, Iraqi War , War in Afghanistan (since 2001)
7.26 (with optical sight, carrying strap, equipped with a magazine)
on the minimum size)
.300 Winchester Magnum,
.338 Lapua Magnum (M24A3)
1500 (.338 Lapua Magnum)
removable open
Story
By the mid-1980s, the M21 sniper rifles in service, based on the M14 semi-automatic rifle, began to fall into disrepair, and the problem of spare parts became acute. In addition, the changed situation in the world has shifted the center of the main possible operations of the US Army from Europe to the Near and Middle East. Open desert spaces dictated the requirements for accurate shooting at distances up to 1000 meters. Not without an eye to the US Marine Corps, the Army created requirements for a new rifle, which was supposed to have a bolt action, a polymer stock and a stainless steel barrel. As a result of the competition, Steyr SSG69 and Remington Model 700BDL were in the final. Remington won, and in 1987 the M24 rifle was adopted by the US Army.
Description
The M24 has a 609mm stainless steel barrel specially machined to fire M118SB 7.62mm NATO sniper ammunition. The barrel has a Remington-designed 5R bore that has 5 grooves with rounded edges (to reduce friction). The pitch of the rifling is 1 turn per 286 mm. The butt pad is adjustable 69 mm back and forth to fit any shooter. The Leupold-Stewens M3 Ultra has a fixed magnification of 10x or 12x, a range scale and a compensator to account for bullet drop.
The rifle is designed to use M118SB sniper cartridges. Sights are designed for the M118SB cartridge. The use of other 7.62 mm NATO cartridges requires the weapon to be re-sighted.
The barrel of the rifle is designed for 5000 shots. It is guaranteed that the accuracy of fire in this case will not exceed the initial one by more than 2 times.
Usage
The M24 rifle was or is to this day in service with the following countries:
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Notes
Links
- (English) . Remington Defense (Remington Arms Company). - Description of the rifle with modifications on the manufacturer's website.
- (English) . Remington Law Enforcement (Remington Arms Company). - Description of the M24 sniper system on the website of the law enforcement department of the manufacturing company.
- . Allguns.info. - Description and comparison of M24 and M40A1 (M40A1 PIP).
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An excerpt characterizing the M24 (sniper rifle)
Rostov looked at what was going on in front of him as if he were being persecuted. He instinctively felt that if they now attacked the French dragoons with the hussars, they would not resist; but if you strike, it was necessary now, this very minute, otherwise it would be too late. He looked around him. The captain, standing beside him, kept his eyes on the cavalry below in the same way.“Andrey Sevastyanych,” said Rostov, “after all, we doubt them ...
“It would be a dashing thing,” said the captain, “but in fact ...
Rostov, without listening to him, pushed his horse, galloped ahead of the squadron, and before he had time to command the movement, the whole squadron, experiencing the same thing as he, set off after him. Rostov himself did not know how and why he did it. He did all this, as he did on the hunt, without thinking, without understanding. He saw that the dragoons were close, that they were jumping, upset; he knew that they would not stand it, he knew that there was only one minute that would not return if he missed it. The bullets squealed and whistled so excitedly around him, the horse so eagerly begged forward that he could not stand it. He touched the horse, commanded, and at the same instant, hearing the sound of the clatter of his deployed squadron behind him, at full trot, began to descend to the dragoons downhill. As soon as they went downhill, their gait of the lynx involuntarily turned into a gallop, becoming faster and faster as they approached their lancers and the French dragoons galloping after them. The dragoons were close. The front ones, seeing the hussars, began to turn back, the rear ones to stop. With the feeling with which he rushed across the wolf, Rostov, releasing his bottom in full swing, galloped across the frustrated ranks of the French dragoons. One lancer stopped, one on foot crouched to the ground so as not to be crushed, one horse without a rider got mixed up with the hussars. Almost all French dragoons galloped back. Rostov, choosing one of them on a gray horse, set off after him. On the way he ran into a bush; good horse she carried it over him, and, barely managing on the saddle, Nikolai saw that in a few moments he would overtake the enemy whom he had chosen as his target. This Frenchman, probably an officer - according to his uniform, bent over, galloped on his gray horse, urging it on with a saber. A moment later, Rostov's horse struck the officer's horse with its chest, almost knocking it down, and at the same instant Rostov, without knowing why, raised his saber and hit the Frenchman with it.
