KAC M110 SASS
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| general information | |
| Military designation: | M110 SASS |
| Country of operation: | United States |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Knight's Armament Company |
| Development year: | 2005 |
| Manufacturer country: | United States |
| Production time: | 2008 until today |
| Model variants: | XM110 |
| Weapon Category: | gun |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 1181 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 7.2 kg |
| Barrel length : | 508 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 7.62 × 51 mm NATO |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 10–20 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | Bar magazine |
| Visor : | Leupold Mark 4 (rifle scope) |
| Closure : | Turret lock |
| Charging principle: | Gas pressure charger |
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The M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System , M110 SASS for short , is a self-loading sniper rifle that was put into service by the US Army in 2008.
history
At the end of 2004, the US Army announced that it was looking for a successor to the M24 SWS . A semi-automatic sniper weapon system in caliber 7.62 × 51 mm NATO was sought, with which man targets should be fought up to 1000 m. Another requirement of the rifle was that it should be optimized for the M118LR cartridge (long range, long range) and that a muzzle flash or silencer should be used. A detachable magazine with up to 20 cartridges and a rail interface system for mounting various target optics should be available.
In addition to the Knight's Armament Company with the SR-M110 SASS, ArmaLite with the Super SASS , DPMS Panther Arms with the LRT SASS and Remington took part in the competition. During the testing phase, the M110 was referred to as the XM110. On September 28, 2005, the US Army announced that the XM110 SASS had emerged as the winner of the competition and was given the designation M110 SASS. The rifle was first used as part of Task Force Fury in April 2007 in Afghanistan. The US Army also announced that it would like to put up to 3000 M110 SASS into service.
technology
The M110 itself is a modification of the SR-25 used by the US Marines as the Mk 11 Mod 0, all using the technology of the AR-10 developed by Eugene Stoner . Often the M110 is compared to the Mk11 Mod 0, but there are some differences in the details. The Mk11 uses a rail interface system, while the M110 has a modular RAS, which Knight's URX calls RAS. The piston is fixed on both, but the length of the M110 is adjustable. The M110 has a foldable open sight which is only used in an emergency, for example if the telescopic sight is damaged. It is ambidextrous, both left-handed and right-handed.
successor
The M110 is being replaced by a variant of the G28 (designation M110A1). The G28 won the tender for the Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS; Eng .: compact self-loading sniper system ) against six competitors. The US Army plans to procure 3,643 units.
Web links
- M110 on the manufacturer's homepage (eng)
- XM110 on globalsecurity.org (eng)
- Video presentation of the M110 on militarytimes.com (eng)
- XM110 at Army Magazine (eng)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive Link ( Memento of 21 February 2010 at the Internet Archive ) M118LR on American Ballistics
- ↑ [1] Details about the SASS competition on defencereview.com
- ^ Daniel Wasserbly: Heckler & Koch to build new US Army sniper rifle. In: IHS Jane's 360. janes.com, April 6, 2016, accessed April 9, 2016 .