Truvelo SR-20 Anti-Materiel Rifle (AMR)

The Truvelo SR-20 anti-materiel rifle is specifically designed to engage and disable armored targets at distance.

 Updated: 8/15/2017; Authored By Staff Writer; Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com

The Truvelo SR-20 is categorized as an anti-material rifle and is the product of the burgeoning South African arms industry. The weapon is conventional by modern standards and fires a powerful 20mm cartridge that is suitable for defeating light armor, fortified structures and other military-value structural targets. Its large caliber also makes it a plus when utilizing the weapon system in the "counter-sniper" role to minimize the effects an enemy sniper has on a modern army.

Design of the SR-20 is consistent with other large, heavy rifles of this classification and is rather conventional in her layout with the magazine feed ahead of the pistol grip (as opposed to behind as the "bullpup" configuration commonly seen with weapons of this type). The SR-20 is operated through a manual bolt-action process that introduces a fresh, ready-to-fire cartridge into the firing chamber while ejecting any spent cartridges currently in the chamber. The bolt handle is set to the right side of the receiver near the trigger unit. The magazine is rather shallow once inserted into the underside of the receiver and sports an angled bottom facing due to the nature of the tapered bullets. The pistol grip is ergonomically angled with the curved trigger unit just ahead. There is a short forend for forward support when positioning the rifle. The receiver tapers off to become the barrel which provides for a most contoured appearance.