M24 (rifle)
M24 | |
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general information | |
Civil name: | M24 SWS |
Developer / Manufacturer: | Remington Arms |
Development year: | 1988 |
Manufacturer country: | United States |
Production time: | since 1988 |
Model variants: | M24 A2 |
Weapon Category: | Sniper rifle |
Furnishing | |
Overall length: | 1092 mm |
Weight: (unloaded) | 5.5 kg |
Barrel length : | 610 mm |
Technical specifications | |
Caliber : | 7.62 × 51 mm NATO |
Possible magazine fillings : | 5 / M24 A2 10 cartridges |
Number of trains : | 3 |
Twist : | Right |
Visor : |
Open sights 10-fold ZF |
Mounting system: | Picatinny rail (A2) |
Charging principle: | Repeating principle |
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The M24 SWS is a sniper rifle for the police and military. It is based on the Remington 700 from Remington Arms .
overview
The M24 SWS is the standard sniper rifle in the US Army . SWS stands for S niper W eapon S ystem. Like all models in the 700 series , the M24 is a repeating rifle ; the empty cases are ejected by repeating the breech and a new cartridge is reloaded from the magazine.
The main difference to the Remington 700 is the military riflescope, a 10 × 42 Leupold Ultra M3A ZF, and the adjustable shoulder rest. According to the manufacturer, the effective combat distance is 800 m during the day and 300 m at night with night vision device .
Remington Arms also offers a modified version of the M24. The M24A2 has a 10-cartridge magazine, an attached Picatinny rail ( MARS - Modular Accessory Rail System ) and a modified barrel to accommodate a silencer.
The M24 is being replaced by the KAC M110 SASS model . The KAC M110 SASS is a semi-automatic sniper rifle and entered service in the United States Army in 2008. Since 2010, existing M24s have been upgraded to the XM2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle. Previously this program was known as the M24E1 Reconfigured Sniper Weapon System.
use
See also
- M40 Remington 700 model and sniper rifle of the US Marine Corps
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Army Awards Contract to Reconfigure M24 Sniper Weapon Systems to Remington Arms PDF file, accessed on May 16, 2012
- ^ Afghan National Security Forces Order of Battle. (pdf) In: The Long War Journal. P. 11 , accessed on September 23, 2015 (English).