Editing Automatic rifle (section)

===Steyr AUG (bullpup rifle)===
[[File:AUG A1 508mm 04.jpg|thumb|The [[Steyr AUG]] was one of the first bullpup rifles to enter widespread use.]]
In 1977, Austria introduced the 5.56×45mm [[Steyr AUG]] [[bullpup]] rifle, often cited as the first successful [[bullpup|bullpup rifle]],<ref>{{cite web|title=The Bullpup Rifle Experiment, Part 4: do they have a place in the home defense arsenal?| url=http://www.grantcunningham.com/2015/10/the-bullpup-rifle-experiment-part-4-do-they-have-a-place-in-the-home-defense-arsenal/|first= Grant |last=Cunningham|date=1 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gun Review: The VLTOR AUG A3|date= 1 September 2013|url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013/09/01/vltor-aug-a3/ |first=Alex |last= Crossley}}</ref><ref name="Lewis2011">{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Jack|title=Assault Weapons|date=28 February 2011|publisher=Gun Digest Books|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-1-4402-2400-3|page=51}}</ref>  finding service with the armed forces of over twenty countries. It was highly advanced for the 1970s, combining in the same weapon the bullpup configuration, a polymer housing, dual vertical grips, an optical sight as standard, and a modular design. Highly reliable, light, and accurate, the Steyr AUG showed clearly the potential of the bullpup layout. In 1978, France introduced the 5.56×45mm [[FAMAS]] bullpup rifle. In 1985, the British introduced the 5.56×45mm [[L85]] bullpup rifle. In the late 1990s, Israel introduced the [[IMI Tavor TAR-21|Tavor TAR-21]] and China's [[People's Liberation Army]]'s adopted [[QBZ-95]]. By the turn of the century, the bullpup design had achieved world-wide acceptance.