | In the scheme | 920 |
| F41A23/02 | Mountings without wheels | F41A | In the scheme | 911 |
| F41A9/42 | Rammers separate from breech-block | F41A | In the scheme | 906 |
| F41A21/00 | Barrels; Gun tubes; Muzzle attachments; Barrel mounting means | F41A | In the scheme | 905 |
| F41A23/28 | Wheeled-gun mountings; Endless-track gun mountings | F41A | In the scheme | 900 |
| F41C7/11 | Breakdown shotguns or rifles | F41C | In the scheme | 899 |
| F41A3/12 | Bolt action, i.e. the main breech opening movement being parallel to the barrel axis | F41A | In the scheme | 887 |
| F41C23/22 | Stocks having space for the storage of objects | F41C | In the scheme | 886 |
| F41A21/10 | Insert barrels, i.e. barrels for firing reduced calibre ammunition and being mounted within the normal barrels | F41A | In the scheme | 881 |
| F41A23/00 | Gun mountings, e.g. on vehicles; Disposition of guns on vehicles | F41A | In the scheme | 881 |
| F41A9/04 | Feeding of unbelted ammunition using endless-chain belts carrying a plurality of ammunition | F41A | In the scheme | 878 |
| F41A19/15 | Modular firing mechanism units | F41A | In the scheme | 867 |
| F41A17/00 | Safety arrangements, e.g. safeties | F41A | In the scheme | 865 |
| F41A25/00 | Gun mountings permitting recoil or return to battery, e.g. gun cradles; Barrel buffers or brakes | F41A | In the scheme | 861 |
| F41H5/06 | Shields | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 859 |
| F41A9/62 | Magazines having means for indicating the number of cartridges left in the magazine, e.g. last-round indicators | F41A | In the scheme | 853 |
| F41A19/21 | Mechanical firing mechanisms, e.g. counterrecoil firing, recoil actuated firing mechanisms for multibarrel guns or multiple guns with single-trigger firing possibility having only one trigger | F41A | In the scheme | 850 |
| F41C23/02 | Attachment of slings | F41C | In the scheme | 850 |
| F41H1/00 | Personal protection gear | F41H1/00 | In the scheme | 844 |
| F41A9/73 | Drum magazines | F41A | In the scheme | 841 |
| F41A19/59 | Electromechanical firing mechanisms, i.e. the mechanical striker element being propelled or released by electric means | F41A | In the scheme | 836 |
| F41H5/00 | Armour; Armour plates | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 828 |
| F41H7/005 | Unmanned ground vehicles, i.e. robotic, remote controlled or autonomous, mobile platforms carrying equipment for performing a military or police role, e.g. weapon systems or reconnaissance sensors | F41H7/00 | In the scheme | 816 |
| F41A3/38 | Semi-rigid bolt locks, i.e. having locking elements movably mounted on the bolt or on the barrel or breech housing having rocking locking elements, e.g. pivoting levers or vanes | F41A | In the scheme | 812 |
| F41H11/136 | Magnetic, electromagnetic, acoustic or radiation systems, e.g. ground penetrating radars or metal-detectors | F41H11/12 | In the scheme | 797 |
| F41A9/61 | Magazines | F41A | In the scheme | 793 |
| F41A29/00 | Cleaning or lubricating arrangements | F41A | In the scheme | 789 |
| F41A21/18 | Grooves-Rifling | F41A | In the scheme | 786 |
| F41H5/0464 | Metal layers in combination with additional layers made of fibres, fabrics or plastics the additional layers being only fibre- or fabric-reinforced layers | F41H5/00 | In the scheme | 781 |
| F41A9/45 | Loading arrangements, i.e. for bringing the ammunition into the firing position the cartridge chamber or the barrel as a whole being tiltable or transversely slidable between a loading and a firing position | F41A | In the scheme | 775 |
| F41C23/12 | Auxiliary stocks for stabilising, or for transforming pistols, e.g. revolvers, into shoulder-fired guns | F41C | In the scheme | 766 |
| F41A25/12 | Spring-operated systems using coil springs | F41A | In the scheme | 760 |
Match: Through its tools
The classification names the equipment or technology the capability draws on, not the capability. The count says how much is being invented for it, not how well it is done. US small-arms and gun-mechanism patents (F41A, F41C) are largely for the civilian market and far outnumber the armour entries, so the count overstates military activity; holsters are excluded, and sights and small-arms ammunition are left out for the same reason. The crosswalk is a first pass that nobody has reviewed.
Other capabilities in Land Power
- Land Fires
- Battlefield Aviation & Uncrewed Systems
- Special Operations & Irregular Warfare