Sept. 23, 2021 / 2:55 PM
Army tests MK-22 Precision Sniper Rifle at Fort Bragg ahead of fielding
By
Sommer Brokaw
Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The Army successfully tested the MK-22 Precision Sniper Rifle during exercises at Fort Bragg, N.C., to clear it for fielding, the branch announced.
"The modular nature of the PSR allows it to be tailored to meet mission requirements and is appealing to airborne snipers who are typically armed with long-barreled precision rifles of a single caliber offering," Sgt. 1st Class Marcus Love, of the Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, said Wednesday in a press release.
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To make sure the rifle was not degraded by shock after a jump, the test team applied a "mobile weapons boresight collimator" to it.
"This process established a baseline for sight reticle locations prior to and post airborne insertion," said ABNSOTD Test Technology Branch Chief Miles Crawford in the statement.
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