There are 17 Sniper Rifles in the Military Factory.
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Accuracy International L96A1 The L96A1 is an Accuracy International-produced sniper rifle and currently the sniper rifle of choice for the British Army. The L96 features an adjustable butt, integrated adjustable bipod and static iron sight mountings (tho...
Barrett M107 The M107 sniper rifle is set to be adopted by the US Army. The system is similar to the US Marine Corps Barrett M82A1 .50 caliber sniper system. The M107 enables Army snipers to accurately engage personnel and material target...
Dragunov SVD The Dragunov SVD sniper rifle is an automatic rifle based on the Kalashnikov rifle series. The weapon system was the standard sniper rifle issued to the Red Army and most Warsaw Pact nations during the cold war.
The SVD u...
FR-F2 An update to the FR-F1 French Sniper Rifle, the FR-F2 remains mostly unchaged from the original with the exception of a reinforced adjustable bipod assembly. A thick plastic thermal sleeve has been added to cover the barrel t...
Heckler & Koch HK PSG-1 The PSG in the designation of the PSG-1 stands for 'Prazisionsschutzengewehr' which roughly translates to 'Precision Rifle'. The PSG-1 Sniping Rifle was put into production 1985, and primarily developed for police and militar...
Heckler & Koch HK XM-8 The XM-8 is an experimental assault rifle currently undergoing trials with the US Military. It was designed and built by the German weapons firm of Heckler & Koch to replace the aging M-16 assault rifle and M-4 carbine. Altho...
M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System (SASS) The M110 SASS (Semi-Automatic Sniper System) is billed as an anti-material and anti-personnel sniper rifle firing the 7.62mm cartridge. At the moment, it is being heralded as the best sniper rifle of its kind and has already ...
Parker-Hale Model 82 The Model 82 was a rifle series produced by the Parker-Hale company of Birmingham (a gunsmithing firm was already famous for its lineage of successful sporting rifles). The system features a one-piece, epoxy resin-coated wood...
Remington M24 SWS (Sniper Weapon System) The M24 SWS (Sniper Weapon System) is a principle sniper weapon of US military forces. Developed to a US Army requirement to replace the aging M21 system (itself a stop-gap conversion of the M14 rifle), the M24 was designed t...
Remington M40A1 The United States Marines adopted the M40 sniper rifle based on the Remington Model 700, which itself was a highly successful military system dating back as far as the First World War. The M40 would become a militarized and m...
Springfield M21 The M21 sniper rifle is based on the M14 semi-automatic system, which itself is based on the World War 2-era M1 Garand with a few minor refinements to internal components and a 20-shot detachable box magazine. The M21 saw com...
Walther WA2000 The Walther-produced WA2000 is sometimes thought of as the 'Cadillac of Sniper Rifles' due to its attention to detail, high production cost and high construction value. Instead of the system relying on an existing military-ba...
The sniper has been a common component to the battlefield since the rifle made its first appearance. The designs and capabilities of these
weapon systems are similar and their abilities are further enhanced by the addition of specialized scopes, buttstock and bipod arrangements. However, the amount of training and
experience separates the average sniper from the true marksman. This appendix describes
the characteristics and capabilities of prevalent sniper weapon
systems from around the world from the perspective of the US military. The sniper rifle has been a mainstay of the army for over a hundred years now. The sniper itself has become the ultimate assassin - a sort of modern-day "ninja' - capable of avoiding detection, making his way to within a few hundred yards of his target, dispatching said target and returning to his extraction point - all the while going days without contact, communications or a healthy dose of sleep and eats. Ultimately, it is the designated sniper's responsibility to remove a targeted threat in the form of a high ranking official, military officer or rogue enemy element from being an effective part of the modern battlefield. It gives precedence to the old adage of removing the head of the snake to cut off support to the rest of the enemy army.
Sniper rifles come in a powerful array of automatic and bolt-action styles and makes. Most are often modified with specialized telescopic sights and bipod systems, offering the very best in accuracy-inducing ergonomics. Sniper rifles have more recently been fielded in the highly-lethal .50 caliber round capable of penetrating engine blocks let alone human bodies covered in body armor. In addition to advanced in recoil, specialized ammunition and highly technical sights have also made their way into the hands of this very unique soldier. Though most usually have this image of a sniper working alone behind enemy lines, a sniper is only made better by the use of a spotter, following the target through his own scope and calling out adjustments in trajectory and windage as needed. This working in unison provides a most powerful - and lethally hidden - element to any war planner's playbook. Consequently, it does not take too much experience to be trained in being a sniper-type element on the opposite side. It then becomes a case of the hunter becoming the hunted.
