M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System
The M110 Semi Automatic Sniper System is an American semi-automatic sniper rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO round. It is manufactured by Knight's Armament Company, developed from the Knight's Armament Company SR-25, and adopted by the U.S. military following the 2005 US Army Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle competition.
The M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System
USMC sniper fires the M110 SASS in a range.
The M110 SASS with AN/PVS-10 Sniper Night Sight.
A standard telescopic sight augmented with a night-vision device in front on the M110. Note that in addition to the image intensifier, the NVD gathers much more light by its much larger aperture
A sniper rifle is a high-precision, long-range rifle. Requirements include high accuracy, reliability, and mobility, concealment, and optics, for anti-personnel, anti-materiel and surveillance uses by military snipers. The modern sniper rifle is a portable shoulder-fired rifle with either a bolt action or semi-automatic action, fitted with a telescopic sight for extreme accuracy and chambered for a high-ballistic performance centerfire cartridge.
The bolt-action 7.62×51mm M24 Sniper Weapon System is capable of 0.5 MOA accuracy to maximal effective range of about 800 meters. The M24 was the United States Army standard-issue sniper rifle from 1988 to 2010.
German sniper aiming his Karabiner 98k with 4×36 Zeiss ZF39 telescopic sight.
Vietnam War era sniper rifles, US Army XM21 (top) and USMC M40 (bottom)
U.S. Marine Corps SRT sniper team with an M24 sniper rifle, during sniper training