According to U.S. Army Operational Test Command’s CSASS test officer Maj. Mindy Brown, the 2nd iBCT snipers fired off some 8,000 rounds in various configurations of their mission gear (think ...

A Montana National Guard soldier became the first woman to finish the Army’s sniper course at Fort Benning, Georgia, military officials said. The woman, who was not identified in a news release ...

The first woman has graduated from the US Army’s elite sniper school, completing the seven-week course designed to produce “the most feared weapon on the battlefield.” ...

The U.S. Army has chosen Heckler & Koch to make its new Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System. The March 31 contract award to Heckler & Koch Defense Inc. – worth up to $44,500,000.00 – allows ...

The MRAD Mk22 will allow Army snipers to shoot out to 1,500 meters. That's 300 meters further than the M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle, chambered for .300 Winchester Magnum, ...

The selection of .300 Winchester Magnum extended the U.S. Army sniper’s range to 1200 meters—four hundred beyond that of the M24. As a result the M2010 ESR received an improved, longer-range ...

The great sniper rifle replacement across the Army, Marine Corps and SOCOM has begun with the newest sniper rifle and it’s the Barrett Multi-Role Adaptive Design rifle chambered in three calibers.

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (Army News Service, Sept. 30, 2010) -- A recently awarded weapons contract means Army snipers can expect to see an improved rifle, with an extended range, in the field by ...

The U.S. Army school graduated its first active-duty female sniper in November, the Army recently announced. Sgt. Maciel Hay, a cavalry scout with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Europe, was one of s… ...

Earlier this week, the U.S. Army awarded German weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch a contract to replace the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System. The M1110, manufactured by Florida's Knight's ...