FN SCAR 1st generation prototype
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...