New Turkish Assault Rifle

Posted March 7, 2011 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 38 Comments
Tags: 2011, 7.62mm, rifle, rifles, Turkey

Turkish firm KALEKALIP has designed a nifty looking new battle rifle for the Turkish Army that will be manufactured by MKEK. The rifle is chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO and uses a gas piston and rotating bolt action. The barrel is 16″ in length. The total length is 36″ and it weighs 9 lbs.

[Hat Tip: John at WAFF and Hürriyet]

[ Many thanks to Ilgar for emailing me the link. ]

Steve Johnson

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