M24 (rifle)

M24
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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IDF M24 SWS

The M24 SWS is a sniper rifle for the police and military. It is based on the Remington 700 from Remington Arms .

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M24 SWS weapon kit

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.