Posted on Oct 20, 2018

The Marines Might Not Like Their New Sniper Rifle. Here's Why.

CW5 Jack Cardwell

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

Posted 6 y ago

Sounds like they aren't ready to commit or they intend limited use

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CW5 Jack Cardwell

6 y

Wish washy !

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MSgt Cayle Harris

Posted 6 y ago

And the author couldn't find a picture of one?
Air Force stil using M24s, but might finally be shifting to the M110. A few units have been using it, but it looks like a more general adoption of it.

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CW5 Jack Cardwell

6 y

Let's go back to M21s !!

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Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS

6 y

It's basically H&K's version of the AR10. looks like a 7.62 M4

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CPT Jack Durish

Posted 6 y ago

It seems that the 7.62 is a step backwards in any military rifle. Just my opinion and we all know what that's worth...

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Maj Robert Thornton

6 y

I figured they would go with something like the 6.5 creedmore or a .300 variant. I guess they really need to work out exactly the parameters of distance, knock down, etc. before the start buying rifles

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Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS

6 y

We've been using 7.62 for decades. The issue is not the round, but the range. This "compact" variant has a shorter barrel length which significantly reduces the range from 1300+ to 800m which is the real problem.

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