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  2. M40 rifle - Wikipedia

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    The plans for a "21st century sniper rifle" were paused while the Army's results of SOCOM's Precision Sniper Rifle program were finalized in 2013. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The Marine Corps eventually decided to continue upgrading the M40A-series and keep the 7.62 NATO round, primarily due to the higher cost of larger rounds and scout sniper training that ...

  3. List of sniper rifles - Wikipedia

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    Barrett M82 M107 "Light Fifty" Barrett Firearms Company.50 BMG.416 Barrett: Short-recoil (semi-auto) United States: 1980 Barrett M90: Barrett Firearms Company.50 BMG: Bolt-action United States: 1990 Barrett M95: Barrett Firearms Company.50 BMG: Bolt-action United States: 1995 Barrett M98B: Barrett Firearms Company.338 Lapua Magnum: Bolt-action ...

  4. List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    Mk 11 Mod 0 – 7.62×51mm sniper rifle based on the M16 direct impingement gas system. M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System – Improved version of the Mk 11, replacing the M39 and Mk 11. M40 rifle – M40A3, M40A5 and M40A6 variants in use as sniper rifles. Barrett 50 Cal/M82/M107 – in use as the M82A3 and M107 variants. The M82A3 being an ...

  5. Barrett M82 - Wikipedia

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    The Barrett M107 is a .50 caliber, shoulder-fired, semi-automatic sniper rifle. Like its predecessors, the rifle is said [according to whom?] to have manageable recoil for a weapon of its size owing to the barrel assembly that itself absorbs force, moving inward toward the receiver against large springs with every shot.

  6. Category:.50 BMG sniper rifles - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category ".50 BMG sniper rifles" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. ... Barrett M82; Barrett M90; Barrett M95; Barrett M99;

  7. Barrett Firearms Manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    Barrett Firearms Manufacturing is an Australian-owned, American manufacturer of firearms and ammunition located in Christiana, Tennessee.It was founded in 1982 by Ronnie G. Barrett for the purpose of building semi-automatic rifles chambered for the .50 BMG (12.7×99mm NATO) ammunition, originally developed for and used in M2 Browning machine guns.

  8. M40 recoilless rifle - Wikipedia

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    It was designed for direct firing only, and sighting equipment for this purpose was furnished with each weapon, including an affixed M8C .50 cal spotting rifle. Ontos M50A1 with six 105 mm M40A1 recoilless rifles. 297 M50 "Ontos" were built as self-propelled light armored tracked anti-tank vehicles. [21]

  9. List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces

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    This list contains weapons that are classified as crew-served, as the term is used in the United States military.. While the general understanding is that crew-served weapons require more than one person to operate them, there are important exceptions in the case of both squad automatic weapons (SAW) and sniper rifles.