July 16, 2020
This German Gun Is Now the U.S. Army's Newest Marksman Rifle
The rifle can engage targets up to 600 meters away.
by Peter Suciu
Key Point: The M110A1 will enable infantrymen to be more lethal at longer ranges.
This month soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division became the first combat soldiers to receive the new M110A1 Squad Designated Marksman Rifle (SDMR). The semi-automatic 7.62x51mm weapon was fielded to soldiers in the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
The SDMR is a lightweight version of German-based Heckler & Koch’s G28/HK417 sniper rifle, and as The National Interest previously reported, the company was awarded a $44.6 million contract in 2016 to develop a special version with a baffle-less OSS suppressor. It has a 16-inch long barrel and weighs 8.7 pounds with an empty magazine—meeting the U.S. Army’s Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS) program size and weight requirements.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/german-gun-now-us-armys-newest-marksman-rifle-164826