At the same moment he did this, all the revival of Rostov suddenly disappeared. The officer fell not so much from a blow with a saber, which only slightly cut his arm above the elbow, but from a horse's push and from fear. Rostov, holding back his horse, looked for his enemy with his eyes in order to see whom he had defeated. A French dragoon officer jumped on the ground with one foot, the other caught in the stirrup. He, screwing up his eyes in fear, as if expecting every second of a new blow, grimaced, looked up at Rostov with an expression of horror. His face, pale and splattered with mud, blond, young, with a hole in his chin and bright blue eyes, was the most not for a battlefield, not an enemy face, but the simplest face of a room. Even before Rostov had decided what he would do with him, the officer shouted: "Je me rends!" [I give up!] He, in a hurry, wanted and could not disentangle his foot from the stirrup and, without letting go of the frightened blue eyes looked at Rostov. The hussars jumped up and freed his leg and put him on the saddle. Hussars with different parties fiddled with the dragoons: one was wounded, but, with blood on his face, would not give up his horse; the other, embracing the hussar, sat on the back of his horse; the third climbed, supported by a hussar, onto his horse. Ahead ran, firing, the French infantry. The hussars hastily galloped back with their prisoners. Rostov galloped back with the others, experiencing some kind of unpleasant feeling that squeezed his heart. Something obscure, confused, which he could not explain to himself in any way, was revealed to him by the capture of this officer and by the blow that he inflicted on him.
Count Osterman Tolstoy met the returning hussars, called Rostov, thanked him and said that he would present to the sovereign about his valiant deed and would ask for the St. George Cross for him. When Rostov was demanded to Count Osterman, he, remembering that his attack had been launched without orders, was fully convinced that the boss was demanding him in order to punish him for his unauthorized act. Therefore, Osterman's flattering words and the promise of a reward should have struck Rostov all the more joyfully; but the same unpleasant, vague feeling morally sickened him. “What the hell is bothering me? he asked himself as he drove away from the general. - Ilyin? No, he's whole. Did I embarrass myself with something? No. Everything is not right! Something else tormented him, like remorse. “Yes, yes, that French officer with the hole. And I remember well how my hand stopped when I picked it up.
At the end of 1965, a test was being held at the Marine Corps sniper school at West Point prototypes, sent by the best US arms companies to participate in the competition for a new sniper rifle for US troops. The Vietnam War was in full swing, while sniper business in the United States after 1945 developed poorly. The only regular rifle of the army and marine corps was the M21, a sniper modification of the M14 assault rifle. The accuracy of this semi-automatic weapon did not suit the military. They needed a more accurate, but also less rapid-fire magazine rifle with manual reloading.
The first snipers of the Vietnam War were armed with outdated 1903 Springfield rifles and various sporting and hunting models such as the Remington 700, Harrington & Richardson Ultra Rifle, etc. For example, the legendary American sniper Carlos Hatchcock (93 confirmed killed) used in Vietnam hunting rifle Winchester M70. The 1965 competition involved modifications of all the samples listed above, modernized to meet the new requirements of the military. As a result of the tests, the Remington 700 rifle with a Redfield Accu-Range 3x optical sight was especially noted. It was in this form that the complex was put into service under the designation M40. The first thousand M40 rifles were assembled by hand in the workshops of Remington. But, created for relatively comfortable conditions hunting, it was not strong enough for a real fight. Its design did not provide for many nuances. In the tropical moisture of Vietnam, the barrel quickly corroded, and the stock swelled. Optics also caused complaints.
