McMillan Tac-50
| McMillan Brothers TAC-50 | |
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| general information | |
| Civil name: | MacMillan TAC-50 |
| Military designation: | C15, Long Range Sniper Weapon (LRSW) |
| Country of operation: | Canada |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | McMillan Brothers Rifle Co. |
| Manufacturer country: | United States |
| Production time: | 1980s to today |
| Model variants: | TAC-50 |
| Weapon Category: | Anti-materiel rifle |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 1448 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 11.8 kg |
| Barrel length : | 736 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 12.7 × 99 mm NATO |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 5 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | Box magazine |
| Fire types: | Single fire |
| Closure : | Cylinder lock |
| Charging principle: | Multiple loaders |
| Lists on the subject | |
The McMillan TAC-50 is a bolt action sniper rifle in the 12.7 × 99 mm NATO (.50 BMG) caliber . It has been produced in the USA by the McMillan Brothers Rifle Company since the late 1980s and is still in service with the Canadian armed forces today.
The TAC-50 was designed as a sniper rifle and anti-materiel rifle and uses a cylinder lock and a removable, five-round magazine. The heavy barrel is equipped with an extremely effective muzzle brake to absorb the strong recoil of the large caliber. Optionally, the muzzle brake can be replaced with a BR Tuote T8M silencer . The shaft is made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic and is supplemented by a foldable bipod. The weapon has no open sights and can be equipped with various telescopic sights and night vision devices.
The Canadian Army introduced the rifle as a Long Range Sniper Weapon (LRSW) in 2000 . Not least because of its patented locking system and its precision of less than 0.5 arc minutes ( MOA or Minute of Angle ), it was able to prevail over its competitors, such as the EDM Arms .50cal M96 Windrunner, and was added to the arsenal as C15 taken by the Canadian Armed Forces, where it is still used today with a 16x Leupold rifle scope.
The hit that the Canadian sniper Rob Furlong scored with a McMillan Tac-50 in Afghanistan in 2002 was the longest fatal shot in the world at 2,430 m up to 2009.
In 2017, a member of the Canadian special forces in Iraq achieved a new confirmed hit at a distance of 3,540 m with a McMillan Tac-50.
Web links
- Official website of the manufacturer McMillan
- Data sheet on the McMillan website (PDF file; 535 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data sheet on McMillan's website (PDF, 22.5 kB) ( Memento from May 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d e f Maxim Popenker: McMillan TAC-50. In: Modern Firearms. modernfirearms.net, accessed June 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Canadian Forces Rifle - the 12.7mm C15 'Big Mac' LRSW. Archived from the original on October 2, 2009 ; accessed on September 27, 2012 (English).
- ↑ Michael Friscolanti: Elite Sniper Unit Abandoned ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ^ Robert Fife: Canadian elite special forces sniper makes record-breaking kill shot in Iraq. In: theglobeandmail.com. June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017 .
- ↑ n-tv.de: Canadians meet from 3.5 kilometers