Sniper Rifles

The effective tools of a effectively deadly trade.

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There are a total of 38 Sniper Rifles in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order. Flag images indicative of country of origin.

Accuracy International AW50

The Accuracy International AW50 resides in the same league of heavy battlefield guns that include the well-known American Bar...

1999

Accuracy International L115

Since the age of the rifle, snipers have played a vital role in battlefield actions, covering mission types ranging from reco...

1997

Accuracy International L96

The L96A1 is an Accuracy International-produced sniper rifle and currently the sniper rifle of choice for the British Army. T...

1982

Al-Qadissiya Tabuk Designated Marksman

The Iraqi Tabuk, produced by Al-Qadissiya Establishments, is classified as a Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR). Unlike its Sovi...

1989

Arisaka Type 99 (Rifle)

The Type 99 was one of the standard bolt-action combat rifles to be utilized by the Empire of Japan during the Second World W...

1939

Barrett M107

The Barrett M107 began life as the Barrett M95 bolt-action operated sniper rifle (under the US Army designation of XM107) and...

2008

Brugger & Thomet APR (Advanced Precision Rifle)

The Brugger & Thomet APR (Advanced Precision Rifle) is billed as a complete sniper systems package that includes all of the t...

2005

CheyTac Intervention
The CheyTac Intervention is a sniper weapons system developed by the American firm of CheyTac Associates based out of Arco, I...

2001

Dragunov SVD

The Dragunov SVD sniper rifle is an automatic rifle based on the Kalashnikov rifle series. The weapon system was the standard...

1963

FR F2

The FR F2 remains the standard sniper rifle of the French Army. It is a bolt-action operated system built upon the strengths ...

1990

Harris / McMillan M86

Harris GunWorks operated as part of the McMillan Brothers production brand, delivering the excellent bolt-action repeating M8...

Heckler & Koch HK PSG-1

The PSG in the designation of the PSG-1 stands for 'Prazisionsschutzengewehr' which roughly translates to 'Precision Rifle'. ...

1985

Heckler & Koch HK XM8

The XM-8 is an experimental assault rifle currently undergoing trials with the US Military. It was designed and built by the ...

2006

Izhmash SV-98

The Russian SV-98 sniper was brought about to replace the ages-old SVD series in some Russian agencies. While the SVD series ...

1998 J.F. Brown Target/Sniper Rifle

J.F. Brown of Haverhill, Massachusetts produced a line of high-quality target/sniper rifles during the Civil War. Sights were...

M110 SASS (Semi-Automatic Sniper System)

The M110 SASS (Semi-Automatic Sniper System) is billed as an anti-material and anti-personnel sniper rifle firing the 7.62x51...

2007

M91
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MAS 36 (modele 36 / mle 36)

The MAS 36 was a solid, if unspectacular, French Army service rifle appearing in small quantities before the start of World W...

1936

Mauser Gewehr 98 (G98 / Gew 98)

The Mauser Gewehr 98 (formally as the "Infantry Rifle Model 1898") was a manually operated, magazine fed, bolt-action rifle a...

1898

Mauser Karabiner Kar 98k

With origins as far back as the First World War, the Kar 98k (with "Kar" being short for "karabiner" or "carbine") was a dire...

1935

McMillan TAC-308 (McMillan Tactical Rifle)

The McMillan TAC-308 (McMillan Tactical Rifle) was developed for military and security forces operating in an urban setting. ...

McMillan TAC-50

At its core, the TAC-50 is a heavy long rifle intended for use against light armored vehicles with a secondary role In counte...

2000

Mk 14 Mod 0 EBR (Enhanced Battle Rifle)

The Mk 14 Mod 0 EBR (Enhanced Battle Rifle) is an evolution of the original M14 Battle Rifle of the 1960s and 1970s and has s...

2004

Mondragon Rifle (Fusil Mondragon)

The Mondragon Rifle is noted as becoming one of the first semi-automatic/full-automatic service rifle to be adopted in quanti...

1900

NORINCO QBU-88 (Type 88)

The QBU-88 (also known as the Type 88) represents a modern sniper rifle made available to the People's Liberation Army of Chi...

1988

Parker-Hale Model 82

The Model 82 was a rifle series produced by the Parker-Hale company of Birmingham (a gunsmithing firm was already famous for ...

1982

Remington M24 SWS (Sniper Weapon System)

The M24 SWS (Sniper Weapon System) is a principle sniper weapon of US Army. Developed for a US Army requirement replacing the...

1987

Remington M40

The United States Marines adopted the M40 sniper rifle based on the Remington Model 700, which itself was a highly successful...

1967

Rock Island Arsenal M21 Sniper Weapon System (SWS)

The M21 was developed from the standard M14 rifle, itself a further development of the highly successful World War 2-era M1 G...

1969

Springfield M14
The M14, for all intents and purposes, was basically a then-modernized version of the highly successful standard American Arm...

1959

Springfield M1903 (Model 1903)

The Springfield M1903 rifle was based on the German Mauser production type made through an agreement between the US Ordnance ...

1903 Stoner Rifle-25 (SR-25)

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1990

Tokarev SVT-40

Small arms ingenuity was an area that the Soviets held something of an advantage in over their German counterpart in the deca...

1940 Vidhwansak AMR

The Vidhwansak is an indigenous anti-material rifle design currently in limited service with the Indian Army. The large and h...

2007

Walther Gewehr 43 (G43 / Gew 43)

The Gewehr 43 (Gew 43) became the next evolution of the Walther Gew 41(W), a self-loading, semi-automatic rifle that failed t...

1943

Walther WA2000

The Walther-produced WA2000 is sometimes thought of as the 'Cadillac of Sniper Rifles' due to its attention to detail, high p...

1985

Zastava M76

The Zastava Arms M76 sniper rifle is based off of the same Kalashnikov action as seen in the preceding M70 series of automati...

1976

Zastava M91
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1992
Sniper Rifles

The sniper has been a common component to the battlefield since the rifle made its first appearance. The designs and capabilities of these weapon systems are similar and their abilities are further enhanced by the addition of specialized scopes, buttstock and bipod arrangements. However, the amount of training and experience separates the average sniper from the true marksman. This appendix describes the characteristics and capabilities of prevalent sniper weapon systems from around the world from the perspective of the US military. The sniper rifle has been a mainstay of the army for over a hundred years now. The sniper itself has become the ultimate assassin - a sort of modern-day "ninja' - capable of avoiding detection, making his way to within a few hundred yards of his target, dispatching said target and returning to his extraction point - all the while going days without contact, communications or a healthy dose of sleep and eats. Ultimately, it is the designated sniper's responsibility to remove a targeted threat in the form of a high ranking official, military officer or rogue enemy element from being an effective part of the modern

battlefield. It gives precedence to the old adage of removing the head of the snake to cut off support to the rest of the enemy army. Sniper rifles come in a powerful array of automatic and bolt-action styles and makes. Most are often modified with specialized telescopic sights and bipod systems, offering the very best in accuracy-inducing ergonomics. Sniper rifles have more recently been fielded in the highlylethal .50 caliber round capable of penetrating engine blocks let alone human bodies covered in body armor. In addition to advanced in recoil, specialized ammunition and highly technical sights have also made their way into the hands of this very unique soldier. Though most usually have this image of a sniper working alone behind enemy lines, a sniper is only made better by the use of a spotter, following the target through his own scope and calling out adjustments in trajectory and windage as needed. This working in unison provides a most powerful - and lethally hidden - element to any war planner's playbook. Consequently, it does not take too much experience to be trained in being a sniper-type element on the opposite side. It then becomes a case of the hunter becoming the hunted.