Chapter 178: Long-Range Sniper Rifle

Commander Jiang nodded and agreed with Bai Chongxi's words, and then the national army and the communist army reached a consensus.

After Han Lie created Steyr, he provided another Steyr series......

The Steyr SPP (Special Purpose Pistol) is a semi-automatic civilian version of the TMP with the same caliber, but with a lighter barrel and a removed foregrip.

Caliber: 9 mm

Overall length: 282 mm

Barrel length: 130 mm

Empty gun weight: 1.3 kg

Theoretical rate of fire: 800-900 rounds per minute

Effective range: 50-100 m/s

Magazine capacity: 15/30 rounds

Muzzle velocity: 360 m / s

Ammunition: 9×19 mm Parabellum pistol cartridges

Originally, the TMP did not have a stock, and the designers at the time believed that the stock would affect the reaction speed of the soldier, because the TMP was intended to be the PD of non-front-line combatants, and the TMP had to allow these untrained people to easily and quickly enter the firing state under the pressure of engagement. Although there is no stock, there is an integral foregrip on the lower receiver, and there is a strap loop, which is not only convenient for carrying the weapon, but also can effectively control the accuracy of the weapon as long as the strap is adjusted to the appropriate length, so that the strap is just tightened when the shooter holds the weapon with both hands and stretches it forward. The general miniature submachine gun gives the impression that it is difficult to control when firing fully automatic, unless after a lot of practice. But the TMP easily stays on the line of sight, and the up-jump is not severe. Later models added a removable plastic butt.

The Steyr Tactical Submachine Gun is a one-handed weapon that can be fired with both a submachine gun and a pistol. Its structure is simple, easy to operate, the whole gun has only 41 parts, and plastic parts are widely used. The gun adopts the working principle of tube retreat, and the bolt rotary locking method has only one locking protrusion. The lever is located under the gauge base behind the weapon, and the gun is ready to fire by pulling it back. Similar to the AUG rifle, the TMP uses a double-action trigger to select single and burst fire, which is a single shot when the trigger is at the first point of action, and a burst of fire after continuing to pull the trigger through the single shot point. The latch-type insurance card shoots have three set positions, namely insurance, single and continuous. When set in the middle position, the movement of the trigger is limited, equipped with a foregrip and the possibility of adding a muffler at the muzzle. Sighting deviceThe gun uses a mechanical sight, consisting of a sheet front sight and a notched door ruler. Ammunition TMP submachine pistols and special purpose pistols use 9 × variant of ammunition selected for 9 mm short rounds, 7.65 mm Parabellum pistol rounds, 9 mm Steyr pistol rounds, 10 mm automatic pistol rounds, etc.

The Steyr TMP is known for its ability to allow the shooter to shoot steadily during bursts, equipped with a fire control trigger from the Steyr AUG assault rifle, which can only be fired with a single press of the trigger, and fully pressed the trigger for fully automatic fire, the TMP corresponds to 15 or 30 round magazines, and is equipped with a forward-leaning foregrip, which the report states helps to stabilize the gun and aim when shooting, and can also be fitted with tactical accessories in the foregrip.

This is relatively light, so Han Lie plans to put it on the special forces, after all, the special forces are rapid reaction forces, and the heavy ones are on the ordinary troops......

Han Lie also plans to train a team that only uses sniper rifles, but according to the current equipment of the communist army, there is no way to form it, so Han Lie wants to get a sniper rifle himself......

Barrett M82A1 is a heavy SASR (Special Application Scoped Rifle) special-purpose sniper rifle developed and produced by Barrett Company of the United States. The U.S. military's nickname "Light Fifty" (Light Fifty) is because it uses the large-caliber 12.7mm NATO (.50 BMG, 12.7 mm) ammunition of the Browning M2 heavy machine gun, and this gun has two variants - the original M82A1 (A3) and the M82A2 with a stockless structure design for easy carrying, and the subsequent M500 also inherited its design spirit and used a stockless structure design. With its long range, high accuracy, high power and other excellent performance, it almost dominates the 12.7mm sniper rifle market, and the gun has been equipped with military and police forces in dozens of countries.

Ronnie Barrett was originally a commercial photographer in Tennessee, USA, and a firearms enthusiast with no training in firearms design. In January 1981, a chance encounter prompted Barrett to design a large-caliber semi-automatic sniper rifle. So, from design to manufacturing, he came up with a prototype gun in less than a year. Then Barrett created his own company, and in 1982 began trial production, and the M82A1 large-caliber semi-automatic sniper rifle was officially "born".

The early M82 sniper rifle produced by Barrett Company did not use a Picatinny rail, and the muzzle used a two-stage conical brake, which proved that this style of brake was not effective, so it was changed to a V-shaped double-chamber muzzle brake style, which is said to reduce the recoil by 69%, which shows that a weapon that can stand the test of time, and it has become a classic in continuous improvement.

In the early days, Barrett sniper rifles were mainly for the civilian market and did not pay enough attention to their military applicationsAlthough in 1983, the U.S. Navy purchased 100 RAI500s, but did not trust semi-automatic sniper rifles by the mid-80s, Barrett demonstrated the accuracy and power of the M82A1 in Quantico, although it did not arouse much interest in the Marines, but Barrett remembered the military's request to improve on the eve of the Gulf War, Senior Marines discussed the equipping of infantry weapons for long-range desert warfare, and it was clear that the M16 rifle was far from sufficient, and although there was a proposal to reuse the 7.62mm M14 rifle with a longer effective range, Lieutenant General Cook decided to equip the Marines with a longer-range and more powerful rifle.

The M82 has been around for many years, but it has not been favored by the military until 1989, when the Swedish Army purchased only 100 units, which is considered to have officially entered the military market.

Barrett M82 is used by military and police users in at least 30 countries or regions, such as Brazil, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Indonesia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Portugal, Taiwan Province, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. Association of 50 caliber shooters" FCSA and other civil organizations.

THE U.S. MILITARY HAS TESTED THE M82A1 FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS, AND HAS CARRIED OUT FIELD APPLICATION IN THE FIRST GULF WAR, THE BALKAN CONFLICT, AFGHAN AND IRAQ BATTLEFIELDS, AND FINALLY IN AUGUST 2003, THE M82A1 WAS FINALIZED AS THE M107 LONG RANGE SNIPER RIFLE (LONG-RANGE SNIPER RIFLE).