"Guan Fei, this is the controversy of the US Barrett M82A1 sniper rifle (the king of sniping), clarification of misunderstandings, interesting news, naming of countries. A 0.50-inch caliber bullet, especially a bullet with a full metal armor, could easily penetrate bulletproof vests and many walls below grade IV. In addition, the M82's additional kinetic energy allowed it to penetrate hard armor and level 8 bulletproof glass to kill its target (highly likely). These abilities made the M82 a great enemy of gun control advocates. California had taken the lead in other states to ban the sale of.50 caliber guns to private gun owners. Barrett was required to provide guns with a special caliber and similar effectiveness... The 416Barrett had a smaller caliber, a higher muzzle velocity, and an improved ballista coefficient that made its penetration better than ordinary rifles. However, gun-control critics were still dissatisfied. They believed that no citizen would need to use such a large gun for their "normal needs."
In addition, the controversial point of the 0.50-inch caliber gun was that its size, weight, and cost were too difficult for ordinary criminals to use, but it encouraged foreign and American terrorist organizations. They had stolen a lot of M82s from the US military warehouse, and the opponents thought that they should not have produced this gun in the first place.
The Barrett M82 had been used by the U.S. military in actual combat. It was also the first anti-material rifle, but it was too big and heavy, making it difficult to use as support firepower in mobile warfare.
According to the document, The Brooks Connection, the M82 was smuggled by US rebel supporters to become a weapon for the Revolutionary Army of kosovo. In the 1990s, the South Armageddon Brigade (UA) of the Temporary Republic of Northern Iceland used the Barrett sniper rifle to fight against the British and the Royal Police. In 1997, the last soldier who died in this battle, Stephen Restorick, was killed. After the strongest UA sniper in Northern Iceland, Michael Caraher, was arrested, his sniper rifle was confiscated.
The M82A1 was chosen as the experimental OSW-platform in 2002. This gun was modified to a 25mm caliber with a short barrel, firing 25x59mm OSSW high-explosive grenades. The experimental OSWs could hit targets more effectively, but the recoil was too strong. This weapon was called the Barrett PaylRifle, and it was already known as the XM109.
clarify the misunderstanding
Clearing up some misunderstandings about the M82A1 series
In addition to the name "long-range sniper rifle," the M107 (the model of the Barrett M82A1 approved by the US military) also had another name--，The 107 was an anti-materiel and EOD tool in the US military. Therefore, other than snipers, EOD units were also the main equipment units of the M107.
In the 2010 Oscar-winning film The Hurt Squad, there was a scene where the protagonist and his comrades used an M82A1 to eliminate a sniper. Some viewers questioned why the protagonist and his comrades were so familiar with this combat weapon. The person who answered said that the M82A1 was used by a special forces soldier, so he was very familiar with this weapon. But in fact, whether it was the special forces or engineers, they were all familiar with this 0.50-inch sniper rifle because the M82A1 was originally issued to them.
There was a common misconception about the M107's military application:
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They believed that there was an international convention that prohibited the use of 0.50-inch BMG bullets on people. In fact, this convention did not exist at all. It was just a wish in people's hearts.
As a long-range sniper rifle, the M107 had two main missions: When the US Army launched the XM107 (this was the serial number of the M107 before it was officially recognized by the US Army) project, there were two types of ammunition tested at the same time. The first was the Mk211 Mod0 armor-piercing incendiary bullet (API), which was specially used to counter equipment. The other was the M1022 long-range sniper bullet, which was specially used to accurately kill long-range personnel. It was said that the accuracy of the M107 when firing the M1022 long-range sniper bullet could reach 1MOA.
The M82A1's 1000-meter trajectory spread was not as good as the M249's. It was true...
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The designers of the M82 were a team, Lonnie. Barrett was the founder and president of Barrett Corporation.
The M82 was just one of the many series of guns from Barrett. Ronnie Barrett had only proposed to design a large-caliber semi-automatic rifle that used 12.7× 99mm NATO (.50BMG) caliber ammunition. He was not the one who designed the gun, and he did not have any knowledge of gun design. He used to be a photographer because the design of the various parts of the gun was not something that one or two people could complete.
Lonnie Barrett can be called the father of the M82
anecdotes
In the early days, when Barrett large-caliber anti-material sniper rifles fired each bullet, the gunpowder gas ejected from the recoil device would roll up a large amount of dust and loose particles near the shooter. This would allow the enemy to discover the sniper's position and use RPG and other weapons to eliminate the sniper. Therefore, snipers who used the Barrett were given the title of " cannon fodder snipers." The following is the design version of the US Army:
[M82: 12.7× 99mm Barrett M82 semi-automatic sniper rifle, cylindrical arrow-shaped muzzle brake.]
[M82A1: 12.7× 99mm Barrett M82A1 semi-automatic sniper rifle, modified muzzle brake to double bore V-shaped (arrowhead shape).]
M82A1A: 12.7× 99mm Barrett M82A1 semi-automatic sniper rifle, optimized for use with Mk211Mod0.50 caliber bullets.
M82A1M: 12.7× 99mm Barrett M82A1 semi-automatic sniper rifle, modified version, extended tactical rail system, rear slide rail, and fixed shaft socket.
[M82A2: 12.7× 99mm Barrett M82A2 semi-automatic bull-calf sniper rifle, a heavy sniper rifle that can be carried on the shoulder.]
M82A3: 12.7× 99mm Barrett M82A3 semi-automatic sniper rifle, a new product designed according to the M82A1M specifications. It has an extended tactical rail system and is slightly higher than the M82A1M/M107. However, unlike the M82A1M/M107, it does not have a rear rail and a fixed shaft socket.
XM107/M107: The M107 was developed based on the M82A3 sniper rifle used by the US Marine Corps. The main improvement was the addition of a flame arrestor that could significantly reduce the muzzle flame, noise, and muzzle shock wave characteristics.”
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