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FN SCAR 1st generation prototype

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 FN SCAR 1st generation prototype  Caliber:  5.56 × 45mm NATO / 7.62 × 51mm NATO In November 2004, USSOCOM officially announced that FN USA won the competition for the SCAR project and had awarded FN USA a contract on November 5 to produce the second batch of SCAR prototypes for further testing and evaluation. In mid-2005, the first batch of SCAR rifles officially entered service with US special forces, and future SCAR rifles will also be produced by FNMI . Since USSOCOM uses the naval naming convention, the FN SCAR rifle is now officially designated as the 5.56mm NATO Mark 16 rifle (SCAR-L) and the 7.62mm NATO Mark 17 rifle (SCAR-H) . It is generally believed that Mk.16 and Mk.17 will gradually replace most of the rifle systems currently used by USSOCOM's forces, such as SCAR-L will replace M4A1 , Mk18 , and Mk12 SPR ; and SCAR-H will replace M14/ Mk.14 and Mk.11 . In addition, although the US Army Weapon Research, Development and Engineering Center had been supporting HK De...

M110K1 Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System

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 M110K1 Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System Caliber:  7.62 × 51mm NATO In July 2012, the U.S. Army proposed the Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS) plan to replace the current M110 sniper rifle . The basic requirements of CSASS are to shorten and reduce the weight of the M110, and to equip it with a telescopic stock and a detachable flash suppressor. The Army requires at least 125 M110s to be modified per month, and finally 325 per month. Although there are no clear requirements, KAC almost immediately launched a sample gun named M110K1 . Then the U.S. Army formally proposed the clear requirements of CSASS in June 2014, with a total length of no more than 36 inches (about 910mm), an empty gun weight of no more than 9 pounds (about 4.1kg), and a barrel length of 16 inches (410mm) without a flash suppressor. These requirements are almost tailor-made for the M110K1 (in fact, the indicators are set according to the characteristics of the KAC M110 carbine, which can basical...