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The 6.8mm Remington Special Purpose Cartridge (6.8 SPC, 6.8 SPC II or 6.8×43mm) is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate rifle cartridge that was developed by Remington Arms in collaboration with members of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit and United States Special Operations Command [6] to possibly replace the 5.56 NATO cartridge in short barreled rifles (SBR) and carbines.
An American marksman looks for enemy activity along the hilltops near Dur Baba District, Afghanistan (2006) A soldier with a G28 of the German Army. A marksman is a person who is skilled in precision shooting.
The Hensoldt Fero Z24 4×24 telescope sight for G3 rifle and claw mount assembly were developed for designated marksman use. The Fero Z24 elevation knob features Bullet Drop Compensation (BDC) settings for 100–600 metres (109–656 yd) in 100 metres (109 yd) increments calibrated for 7.62×51mm NATO ball ammunition. [ 25 ]
The designated marksman is intended to fill the gap between the typical infantry rifle and longer-range sniper rifles. The typical service rifle is intended for use at ranges up to a maximum of 300 meters, while sniper rifles are generally optimized for ranges of 600 meters and greater.
Designated marksman rifle: 6.5×48mm Creedmore, or 7.62×51mm NATO. Used with ARD 10 and MP Spez Det (military police special detachment). [18] Long rail (16*) with 16.5" barrel, equiped with a Surefire 3-prong flash hider. Rifle equipped with scope Schmidt & Bender 5-20×50 PM II Ultra Short, ERATAC mount, Aimpoint T1 and a Wilcox RAPTAR. Sako ...
Limited use in People's Army of Vietnam Special Forces, Vietnam People's Navy, and Military Marksman Demonstration Team. [50] FN MAG: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO Belgium: Limited use by Military Marksman and Demonstration Team. [51] M60: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO United States: Used by PAVN. Limited use. Mk ...
The Marine Scout Sniper Rifle (MSSR) is a Philippine semi-automatic designated marksman rifle developed by the Philippine Marine Corps for their Marine Scout Snipers.Designed in the mid-1990s to replace severely-outdated battle rifles then used as marksman rifles, the MSSR is essentially an M16A1 that has been heavily modified and accurized to serve as a marksman rifle.
Once the rifle had been produced in sufficient numbers, every infantry platoon of Warsaw Pact troops included at least one SVD-equipped marksman. In the German Democratic Republic arsenals, there were almost 1,750. [32] The marksmen were often chosen from personnel who displayed exceptional rifle marksmanship while members of DOSAAF. Such ...