The M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System to replace the M24 Sniper Weapon Syst

[Saifullah Sani]

The M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System is intended to replace the M24 Sniper Weapon System used by the United States Army. However, the Army still acquired M24s from Remington until February 2010. After witnessing the effects of USSOCOM snipers and extensive after-action reports from SOF snipers throughout the Iraqi theater of operations, the U.S. Army ran a competition involving several designs, including rifles from Knight’s Armament Company, Remington, and DPMS Panther Arms. On September 28, 2005, the Knight’s Armament Co. rifle won the competition and was selected to be the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System. In April 2008, U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Fury in Afghanistan were the first in a combat zone to receive the M110. The troops rated the weapon very highly, noting the quality of the weapon and its semi-automatic capabilities compared to the bolt-action M24. The United States Marine Corps will also be adopting the M110 to replace the M39 and Mk 11 as a complement to the M40A5.

It is manufactured by Knight’s Armament Company in Titusville, Florida, though the complete system incorporates a Leupold 3.5–10x variable power daytime optic, Harris swivel bipod, AN/PVS-14 night sight and PALs magazine pouches of yet unpublished origin. The rifle has ambidextrous features such as a double-sided magazine release, safety selector switch, and bolt catch.M110 Semi-Automatic sniper rifle was designed to combine perfectly accuracy, firepower, light-weight and rate of firing in one single weapon.

The M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System to replace the M24 Sniper Weapon System

 

[Birbal]

After criticizing the Dragunov for ages, America finally agrees that semiautomatic is the way to go.