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The KS (Knight's Stoner) Carbine, is a series of rifles produced by Knight's Armament Company (KAC). It is designed as an improved version of their Armalite AR-15 clone called SR-16 . The 13.7" KS-1 variant was adopted as the L403A1-AIW by the British Armed Forces in 2023 to supplement the L85A2-A3 and L119A1-A2 rifles used by British Army and ...
The KAC's lower receiver, holding the magazine and trigger assembly, is essentially a shortened M16 rifle lower receiver, which makes the basic operating controls familiar to many potential users. [citation needed] However, the cartridge, upper receiver, and operating mechanism are all new designs by KAC. [2]
Knight's Armament Company (KAC) is an American firearms and firearms parts manufacturer, known for producing the Rail Interface System (RIS) and the Rail Adapter System (RAS) grips for firearms use. The company produces a variety of firearms, including AR-15-style rifles. KAC is owned by C. Reed Knight [1] [2] [3] and is based in Titusville ...
On September 28, 2005, the Knight's Armament Co. rifle won the competition and was selected to be the supplier of the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System. The XM110 underwent final operational testing in May and June of 2007 at Fort Drum, New York by a mix of Special Forces troops and Sniper trained soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division.
Upper & Lower Receivers: The lower and upper receivers are standard M16A4. The SAM-R has a standard M16A1 single-stage trigger installed, which allows limited use as an automatic rifle, ammunition permitting (See Mk 262 Mod 1 ), but there also have been examples using Knight's Armament (henceforth referred to as KAC) two-stage match triggers.
M16 lower receiver with a redesigned upper receiver fed by FN P90 magazines Brügger & Thomet MP9: 6.5×25mm CBJ, 9×19mm: Switzerland: yes CF-05: 5.8×21mm: China: no Competitor to the QCW-05: Colt MARS 5.56×30mm MARS United States: no Colt SCAMP.22 SCAMP United States: no ČZW-438: 4.38×30mm Libra: Czech Republic: no FN P90: 5.7×28mm ...
[2] [3] SPR initially stood for Special Purpose Receiver as it referred to an add-on upper receiver assembly (part of the proposed SOPMOD upgrades), [4] [5] but that nomenclature changed to Special Purpose Rifle as the weapon became a stand-alone weapons system. [6] The SPR was eventually type-classified by the U.S. Navy as the Mk 12. [6]
The most recent descendant of this line is the Stoner LMG produced by Knight's Armament Company, which has significant changes from the older Stoner 63, being based on Stoner's later model 86. Robinson Armament Co. also produced the semi-automatic M96 Expeditionary Weapon System which, though technically different, was based on the Stoner 63 ...