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A Dutch ISAF sniper team with an Accuracy International AWM .338 Lapua Magnum rifle. A British sniper (centre) carrying his L115A3 Long Range Rifle with attached suppressor, on a joint training mission with French snipers. The AWM in the .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6×70mm) calibre was designed as a dedicated long range sniper rifle.
Harrison killed the two Taliban machine gunners with shots that took the 8.59 mm (0.338 inch) rounds almost five seconds to hit their targets, which were 900 m (980 yd) beyond the L115A3 sniper rifle's recommended range. A third shot took out the insurgents' machine gun. The rifle used was made by Accuracy International. [21]
The Accuracy International AX long range sniper rifle series was designed for long, high-powered super magnum cartridges and was unveiled in January 2010 at the SHOT Show trade show. It is a major design evolution based on the AWM variant of the AW series and its development was according to Accuracy International partly driven by a Precision ...
The bolt-action 7.62×51mm M24 Sniper Weapon System is capable of 0.5 MOA accuracy to maximal effective range of about 800 meters. The M24 was the United States Army standard-issue sniper rifle from 1988 to 2010.
The vehicle has a crew of two plus one and a range of 800 km, and has a special air-bag suspension system that allows rapid movement of the vehicle across varying terrain. [ 184 ] Armament includes a 7.62mm GPMG and either a .50-calibre HMG or 40 mm GMG as the main weapon system.
Range: 910 meters. Weight: 10.7 pounds. Length: 42.5 inches (with suppressor) Chambered for: 7.62x51mm ammunition. The Mk20 Sniper Support Rifle was designed as a sniper version of the Mk17 ...
The .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6×70mm or 8.58×70mm) is a Finnish rimless, bottlenecked, centerfire rifle cartridge. It was developed during the 1980s as a high-powered, long-range cartridge for military snipers. Due to its use in the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War, the cartridge has become widely available.
The previous record was held by a Canadian special operations sniper at a distance of 2.2 miles in Iraq in 2017. ... the SSU sniper destroyed an or< from a distance of 3.8 km ‼️ ...