This is the US military’s next sniper rifle of choice
Jared Keller
Feb 24, 2020 1:38 PM EST
The U.S. military appears to have fallen in love with a relatively new sniper system: The Multi-Role Adaptive Design (MRAD) bolt-action sniper rifle from Barrett Firearms.
Based on the Barrett 98B sniper rifle and first developed in 2013 as a contender for U.S. Special Operations Command’s Precision Sniper Rifle program, the MRAD was initially passed over by SOCOM in favor of Remington Arms' Modular Sniper Rifle.
But in the last year, military planners from not just SOCOM, but the Army and Marine Corps have all made moves to add Barrett’s modular, multi-caliber new sniper system to their arsenals.
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-tech/barrett-mrad-military-sniper-rifle
