Danish Army Looking to Adopt Short and Medium Range Precision Sniper Rifles

[Zarvan]

Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) has announced a request for tender to purchase two types of precision rifles. They call one of the rifles Precision Rifle Short (PRS) which must be a semi-auto rifle chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO. The second one is called Precision Rifle Medium (PRM) and must be chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum.

The action type for the .338 LM rifle is not specified which either means it is obvious to them that it must be a bolt action rifle or they left a room for suggestions. For both rifles, there are some general requirements. Particularly, the rifles must be ergonomic, lightweight, fitted with NATO accessory rails, must be able to do quick follow-up shots and be capable to “defeat targets” at 800 and 1200 meters for 7.62 and .338 rifles respectively. Probably, the requirements are yet to be clarified. Otherwise, most of them don’t sound like actual technical specifications. For example, what does the expression “defeat targets” mean?

TRG-42. The current Danish rifle chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum. Image by SAKO

The companies desiring to submit their rifles for this tender must provide two of each rifles along with accessories, documentation, technical support and 300 rounds of both 7.62x51mm NATO and .338 LapuaMagnum ammunition. The rifles must also come equipped with bipods, spare magazines, suppressors, hard cases, and other accessories. The tender terms require having a muzzle brake on the PRM rifle and a flash hider on PRS.

H&K 417. The current 7.62x51mm NATO DMR of Royal Danish Army. Image by H&K

The total cost of the contract is expected to be 9 million Danish Krones which is roughly equal to $1,424,000. The subject of purchase is not only the rifles but also spare parts, repair services as well as education and training services.

If you want to read the whole RFT document, click here.

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[Zarvan]

Video: Danish Sniper Rifle AI AX50 suppressed

The Danish snipers of Stabskompagniet II Livgarden posted a video of their new Accuracy International AX50.

To my knowledge these rifles are going to complement, or possibly replace, the current SAKO TRG 42s.

barrel with a 1:15 twist, for 12,7 mm .50.

The scope is a Schmidt & Bender 3-20×50 PM II, in a Spuhr mount. The Spuhr factory would only be a bridge away in Sweden, so it makes sense for several reasons.

The weight of this system is massive. According to the video the rifle is 12,5 kg and the absolutely huge suppressor weighs in at 3,5 kg. Just look at the difference in size versus the other rifles.

Below: Photo from the video. The Danish STKMP/II/LG Snipers shooting the Accuracy International AX50.

The scope and mount is not so bad at 1,2 kg. The total comes to over 17-18 kilograms, which is not so fun when you have to change position.

The AI AX50 has a 2-stage trigger and 5 shot capacity magazine.

You can see the AI AX 50 suppressed in slow motion as well as hear it.

You can check the video of the AI AX50 here.



So are the Danish Snipers any good? Well they won the 2017 International Sniper Competition at Fort Benning if that’s worth anything?

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