Next year the United States Army and Marine Corps will be fielding quite the rifle, the MRAD MK22(Multi-Role Adaptive Design Mark 22). Produced by Tennessee-based Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, the rifle has met all requirements for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) contract for ASR (Advanced Sniper Rifle) in support of USSOCOM (U.S. Special Operations Command).
Instead of soldiers in the field utilizing multiple rifle platforms in various calibers for different missions, the MRAD will serve as a centralized platform that can adapt to what is needed. This modular, multi-caliber bolt action sniper rifle is capable of converting between .300 Norma Magnum, .338 Norma Magnum and 7.62x51 mm through a “full and open competition.”
Next year the United States Army and Marine Corps will be fielding quite the rifle, the MRAD MK22(Multi-Role Adaptive Design Mark 22). Produced by Tennessee-based Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, the rifle has met all requirements for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) contract for ASR (Advanced Sniper Rifle) in support of USSOCOM (U.S. Special Operations Command).
Instead of soldiers in the field utilizing multiple rifle platforms in various calibers for different missions, the MRAD will serve as a centralized platform that can adapt to what is needed. This modular, multi-caliber bolt action sniper rifle is capable of converting between .300 Norma Magnum, .338 Norma Magnum and 7.62x51 mm through a “full and open competition.”
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