FN Promotional photos for the SCAR from SHOT Show 2008.
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In the photo of the two operators firing from the prone position forward of a Humvee, note that the shooter to the rear has the long receiver SCAR-H SSR variant.
Thats interesting. I thought it looks out of proportion and assumed it was the camera angle or the longer barrel.
The last pic looks awesome. Nice find, Steve
This is awesome… very nice example of SCARs in action.
What they aren’t showing you is that the operating rod and charging handle move together while being fired. This is fine when it doesn’t hit anything but during CQC situations you may have to pin your weapon against a wall to hold security down a hall and the weapon malfunctions when the charging handle hits the wall or whatever you’re leaning against. The same is true when laying on your left side and firing under a vehicle. Weapons should be as streamline as possible and not have a malfunction built into it’s design. Ask any professional shooter and they will tell you the same thing. This gun needs to have an independent charging handle that connects to the operating rod only when needed. Other guns already have this feature. Pictures and staged demonstrations will sell the gun to the military but I garauntee we will hear about this problem in the future.
more cool pics of the same operators in Oakley’s website for military & government sales http://www.usstandardissue.com
Any body have any idea what those laser sights are mounted on the top rail of the rifles? I see EOTechs, M68s, and a few other stuff, but those laser sights look new.
The new laser is the AN/PEQ-15 Advanced Target Pointer Illuminator Aiming Light (ATPIAL).
Seriously? How’d you find out about that? I’ve been looking all over the place for info on this thing. Any specs on it? Anyway, I appreciate the help.
It’s old news really. NSWC-Crane made the contract award to Insight Technologies back in December 2004. It is part of the SOPMOD Block II kit, intended to replace both the AN/PEQ-2 ITPIAL and the AN/PEQ-5 CVL. You also might find comments about the ATPIAL under its original designation LA-5/PEQ or possibly even ITPIAL II.
http://www.insightlights.com/products-atpial.htm
That makes me look smart.
Thanks for the info, though.
Here’s more of the same operators in this FN promotional clip,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stea1ry36NM
What pistols are they using, FNP-45s? Those are some pretty cool pictures though.
Re: frogwar’s comments to the operating rod and charging handle moving while the rifle is being fired - that’s been the case with the AK-47 since its inception; and look how long that rifle has been in wars! When have [you] heard complaints about it - if any?
Increibles objetos de deseo…
you hear a lot of complaints about the ak-47 actually. sure it’ll fire almost everytime, but good luck hitting anything. if the ak-47 was such a good rifle why dont we use it? or how come we never copied its design for our use? if it wasnt such a cheap rifle other countries around the world wouldnt use it. it isnt used for its efficiency its used for its ease to get and the cheap price tag that comes with it.
Something else that makes the AK47 so popular is it’s relative ease to use. The weapon was actually designed more like a machine gun than an assault rifle, so that the weapon required less training to use.
If it’s cheap, easy to use and maintain, and easy to find, why not use it?