Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
Germany. 2002 ‘Classification of Firearms or Ammunition in Categories A – D in Accordance With the Weapons Directive.’ Weapons Act (Waffengesetz) of 2002; Annex I (Ch. 3). Berlin: Federal Law Gazette. 11 October
Relevant contents
1. Category A
- 1.1 Weapons of war nos. 29 and 30 on the List of Weapons of War (Annex to Section 1 (1) of the War Weapons Control Act);
- 1.2 fully automatic guns;
- 1.3 guns disguised as other objects;
- 1.4 pistol and revolver ammunition with expanding projectiles and projectiles for this ammunition, with the exception of hunting or sports weapons belonging to persons authorized to use them;
- 1.5 armour-piercing ammunition, ammunition containing explosive and incendiary compounds, ammunition containing tracer compounds and projectiles for such ammunition, where such ammunition or projectiles do not fall within the scope of the War Weapons Control Act.
2. Category B
- 2.1 Semi-automatic short firearms and repeating short firearms,
- 2.2 single-shot short firearms for ammunition with centre fire percussion,
- 2.3 single-shot short firearms for ammunition with rimfire percussion whose overall length is under 28 cm,
- 2.4 semi-automatic long firearms with a magazine or chamber which can hold more than three cartridges,
- 2.5 semi-automatic long firearms whose magazines or chambers cannot hold more than three cartridges, which have interchangeable magazines and which may be converted using standard tools so that the magazine or chamber can hold more than three cartridges,
- 2.6 repeating long firearms and semi-automatic guns with a smooth-bore barrel no more than 60 cm long,
- 2.7 semi-automatic civilian guns which look like fully automatic weapons of war.
3. Category C
- 3.1 Repeating long firearms other than those listed under no. 2.6,
- 3.2 single-shot long firearms with a rifled barrel or barrels,
- 3.3 Semi-automatic long firearms other than those listed under nos. 2.4 to 2.7,
- 3.4 Single-shot short firearms for ammunition with rimfire percussion with an overall length of at least 28 cm.
4. Category D
- 4.1 Single-shot long firearms with a smooth-bore barrel or barrels.