In 1976, the delivery of a new modification of the M40 A1 to the Marine Corps began. The rifle was equipped with an innovative for that time thick-walled cold-forged stainless steel barrel. The M40 A1 was assembled at the Marine Corps base at Quantico near Washington by specially selected master gunsmiths who are part of the technical staff of the US Marine Corps. Rifles of this model are assembled there today. The M40 rifle became a weapon that went through four major military conflicts of the second half of the 20th century along with the US Marines. (Vietnamese, Afghan and two Iraqi), as well as many clashes like Grenada, Somalia or Panama. Each battalion included a platoon of reconnaissance snipers with eight M40 A1 rifles - 16 soldiers and one officer. This is both the forward detachment of the infantry battalion and the mobile detachment special purpose. The US Army was in no hurry to put into service samples already adopted by the Navy. The Remington 700 rifle of the BDL modification became part of the standard armament of the American army only in 1987 under the designation M24. Structurally, it largely repeated the M40 A1 model: it had a thick-walled stainless steel barrel, a polymer stock (Kevlar with the addition of graphite), fiberglass reinforced, as well as the Leupold-Stewens M3 Ultra 10x scope. Thus, since the early 1990s United States Army and Marine Corps snipers use identical weapons, albeit with different designations. For the first time, the M24 and M40 rifles were simultaneously used in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm in Iraq.
DESIGN FEATURES The M40 rifle is a classic hunting weapon with the time-honored bolt action first used in Mauser rifles before World War I. The design of the trigger mechanism allows adjustment of the trigger force. The receiver is made of steel and is equipped with an optics attachment mechanism. On the modern models LeupoLd optical sights with a magnification of 3.5x-10x are installed. FROM MILITARY MEMOIRS AND ANALYSIS Charles Henderson, author of the book "Marine Sniper" - a biography of Carlos Hancock, one of the most famous snipers in the history of the US armed forces, in the episode of Hancock's parting with the army, gives an exhaustive description of the M40 A1 rifle: "It was an M40 sniper rifle A1, which is made only by the Marines and only for the Marines. It uses a 7.62mm Remington 700 receiver to which a heavy, loose-fitting stainless steel barrel is attached in a durable fiberglass stock. A rifle scope with a 10x magnification is placed on the rifle.
Military officials decided it was time to replace the M21 rifle in service with something more modern. As a result, in 1980, requirements were announced for a new sniper rifle, which was supposed to have a sliding bolt, a polymer stock and a stainless steel barrel.
M24
when shooting
The eyes of the developers again turned to the Remington 700 model, or rather to the bolt group of this weapon, which serves as the basis for a large family of hunting and sporting guns.
As a result of the competition with the participation of the Steyr SSG rifle, the Remington model Remington Model 700BDL won. According to the results of the competition, in 1987, a new sniper rifle was adopted by the US Army under the designation M24 SWS (SWS - "Sniper Weapon System", which translates as "sniper weapon system".).
M24 stainless steel barrel, 610 mm long, specially treated to fire M118 7.62 mm NATO sniper ammunition. The barrel has a Remington-designed 5R bore that has 5 grooves with rounded edges (to reduce friction). The pitch of the rifling is 1 turn per 286 mm.
The standard Leupold-Stewens M3 Ultra daytime optical sight has a fixed magnification of 10X, a scale for determining the range and a compensator for taking into account the decrease in the trajectory of a bullet.
The weapon is powered from a non-removable 5-round magazine.
The M24 polymer stock has a wide bore, as the rifle's barrel is almost an exact taper.
The butt pad is adjustable 69 mm back and forth to fit any shooter.
Bipod - adjustable, folding.
M24
complete with case
The rifle comes in a hard case that contains the rifle, optical and retractable rear sights, bipods, rifle care accessories, binoculars, spare magazines. Approximate weight of such ammunition is about 20 kg.
In addition to the main version of the M21, under the .300 Winchester Magnum (.300WM) cartridge, batches of M24 rifles in the .300WM caliber were made for the army special forces (SOCOM) (the original modification of the .308 caliber initially provided for this possibility).
Remington also produces a modification of the M24 in the form of the M24A2, in which the butt of the rifle received a vertically adjustable cheek, a detachable magazine for 10 rounds, as well as top and side rails of the Picatinny type. The M24A2 barrel is primarily designed to be used in conjunction with a silencer.
Since the adoption by the US Army of the M24, it has become the standard against which all others are judged. sniper rifles military standard.
The M24 rifle was used by American troops in all local conflicts of the late twentieth - early XXI centuries
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M24
The M24 is an American 7.62 mm sniper rifle with a scope and cases, based on the Remington 700. It is the main weapon of the IDF snipers.
