"Long guns; these are firearms whose barrel and breech in closed position are in total longer than 30 cm and whose shortest total length that can be used as intended exceeds 60 cm; (...)"
- WaffG Annex 1 (to § 1 para. 4)
As a rule, long weapons therefore include: rifles, shotguns, combined arms, as well as the compressed air and sporting weapons that meet the criterion listed above.