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Major precision rifle variants used by snipers from around the world are as follows. The list includes hunting or precision rifles equipped with a telescopic optic, and precision rifles used by both military and law enforcement trained snipers and marksmen.
M21 Sniper Weapon System; M24 sniper weapon system; M25 Sniper Weapon System; M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle; M40 rifle; M86 sniper rifle; M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System; M110A1 rifle; M1903 Springfield; McMillan TAC-50; MICOR Leader 50; Mk 12 Special Purpose Rifle
The M24 was the United States Army standard-issue sniper rifle from 1988 to 2010. The Accuracy International Arctic Warfare series of sniper rifles is standard issue in the armies of several countries, including those of Britain, Ireland, and German (picture shows a rifle of the German Army). A sniper rifle is a high-precision, long-range rifle.
Name Country Image Year Action Cartridge Steyr HS .50 Austria 2004 Bolt-action .460 Steyr.50 BMG (12.7×99mm NATO) . Steyr IWS 2000 Austria 1980 Bolt-action 15.2×169mm proprietary Steyr APFSDS
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 ...
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This is a list of weapons served individually by the United States armed forces.While the general understanding is that crew-served weapons require more than one person to operate them, there are important exceptions in the case for both squad automatic weapons (SAW) and sniper rifles.
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls.The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.