December 22nd, 2009
Gen. David Petraeus, commander, U.S. Central Command fires a sniper rifle during his visit to Camp Moreheadl, Kabul, Afghanistan. Petraeus visited Camp Morehead to view the operations and greet members of the commando training school. Photo by Senior Airman Brian Ybarbo
I don’t know what kind of rifle that is. Anyone?
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:01 am
[...] What sort of rifle is he using? [...]
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:33 am
That appears to be a French FR-F1 sniper rifle which is a derivative of the old MAS 36.
December 22nd, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Actually, it’s a FR-F2. French sniper rifle in .308. The scope is not the usual one. Our troops use the french Scrome J8 scope.
This rifle is very robust and well designed. It has been a good sniper tool for years. GIAT three grooves cold hammered barrels have a long life, but some of them are now “quite” old.
December 22nd, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Touché sir.
December 24th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Field-Expediant cheekpiece built out of tape and the closed cell foam that comes in the ammo crates I would think. Built a bunch of them for scoped M14s. Cheap, available and reliable.
December 24th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I thought that thing looked vaguely like a MAS-49.
I wondered who had made one into a bolt-action … turned out it was the people at GIAT themselves … heh.
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