The M24 has a 609 mm stainless steel barrel specially machined to fire M118SB 7.62 mm NATO sniper ammunition. The barrel has a Remington-designed 5R bore that has 5 grooves with rounded edges (to reduce friction). The pitch of the rifling is 1 turn per 286 mm. The butt pad is adjustable 69 mm back and forth to fit any shooter. The Leupold-Stewens M3 Ultra scope has a fixed magnification of 10x or 12x, a scale for determining the range and a compensator for taking into account the drop in bullet trajectory.
The rifle is designed to use M118SB sniper cartridges. Sights are designed for the M118SB cartridge. The use of other 7.62 mm NATO cartridges requires re-sighting the weapon. Sighting range up to 800 meters.
The barrel of the rifle is designed for 5000 shots. It is guaranteed that the accuracy of fire in this case will not exceed the original by more than 2 times
SR-25
The SR-25 rifle was developed by Eugene Stoner (one of the creators of the Ar-15 / M16 rifle) in the early 1990s, when he collaborated with the American company Knight's Armaments Co. The SR-25 rifle (Stoner Rifle model 25) was based on the design Ar-15 rifles modified for 7.62x51 cartridge.
Adopted by the IDF in the early 2000s. The main purpose of the SR-25 rifles is aimed fire at enemy manpower at ranges up to 800 meters. It is used mainly in special forces.
"Barrack"
HS Precision Pro 2000 HTR (Heavy Tactical Rifle) or "Barak" is a sniper rifle.
It was developed by H-S Precision, Inc. based on the M24 rifle. The rifle has a longitudinally sliding bolt, the barrel bore is locked when fired by turning the bolt and placing it on the lugs.
The barrel is heavy, made of stainless steel, with a longitudinal corrugation to facilitate it.
The weapon is powered from a detachable magazine. The magazine is designed for 4 cartridges for cartridges of caliber 308 Win. (7.62x51 mm) or three cartridges of calibers 300 Win Mag, 338 Lapua.
Stock and stock are made of durable plastic standard color for which is black, but on order it is possible to manufacture from a different color.
Under the stock, in front of it, there is a mount for mounting a bipod.
Butt and butt cheek adjustable.
The sight of the rifle is only optical, the rings for its attachment are located on top of the receiver.
All metal parts of the HS Precision Pro 2000 HTR sniper rifle are coated with black Teflon to avoid glare and reflections.
Adopted at the beginning of the 21st century by snipers of the infantry units of the Israel Defense Forces.
Barrett M82A1
The M82 large-caliber sniper rifle was created by a former law enforcement officer, 28-year-old American Ronnie Barrett. The self-taught inventor designed the first working version of the rifle in his semi-basement garage workshop in 1982 (hence the actual name M82).
After unsuccessfully trying to sell his rifle design to several world-renowned gun companies such as Winchester and Fabrique National, Ronnie Barrett began small-scale assembly and sales of the rifle in the US domestic market and, by 1986, founded Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Inc. for the release of his rifle, by that time slightly modernized and designated M82A1, and in 1987 Barrett received a patent for his invention.
The main purpose of the anti-material rifle of the Barrett M82 series is the destruction of enemy materiel and military equipment, including cars, communications and radar cabins, aircraft and helicopters in parking lots. Their other important role is to destroy unexploded ordnance from a safe distance.
Barrett M82A1 received the designation in the US Army as SASR - "Special Applications Scoped Rifle" i.e. "special purpose rifle with a telescopic sight".
Since the beginning of mass production, the Barrett M82 rifle has been modified several times:
Barrett M82A1 - the first modification known as "Light Fifty". This model appeared in 1986 and had several minor modifications in the design. It was on the M82A1 that the muzzle compensators characteristic of all Barretts were introduced.
McMillan TAC-338
The rifle is an example of a solid, classic, made to tight tolerances, and therefore - a high-precision, non-automatic "bolt" weapon, functioning on the principle of a longitudinally sliding rotary bolt with manual reloading.
The barrel of the rifle is "match", made of high-quality stainless steel with a special matte anti-reflective coating, freely suspended in relation to the stock, the rest of the metal parts of the rifle are covered with an anti-corrosion and anti-reflective coating that protects the weapon from adverse weather conditions and prevents the shooter from unmasking.
