December 31, 2018
A Few Lucky Soldiers Are Now Armed with the Army's New Sniper Rifle. Here's What It Can Do.
What we know so far.
by Task and Purpose
A handful of lucky Army units apparently picked up an early Christmas present this fall: A shiny new rifle for designated marksmen assigned to infantry, scout, and engineer squads.
A Dec. 27 update from Army Futures Command revealed that the Army has fielded the 7.62x51mm G28E-110 squad designated marksman rifle — adopted as the M110A1 Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS) back in 2017 — as planned to selected units stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/few-lucky-soldiers-are-now-armed-armys-new-sniper-rifle-heres-what-it-can-do-40287
