[Stoat]

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Ministry of Defence Fact Sheets L96 Sniper Rifle and L115A3 Long Range Rifle

 

Factsheet

L96 Sniper Rifle and L115A3 Long Range Rifle

The L96 sniper rifle and the L115A3 Long Range Rifle are used by military snipers across all three Services.

 

The L115A3 Long Range Rifle [Picture: MOD]

Designed to achieve first-round hit at 600m and harassing fire out to 1100m, the Accuracy International L96 sniper rifle has been upgraded with a new 3-12 x 50 sight and spotting scope.
 
The L115A3 Long Range Rifle fires an 8.59mm bullet, heavier than the 7.62mm round of the L96, and less likely to be deflected over extremely long ranges.

Sniper Rifle L96

Calibre: 7.62mm
Weight: 6.5kg
Length: (adjustable) 1124-1194mm
Muzzle velocity: 838m/s
Feed: 10-round box
Effective range: 900m, harassing fire 1100m

Long Range Rifle L115A3

Calibre: 8.59mm
Weight: 6.8kg
Length: 1300mm
Muzzle velocity: 936m/s
Feed: 5-round box
Effective range: 1100m plus

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Staring down the barrel of sniper's deadly new rifle that kills at 1,100m - Times Online

 

City firm's £4m rifle is delivered to Afghan front line - Portsmouth Today

The L115A3 rifle

 

Sniper rifle Kill from a mile away Issued to troops The Sun HomePageNews

 

New 23 000 Sniper Rifle Unveiled (from This Is Wiltshire)

[RightWhale]

Before commenting further, how many meters in a mile?

[G-Bear]

I notice the Taleban don’t worry about collateral damage, so why should we?

[Tigercap]

awesome. 2 British Pounds/bullet! Wow, that’s almost $4 USD.

[Hacklehead]

Asthetics are very poor with the awful looking woodish stock and all the sharp corners. Did the designer only have a ruler?

[Pontiac]

Two Pounds per round. That is some expensive ammo!

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Friday and Gun Porn...a Freeper tradition!

[elhombrelibre]

The comments below the article confirm that the lyrics to the song “There's no England Now” are correct. They're a hoot, but they're too much proof that the craven and the cynical are now the typical man in the street.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

The record for a sniper kill was set by a Canadian in Afghanistan — 2,320 meters, using a .50 BMG.

An attempt at a record for shameful government response to this achievement was made by our previous Liberal government.

http://www.riflebarrels.com/articles/50calibre/50sniping.htm

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

http://www.researchpress.co.uk/targets/ballistics/sandyhook.htm

.45-70 at Two Miles:
The Sandy Hook Tests of 1879

[ZULU]

The Islamic Date-Maker - matching Islamofascists with their virgins!!!!

[Friend_from_the_Frozen_North]

Ping for later...

Thanks for posting; I do enjoy reading about 'new military technology'...

[polymuser]

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...ffffffffffft...bloosh...plop..."Achmed! Achmed!"...distant pop...running...

[Cuttnhorse]

Have you guys seen this little US-made shooter? Cal .408 and they claim to have the record for distance and accuracy.

The CheyTac M-200 in conjunction with the CheyTac ABC (advanced ballistic computer and critical input devices; like the Kestrel 4000, hand held weather station, the Leica Vector Laser Range finder, Genuine CheyTac Ammunition and a high quality Nightforce scope can outdistance all other sniper weapon systems 50 caliber and below. This is accomplished through total integration of products into a system not simply a rifle. CheyTac is the first to join these emergent technologies and create a weapon system with true predictive capability on long range targets.

[Travis McGee]

What a laugher to show the sniper shooting offhand.

[aculeus]

Lovely.

[Former Proud Canadian]

1500 meter range? Short of the world's record 2200 meters.

http://www.snipercountry.com/Articles/KillingShot_2430Metres.asp

[Ender Wiggin]

Our military should buy domestically, and spend development dolars at home too.

[Centurion2000]

Nice, how long until it’s available in the States?
I can see this being a huge Christmas item if the 2008 election gets ugly.

[Aquinasfan]

Sniping is proving a hugely-important tactic in Afghanistan, where the difficulty of fighting among maze-like compounds and thick vegetation necessitates attacking the enemy at long range.

Makes sense. Great morale-killer too.

[Squantos]

I have used a few of Malcolm Coopers designs....all the AI variations are first rate. I have one AI .308 I purchased from their shop near Oak Ridge. Our unit had 4 more ordered after we almost shot the barrel out of mine !

We we told em what we did in testing etc and they gave me a new one !

Expensive even back then yet very good customer service.

Good rig but very very heavy......too heavy IMO for all but specialized missions.