The cartridge of caliber 0.338 is used. The range of aimed fire is up to 1600 meters. It is in service with the IDF special forces.
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The M24 7.62mm sniper rifle was created in 1988 based on the Remington 700 sporting rifle. The M24 has a 609mm stainless steel barrel specially machined to fire M118SB 7.62mm NATO sniper ammunition. The barrel has a Remington-designed 5R bore that has 5 grooves with rounded edges (to reduce friction). The pitch of the rifling is 1 turn per 286 mm. The butt pad is adjustable 69 mm back and forth to fit any shooter.
In the mid-80s, the American army came to the conclusion that it was necessary to create a completely new sniper system, consisting of a rifle, a sight, a shipping box, accessories and specially designed and manufactured ammunition, an M118 cartridge with a special 7.62 mm caliber bullet. The task was complicated by the requirement that the rifle be converted to the Winchester Magnum .300 cartridge in the event that, according to the results of long-term testing and combat use, it shows the best performance.
These requirements were presented to small arms manufacturers in early 1986. Bids had to be submitted by November of that year, and the contract was awarded in July 1987. The winner of the competition was Remington Arms. This company already had some experience in the production of army sniper rifles: it was she who supplied the M40 rifle to the US Marine Corps. The designers opted for a bolt-action repeating rifle with a long stroke, with a stock made of synthetic materials.
After research various types plastics, a graphite-Kevlar composition with an aluminum core was chosen. The stock is adjustable. Then open and optical sights, a case for transportation and other accessories were developed. Barrels with different grooves were practically tested, and in the end, one was found in which the 173-grain bullet remained stable throughout its entire trajectory.
After the prototype was accepted, the company produced 25 rifles for full-scale tests, during which reliability, accuracy, endurance and many other indicators were studied. These tests were completed in July 1988, after which mass production rifles, and the first batch of one hundred pieces from a total order of 2510 rifles entered the army in October 1988.
The M24 sniper rifle is essentially a Remington M700 rifle with a specially cut barrel and a special M/40X trigger. The M24 has a 609 mm stainless steel barrel specially machined to fire M118SB 7.62 mm NATO sniper ammunition. The barrel has a Remington-designed 5R bore that has 5 grooves with rounded edges (to reduce friction). The pitch of the rifling is 1 turn per 286 mm. The butt pad is adjustable 69 mm back and forth to fit any shooter.
The sniper system consists of a rifle, a bipod, a laser-cut daytime scope, an open sight, cleaning supplies, a soft case for carrying the rifle, a holster for the scope, and a case for carrying the system as a whole. The entire system weighs 25.4 kg in the transport case.
The Leupold-Stewens M3 Ultra scope has a fixed magnification of 10x or 12x, a range scale and a compensator to account for bullet drop. The rifle is designed to use M118SB sniper cartridges. Sights are designed for the M118SB cartridge. The use of other 7.62 mm NATO cartridges requires re-sighting the weapon. When using standard M118SB sniper cartridges, the accuracy of the M24 is approximately equal to the accuracy of the SVD with the standard 7N1 sniper cartridge. The barrel of the rifle is designed for 5000 shots. It is guaranteed that the accuracy of fire in this case will not exceed the initial one by more than 2 times.
Subsequently, an M24 sniper scope, a flash suppressor and a device for observation and target acquisition were added to the system. Currently, the M24 sniper system is supplied to paratroopers, special forces units and infantry battalions.
Characteristics M24:
Weight, kg:
5.4 kg (without magazine and optical lens)
7.26 kg (with optical sight, carrying strap, equipped magazine)
Length, mm: 1168 mm (with stock adjusted to minimum size)
Barrel length, mm: 610 mm
Cartridge: 7.62 × 51 mm NATO
.300 Winchester Magnum
.338 Lapua Magnum (M24A3)
Operating principles: manual reloading, bolt action
Muzzle velocity, m/s: 830
Sighting range, m: 1000 m (with M3A optical sight)
Type of ammunition supply: non-removable magazine for 5 rounds
Sight: 10x42 Leupold Ultra M3A, optical, detachable open
Manufacturer "Remington Arms" (Remington Arms Co), Ilion, NY, USA
