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Turkish Forces New Rifle The Mehmetçik-1
(NSI News Sources Info) November 5, 2008: Turkey has selected a new assault rifle, choosing one that the U.S. Army rejected, but that the U.S. Army Special Forces (and the rest of SOCOM) have adopted. The new rifle is a slightly modified version of the HK 416. This weapon is basically the U.S. M4 assault rifle, with some of the components from the U.S. Army XM8 assault rifle (also rejected by the army). The new Turkish rifle will be called the Mehmetçik-1. It's manufactured with the cooperation of the German firm Heckler & Koch (HK) ( It is a suspect information. MKE claim that they have not gone to a cooperation with HK to develop Mehmetçik-1).
Mehmetçik-1
Back in 2005, the U.S. Army's design for a new assault rifle, the XM8, was cancelled. But the manufacturer incorporated one of the key components of the XM8, into M4 rifles, and produced a hybrid, the HK 416. Heckler & Koch (H&K) designed the XM8, which was based on an earlier HK rifle, the G36. SOCOM is using the 416, but no one else is (except for a few police departments, and now Turkey).
The XM8 had one major advantage over the M16. The XM8 (like the G36 and 416) uses a short-stroke piston system. The M16s uses gas-tube system, which results in carbon being blown back into the chamber. That leads to carbon build up, which results in jams (rounds getting stuck in the chamber, and the weapon unable to fire.). The short-stroke system also does not expose parts of the rifle to extremely hot gases (which wears out components more quickly). As a result, rifles using the short-stroke system, rather than the gas-tube, are more reliable, easier to maintain and last longer.
HK developed the 416, for SOCOM, at the same time the XM8 was being evaluated by the army. SOCOM got the first 416s in 2004, a year before the army cancelled the XM8. The 416 looks like the M4, for the only thing that has changed is the gas system (that automatically extracts the cartridge after the bullet has been fired, and loads the next round.) SOCOM can buy pretty much whatever they want, the U.S. Army cannot. SOCOM listens to what its troops want, the army often doesn't.
The Turks tested 9,000 of the Mehmetçik-1's (built by local firm MKE) first, and the troops liked the weapon. Production is being increased, and the transition will begin next year. The Mehmetçik-1 is your basic 8 pound, 5.56mm weapon, with mounting rails for scopes, a hand grip forward of the magazine and using 30 round magazines.
T-90 Sniper
"""Mehmetçiğe yeni nişancı tüfekleri geliyor
Mehmetçiğe yeni nişancı tüfekleri geliyor. 1000 metre etkili menzili bulunan Tufan-90 keskin nişancı tüfekleri Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Kurumu (MKEK) tarafından üretilecek.
Öncelikli olarak terörle mücadelede kullanmak amacıyla önemli silah projelerini gündemine alarak kademeli olarak üretimini gerçekleştiren MKEK Genel Müdürlüğü, "Tufan" adını verdiği keskin nişancı tüfeğiyle ilgili araştırma-geliştirme çalışmalarını da başlattı.
Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri unsurları için üretimi Kırıkkaledeki silah fabrikasında gerçekleştirilecek olan nişancı tüfekleri, 1000 metre etkili menzil, 5 veya 10 fişek şarjör kapasitesine sahip bulunuyor.
7.62x51 mm kalibreye sahip olan silahların ilk hızı saniyede 870 metre. Silahların uzunluğu ise 1172 milimetre olarak dizayn edilecek.
Silahın ağırlığı 6,7 kilogram, namlu boyu 660 milimetre, çalışma şekli dengeli kilit makara olacak.""""
Mehmetçi?e yeni ni?anc? tüfekleri geliyor / Ekonomi / Milliyet ?nternet
MKEK puts her indigenous 7.62x51 mm T-90 sniper gun into serial production...
(NSI News Sources Info) November 5, 2008: Turkey has selected a new assault rifle, choosing one that the U.S. Army rejected, but that the U.S. Army Special Forces (and the rest of SOCOM) have adopted. The new rifle is a slightly modified version of the HK 416. This weapon is basically the U.S. M4 assault rifle, with some of the components from the U.S. Army XM8 assault rifle (also rejected by the army). The new Turkish rifle will be called the Mehmetçik-1. It's manufactured with the cooperation of the German firm Heckler & Koch (HK) ( It is a suspect information. MKE claim that they have not gone to a cooperation with HK to develop Mehmetçik-1).
Mehmetçik-1
Back in 2005, the U.S. Army's design for a new assault rifle, the XM8, was cancelled. But the manufacturer incorporated one of the key components of the XM8, into M4 rifles, and produced a hybrid, the HK 416. Heckler & Koch (H&K) designed the XM8, which was based on an earlier HK rifle, the G36. SOCOM is using the 416, but no one else is (except for a few police departments, and now Turkey).
The XM8 had one major advantage over the M16. The XM8 (like the G36 and 416) uses a short-stroke piston system. The M16s uses gas-tube system, which results in carbon being blown back into the chamber. That leads to carbon build up, which results in jams (rounds getting stuck in the chamber, and the weapon unable to fire.). The short-stroke system also does not expose parts of the rifle to extremely hot gases (which wears out components more quickly). As a result, rifles using the short-stroke system, rather than the gas-tube, are more reliable, easier to maintain and last longer.
HK developed the 416, for SOCOM, at the same time the XM8 was being evaluated by the army. SOCOM got the first 416s in 2004, a year before the army cancelled the XM8. The 416 looks like the M4, for the only thing that has changed is the gas system (that automatically extracts the cartridge after the bullet has been fired, and loads the next round.) SOCOM can buy pretty much whatever they want, the U.S. Army cannot. SOCOM listens to what its troops want, the army often doesn't.
The Turks tested 9,000 of the Mehmetçik-1's (built by local firm MKE) first, and the troops liked the weapon. Production is being increased, and the transition will begin next year. The Mehmetçik-1 is your basic 8 pound, 5.56mm weapon, with mounting rails for scopes, a hand grip forward of the magazine and using 30 round magazines.
T-90 Sniper
"""Mehmetçiğe yeni nişancı tüfekleri geliyor
Mehmetçiğe yeni nişancı tüfekleri geliyor. 1000 metre etkili menzili bulunan Tufan-90 keskin nişancı tüfekleri Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Kurumu (MKEK) tarafından üretilecek.
Öncelikli olarak terörle mücadelede kullanmak amacıyla önemli silah projelerini gündemine alarak kademeli olarak üretimini gerçekleştiren MKEK Genel Müdürlüğü, "Tufan" adını verdiği keskin nişancı tüfeğiyle ilgili araştırma-geliştirme çalışmalarını da başlattı.
Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri unsurları için üretimi Kırıkkaledeki silah fabrikasında gerçekleştirilecek olan nişancı tüfekleri, 1000 metre etkili menzil, 5 veya 10 fişek şarjör kapasitesine sahip bulunuyor.
7.62x51 mm kalibreye sahip olan silahların ilk hızı saniyede 870 metre. Silahların uzunluğu ise 1172 milimetre olarak dizayn edilecek.
Silahın ağırlığı 6,7 kilogram, namlu boyu 660 milimetre, çalışma şekli dengeli kilit makara olacak.""""
Mehmetçi?e yeni ni?anc? tüfekleri geliyor / Ekonomi / Milliyet ?nternet
MKEK puts her indigenous 7.62x51 mm T-90 sniper gun into serial production...
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