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THE SNIPER RIFLE
The two men of a U.S. Army sniper team watch for suspicious activity from an observation point during an area reconnaissance mission off Highway 1 in Zabul province Afghanistan, during 2010. -
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A sniper of the
French Army's 2e Regiment Etranger d'infanterie (Foreign Legion) in Afghanistan in 2005 with his 7.62-mm (0.3‘in) FR F2 boit-action rifie with its ammunition in a 10-round box magazine.
More effective modern weapons in the same caliber (or 7.5-m/n [0.295-in] in the case of the French FR-FI and updated FR-F2) include the Swiss APRSOS, U.S. Desert Tactical Arms Hard Hit Stealth Recon Scout, German Heckler & Koch HK417, US. M] 10 Semi-Automatic Sniper System, Swiss SIG-Sauer SSG3000, and Chinese T93.
The standard sniper rifle of the 5AS is the L96 in both its standard and updated Ll 15 forms. The most modern version of these weapons, chambered for the 8.58-mm (0338-in) Lapua Magnum-or 7.62-mm (0.3-in) Winchester-Magnum rounds,-is the Ll 15A3 version of the Accuracy International AWM with a sound suppressor, all-weather day sights with-improved magnification and special night sights.The weapon is of the bolt-action type with a five-round magazine, and with the Lapua round is effective to a range of 1,640 yd (1,500 m).
There are an increasing number of larger-caliber sniper rifles chambered for the 12,7-mm (0.5-in) round originally created for the
When firing armor-piercing ammunition, the AW50 can engage many
M2 heavy machine gun. A good exarf)ple,'Lised by the SA5 as the
types of soft and hard targets. Vejaicles can be disabled with a
LT21A1 and also operated by several other special forces, is the
strategically placed shot to the engine, as can parked aircraft and even
â– Accuracy International AW50, which weighs 33 lb (15 kg) complete,
light armored vehicles.The AW50 is also an excellent weapon ideal for
with its bipod, and is a bolt-action type firing from a five-round,
the counter-sniper role as its bullet can penetrate the enemy
magazine out to an effective range of 1,640 yd (1,500 m) or more.
marksman's cover.