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The FN SCAR (SOF (Special Operations Forces) Combat Assault Rifle) [3] is a family of gas-operated short-stroke gas piston [4] automatic rifles developed by Belgian manufacturer FN Herstal (FN) in 2004. [5] It is constructed with modularity for the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to satisfy the requirements of the SCAR ...
Submachine gun: 9×19mm Parabellum: Also the A5, SD6, N2 and KA4 versions are used. [11] [12] Assault rifles and battle rifles FN SCAR-L STD Belgium: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: Purchased in 2019, 15,000 SCAR-L STD assault rifles. [13] (Standard service rifle) Heckler & Koch HK416 A5 Germany: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO
The Robinson Armament Co. XCR is a multi-caliber, gas piston weapon system developed by Robinson Armament Co. for U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to fill the requirements of the SOF Combat Assault Rifle, [5] or SCAR competition, but was disqualified on a technicality due to late delivery of blank firing adapters.
Assault rifle Belgium 1966–1975 FN FNC: Assault rifle Belgium 1979–present FN F2000: Bullpup assault rifle Belgium 2001–present FN SCAR-L: Assault rifle Belgium 2009–present Also produced in the U.S. FN Minimi: Light machine gun Belgium 1974–present IMBEL MD: Assault rifle Brazil: 1985–present IMBEL IA2: Assault rifle Brazil: 2012 ...
Assault rifles are full-length, select fire rifles that are chambered for an intermediate-power rifle cartridge that use a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern militaries. Some rifles listed below, such as the AR-15, also come in semi-auto models that would not belong under the term ...
Initially, in the 5.56 version, a telescopic polymer stock was designed, with a modern design, very similar to the one used in the FN SCAR rifle, and in the 7.62 version, a collapsible polymer stock very similar to that of the M964A1 Para-FAL, with modern design.
The StG 44 was adopted by the Wehrmacht in 1944. It fires the 7.92×33mm Kurz round. Currently the most used assault rifle in the world along with its variants, the AKM and the AK-74, the AK-47 was first adopted in 1949 by the Soviet Army.
The LM308MWS was submitted for the British Ministry of Defence's Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) for immediate deployment of a semi-automatic 7.62 NATO caliber sharpshooter rifle in Afghanistan. Other rifles submitted included the FN Herstal SCAR-H, Heckler & Koch HK417 and Sabre Defence XR-10. LMT's rifle was chosen, earning it the L129A1 ...