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MK 22 MOD 0 ASR (Advanced Sniper Rifle) is the designation for the Barrett MRAD variant ordered by USSOCOM. In 2019, USSOCCOM awarded Barrett Manufacturing a US$50 million contract for the ASR (Advanced Sniper Rifle) contract, ordering the Barrett MRAD with the ability to convert chambering between 7.62×51mm NATO, .300 Norma Magnum, and .338 ...
The MSR initially won the PSR competition, and was called the Remington Mk 21 Precision Sniper Rifle in U.S. military service. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] However, it was then decided that the Mk 21 did not conform to SOCOM requirements at the time in 2018, and the program was re-competed with the Barrett MRAD selected in 2019 as the Mk 22 Advanced Sniper ...
Barrett MRAD adopted as the Mk 22 Advanced Sniper Rifle by the U.S. military; Mark 22 nuclear bomb, United States thermonuclear test; Mark 22 torpedo, United States prototype torpedo; Smith & Wesson Model 39 pistol formerly used by the United States Naval Special Warfare Command as the Mk 22 Mod 0
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On June 17, 2008, the U.S. government issued a market survey to support a requirement for a Precision Sniper Rifle (PSR) to possibly replace the currently fielded Bolt Action SOF Sniper Systems MK 13 (.300 Winchester Magnum) and the M40 and M24 (7.62×51mm NATO) chambered to safely fire factory produced "non-wildcat".338 caliber ammunition. [2]
Barrett MRAD United States: Sniper rifle: 8.6×70mm (.338 Lapua Magnum) New sniper rifle chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum. [19] Barrett M82 A1 NG United States: Anti materiel sniper rifle: 12.7×99mm NATO [9] M107A1 United States: Anti materiel sniper rifle: 12.7×99mm NATO . Contract for "several hundred rifles" signed in June 2024.
The Mk 13 was to be gradually replaced by the Mk 21 Precision Sniper Rifle in US Army use. [3] However, it was decided that the MK21 did not conform to SOCOM requirements in 2018, and the program was re-competed with the Barrett MRAD selected in 2019 as the Mk 22 Advanced Sniper Rifle.
Barrett MRAD (MK 22 PSR) (2013) multi-caliber modular sniper rifle based on an aluminum alloy chassis stock with fully adjustable side-folding buttstock and a front offering rail interface system attachment points, with mounted Picatinny rails for tactical attachments.