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  • #16
    Originally posted by apod View Post
    In the UK 3 Soldiers per section are trained up on the Sharpshooter rifle but only one carries it. Usually decided by the top three shooters scores on PWT in each section

    Seeing as we don't operate as permanently formed sections or Platoons on Island this could prove problematic to emulate.

    Inf and Cav RECCE Dets are getting them too.

    Trials already conducted. Most of the Rifles mentioned above were tested.
    My eldest is hoping to get on a sharpshooter cadre this year. And a JNCO cadre in the autumn. Going to be a busy year and even busier next year.
    'History is a vast early warning system'. Norman Cousins

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    • #17
      Should this be a stand-alone tender? Should a DMR not be part of a wider modular weapons system to replace the FAL and AUG?

      There has been a move for many years to modular weapons systems whereby a number of different weapons are based upon a common platform, usually the same layout, fire control group and receiver with different barrels and calibers been offered. Take the DMR role, the soldier who has the DMR will standout within any group of soldiers as the rest have the AUG, which looks very different from the majority of current DMR rifle, that makes them a key target. Secondly the fire controls on most conventional DMR rifles are very different from those of the AUG, this means that the muscle memory will be different. While with plenty of training this can be over-come if there was a common platform this would not be the case.

      The combination of the HK416 and the HK417 as used by the ARW is just one example of the use of a platform system.

      Of course what was left out of the BA trails was a 7.62 x 51 version of a bullpup, Tavor 7 and if they ever make a militerised version the MDR.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by EUFighter View Post
        Take the DMR role, the soldier who has the DMR will standout within any group of soldiers as the rest have the AUG, which looks very different from the majority of current DMR rifle, that makes them a key target. Secondly the fire controls on most conventional DMR rifles are very different from those of the AUG, this means that the muscle memory will be different. While with plenty of training this can be over-come if there was a common platform this would not be the case.
        US Marines or Army (can't recall which) specified similar looking DMR weapon and fire controls for exactly these reasons in their most recent tender.

        Having such a distinctive looking weapon as the AUG will always make soldiers stand out from others, if because the AUG looks completely different to most other armies AR type platforms or an AR platform makes ARW, etc. stand out against reg troops here.

        Is this the start of the re-introduction of 7.62 as the standard round
        An army is power. Its entire purpose is to coerce others. This power can not be used carelessly or recklessly. This power can do great harm. We have seen more suffering than any man should ever see, and if there is going to be an end to it, it must be an end that justifies the cost. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

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        • #19
          Originally posted by X-RayOne View Post
          US Marines or Army (can't recall which) specified similar looking DMR weapon and fire controls for exactly these reasons in their most recent tender.

          Having such a distinctive looking weapon as the AUG will always make soldiers stand out from others, if because the AUG looks completely different to most other armies AR type platforms or an AR platform makes ARW, etc. stand out against reg troops here.

          Is this the start of the re-introduction of 7.62 as the standard round
          I think not. Once it was accepted the 7.62 would remain the calibre of choice for the squad fire support, then having more than one weapon of that calibre was inevitable. Indeed, with the M203 you are dealing with 3 calibres in a section already.
          For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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          • #20
            Originally posted by X-RayOne View Post
            US Marines or Army (can't recall which) specified similar looking DMR weapon and fire controls for exactly these reasons in their most recent tender.

            Having such a distinctive looking weapon as the AUG will always make soldiers stand out from others, if because the AUG looks completely different to most other armies AR type platforms or an AR platform makes ARW, etc. stand out against reg troops here.
            It was the US Army with the Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System which became the M110A1, (HK417, G28).

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            • #21
              Originally posted by na grohmiti View Post
              I think not. Once it was accepted the 7.62 would remain the calibre of choice for the squad fire support, then having more than one weapon of that calibre was inevitable. Indeed, with the M203 you are dealing with 3 calibres in a section already.
              Oh for a sarcasm highlight button
              An army is power. Its entire purpose is to coerce others. This power can not be used carelessly or recklessly. This power can do great harm. We have seen more suffering than any man should ever see, and if there is going to be an end to it, it must be an end that justifies the cost. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

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              • #22
                My contenders would be the following;

                From HK the G28
                https://www.heckler-koch.com/en/prod...ical-data.html

                From FN the Scar Mk20 (aka Scar 20S)
                https://fnamerica.com/products/rifles/fn-mk20-ssr/

                From LMT the L129A1
                https://lmtdefense.com/product/lm308ssr/

                From IWI the Tavor 7
                https://iwi.net/iwi-tavor-rifle/tavor-7/

                And as wild card from Desert Tec the MDRX
                https://deserttech.com/mdr.php

                All come in either 7.62x51 or 6.5 Creedmoor (except Tavor), and with a 16" or 20" barrel options.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by EUFighter View Post
                  My contenders would be the following;

                  From HK the G28
                  https://www.heckler-koch.com/en/prod...ical-data.html

                  From FN the Scar Mk20 (aka Scar 20S)
                  https://fnamerica.com/products/rifles/fn-mk20-ssr/

                  From LMT the L129A1
                  https://lmtdefense.com/product/lm308ssr/

                  From IWI the Tavor 7
                  https://iwi.net/iwi-tavor-rifle/tavor-7/

                  And as wild card from Desert Tec the MDRX
                  https://deserttech.com/mdr.php

                  All come in either 7.62x51 or 6.5 Creedmoor (except Tavor), and with a 16" or 20" barrel options.
                  The RFP states it has to be in use with 2 NATO/PFP countries, so that's the MDRX and Tavor out....and I think the SCAR is unlikely. There are SCARs floating around with people in the Curragh so I think they'll know.
                  So HK and LMT it is.

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                  • #24
                    What's the source of this RFP? Any more gen on when it would be entering service etc?

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                    • #25
                      Has this gone the way of the Dodo?....it's not on etenders anymore...

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                      • #26
                        Nope.Still in play.
                        "Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.

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                        • #27
                          Any movement?

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                          • #28
                            Everything ground to a halt awaiting CoDF...
                            For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by EUFighter View Post
                              My contenders would be the following;

                              From HK the G28


                              From FN the Scar Mk20 (aka Scar 20S)
                              Get long-range precision and close-in protection with the long range sniper rifle, MK 20 SSR.


                              From LMT the L129A1


                              From IWI the Tavor 7


                              And as wild card from Desert Tec the MDRX
                              MDR - Innovative Design, Portable, Adaptable, Ambidextrous. View its Specifications, Reviews, In The Media, Important Information, and Gallery.


                              All come in either 7.62x51 or 6.5 Creedmoor (except Tavor), and with a 16" or 20" barrel options.
                              Not the Tavor. It is painful to use a Tavor if you are used to a Steyr. The bolt release is in the same location as the Steyr mag release. It takes some serious effort to change that muscle memory to squeeze the tavor mag release at the front of the mag well and hit the bolt release after seating the mag.
                              "Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by na grohmiti View Post
                                Everything ground to a halt awaiting CoDF...
                                Nope. Still being progressed in the background. Two units in the DFTC nominated as final user acceptance trials units starting soon. Contenders. On good authority. SCAR-PR/TPR. HK 417, LMT L129A1, HK G28.
                                "Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.

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