The Syrian army received a batch of large-caliber sniper rifles, the production of which involved the local defense plant, According to the Russian newspaper.
Was depicted in the photographs is a variant of the Iranian weapons rifle AM-50 (12,7 mm), which, in its turn, copied from the Austrian Steyr HS-50.
AM-50 is used for quite some time in Syrian war, and received good reviews. Rifle equipped with optical and night thermal sight.
Weapons capable of hitting targets at a distance of more than 1200 m, the initial velocity of the bullet - 850 m / sec, Barrel length - 913 mm.
Judging by the photos, a military warehouse received a decent amount of rifles. According to some experts, Syrian experts carry out only assembly of components, supplied Iran.
Basically, it does not matter. the main thing, the new precision weapons will increase the possibility of Syrian units.
earlier it was reported, ATS army is quite active sniper work. The most common examples are still considered SVD - Dragunov sniper rifle.
At the same time there were Russian VSK-94 in the Syrian Republican Guard shortly before the war and the SALT-96. Then they began to come into service 116m and MC-mentioned AM-50.
