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WALTHER WA2000 Magnifi cation
Date 1978 selector (2.5-10x)
Origin Germany Bipod in folded
position
Weight 6.95kg (15.25lb)
Barrel 65cm (25.5in) Gas cylinder
Calibre .300 Win Mag/
7.62mm
Developed primarily for police use,
the WA2000 employed a “bullpup”
configuration and a semi-automatic
confi guration and a semi-automatic
action fed by a six-round magazine.
action fed by a six-round magazine.
High manufacturing costs ended its
High manufacturing costs ended its Wooden fore end
production in 1988.
production in 1988.

L96A1
Date 1984 The British Army’s L96A1 sniper rifle was

Origin UK the first to be developed specifically for

Weight 6.5kg (14.25lb) sniping, and it became the forerunner of

Barrel 65.5cm (25.75in) a whole series of sniper rifles produced in
Calibre 7.62 × 51mm a variety of calibres.

Fully floating
stainless-steel barrel
Bipod in
folded position

Polymer fore stock

HECKLER & KOCH PSG-1
Date 1985 Intended as a sniper rifle for the German

Origin Germany police, the Heckler & Koch PSG-1 employed

Weight 8.1kg (17.75lb) a semi-automatic action and was fitted with
Barrel 65cm (25.5in) a heavy, free-floating barrel, an adjustable

Calibre 7.62 × 51mm butt stock and a six-power telescopic sight. Five-round detachable
Objective lens box magazine
Heavy steel barrel
Heavy steel barrel

Bipod (folded) BARRETT MODEL 90
Date 1995 Ronnie Barrett pioneered the anti-materiel
Origin US (AM) rifle in the early 1980s. This model,

Weight 10.7kg (23.5lb) noteworthy for its compact “bullpup”
HECA TE II SNIPER RIFLE Barrel 73.7cm (29in) design, is an effective sniping weapon for

Date 1993 As with other Western heavy sniper rifles, Calibre .50 BMG ranges in excess of 1,800m (5,900ft).
Origin France the Hecate II fires the .50 BMG (12.7 ×

Weight 13.8kg (30.5lb) 99mm NATO) round, and is based around
Barrel 70cm (27.5in) PGM’s metallic-skeleton system, complete C14 TIMBERWOLF

Calibre .50 BMG with a high-efficiency muzzle brake.
SNIPER RIFLE
Date 2005 Following recent trends in

Origin Canada antipersonnel sniper-rifle design, the
Weight 6.8kg (15lb) Timberwolf has been chambered for the
Barrel 66cm (26in) powerful .338in Lapua Magnum round,

Calibre .338in which extends a rifle’s effective range
1913 Picatinny rail Lapua Magnum to over 1,200m (3,940ft).
optical mount
Weight-reducing,

helically fluted barrel
Five-round
detachable magazine
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