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Weapons in use by the world’s leading military and LE forces are usually well known to the general public due to their being frequently shown in the mainstream media as a result of their respective countries’ public relations efforts and/or some publicity generated by the manufacturers involved. TFB, incidentally, recently had a look at what Western (http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/11/10/rifles-european-best-sniper-squad-competition-2016/) and ComBloc (http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/12/01/international-army-games-combloc-sniper-frontier/) sniper teams use, but for lower-profile nations like Brazil, however, very little usually comes to light. Then, the following pictures and concise info may be of interest. They follow no specific sequence, and are just here for your general appreciation. Nope, this is not a comprehensive list.
7.62x51mm Imbel AGLC
magazine) fitted with a cold-forged heavy, free-floating, 610mm barrel, which gives it an overall length of 1200mm. Empty weight is 4.7kg, and the optics fitted is generally a Bushnell 10x40mm Elite 3200.
Snipers of various State Police agencies training with AGLCs in a range. The bipods are the ubiquitous Harris.
A Brazilian Army trainee learns how to use his spotter’s butt in place of the AGLC bipod. The gun’s stock is all-wood, and can receive butt spacers to adjust length.
Members of PRF – Polícia Rodoviária Federal (Federal Highway Police) in a firing position with their AGLCs during an actual operation in Rio de Janeiro in August, 2016.
Author giving the Imbel rifle a chance to consistently demonstrate its basic 1 MOA-ability at 100 meters: it did.
7.62x51mm CZ 750 S1 M1
The Czech-built (Česká Zbrojovka Uherský Brod) bolt-action rifle with a 10-round, double-stack, detachable magazine features a fiberglass synthetic stock as a base for its 660mm hammer-forged barrel. Overall length is 1219mm, and empty weight is 5.8kg, the basic scope being a Leopold Mark 4 (8.5-25x50mm). Its only known user in Brazil is Rio de Janeiro Military Police’s BOPE – Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (Special Police Operations Battalion).
This BOPE sniper is part of the outfit’s GRR – Grupo de Retomada e Regate, which has hostage rescue as one of its primary missions. Helo in the background is a Bell Huey II of Rio de Janeiro Military Police’s GAM – Grupamento Aeromóvel (Airmobile Group).
7.62x51mm Armalite AR-10 SuperSASS