British Army Infantry soldiers demonstrate their newest L115A3 sniper rifle on firing ranges of the Support Weapon School UK

British Army Infantry soldiers demonstrate their newest L115A3 sniper rifle on firing ranges of the Support Weapon School UK Stock Photo

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5315 x 3543 px | 45 x 30 cm | 17.7 x 11.8 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

6 March 2008

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Firing Ranges, Support Weapon School, Salisbury Plain, Warminster , Wiltshire, England UK

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Picture from an MoD media facility that featured the British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1, 100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted 'suppressor' minimises the signature normally compromising snipers' position. At £23, 000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is currently the best sniper rifle in the world.

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