Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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
Semi-automatic rifle [4] Lee–Enfield British Empire: Bolt action: SMLE No.4 Mk.1 rifles captured from the former Afghan National Army. [3] Submachine guns; Škorpion: Czechoslovakia: Submachine gun [4] Shotguns; Mossberg 500 United States: Pump-action shotgun: Captured from the former Afghan National Army. [3] Sniper rifles; M24 Sniper Weapon ...
The M24 Sniper Weapon System (SWS) or M24 is the military and police version of the Remington Model 700 rifle, M24 being the model name assigned by the United States Army after adoption as their standard sniper rifle in 1988.
Type 97 Sniper Rifle: Arisaka: 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka: Bolt-action Japan: 1937 Type 99 sniper rifle: 7.7×58mm Arisaka: Bolt-action Japan: 1939 AMU SDM-R: United States Army Marksmanship Unit: 5.56×45mm NATO: Direct impingement (select-fire) United States: 2004 Snipex T-Rex: XADO-Holding Ltd. 14.5×114mm: Bolt-action (single-shot) Ukraine: 2020 ...
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 ...
The main sniper rifles used during the First World War were the German Mauser Gewehr 98; the British Pattern 1914 Enfield [59] and Lee–Enfield SMLE Mk III, the Canadian Ross rifle, the American M1903 Springfield, [60] the Italian M1891 Carcano, and the Russian M1891 Mosin–Nagant.
A United States Army sniper who holds the record for the most confirmed kills by a US military sniper (109). [63] 109 United States: Alvin York: 1887–1964 1917–1918 An expert sharpshooter with the 82nd Infantry Division who used an M1917 Enfield rifle during the Meuse–Argonne offensive near Chatel-Chéhéry, France, 1918 in World War I.
The Parker-Hale Model 82 (M82) is the military version of the Parker-Hale 1200TX target rifle; it was accepted for service by several nations for both military and police use. In appearance and design terms the Model 82 is an entirely conventional sniping weapon.