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In June 2011, the Afghan National Army returned the loaned C7 rifles as the ANA preferred the American M16 rifle. AK-47 Soviet Union: Assault rifle Phased out of the service since 2008. Used by Afghan Special Forces and some regular units. AKM Soviet Union: Assault rifle In storage. AK-74 Soviet Union: Assault rifle: In storage. Type 56
M24 sniper rifle, equipped with an AN/PVS-10 Sniper Night Sight (SNS) [9] Maximum effective range is given as 800 meters (875 yd), but record shots have been made with the M24 at over 1,000 meters (1,094 yd). Meanwhile, the standard optical sight has a maximum elevation adjustment of 1,000 meters (1,094 yd).
The Schmidt & Bender MILITARY MK II 5–25×56mm scope used by Harrison on the L115A3 Long Range Rifle has windage and elevation adjustment of 0.1 milliradian (mil), double turn elevation turret, and parallax and illumination control. The sight has a maximal vertical elevation range of 26 mil, and the sight adjustment increment of 0.1 mil ...
Dual combat sighting system: ZF 3×4° optical sight topped with red dot sight as used on German G36A1 assault/sniper rifles. Though they had been used as early as the mid-19th century on rifled muskets, and even earlier for other tasks, it wasn't until the 1980s when optical devices for service rifles, such as the Austrian Steyr AUG and the ...
Two mounting blocks were fitted to the receiver for the purpose of the fitting of optical sight mounts, supplied with the Parker Hale are the parkerized aluminium scope rings; rifles that were in service in the Australian and New Zealand armies used the Austrian Kahles Wien ZF-69 6×42 (26mm tube) drop compensation telescopic sight set in 100m ...
The first ACOG model, known as the TA01, was released in 1987. [3] [4] An example was tested on the Stoner 93 in the early 1990s by the Royal Thai Armed Forces. [5]In 1995, United States Special Operations Command selected the 4×32 TA01 as the official scope for the M4 carbine and purchased 12,000 units from Trijicon. [6]
Battle rifle India: Indian variants acquired by Pakistan; almost all were not used eventually due to concerns of ammo supplies. [8] AK-47: Assault rifle Soviet Union: Obtained from DRA Army deserters, or captured. [9] [10] AKS-47: Assault rifle Soviet Union: AKM [11] Assault rifle Soviet Union: Captured from Afghan Army. AKMS: Assault rifle ...
The main sniper rifles used during the First World War were the German Mauser Gewehr 98; the British Pattern 1914 Enfield [60] and Lee–Enfield SMLE Mk III, the Canadian Ross rifle, the American M1903 Springfield, [61] the Italian M1891 Carcano, and the Russian M1891 Mosin–Nagant.