#MK21

Photo Of The Day: Right above is a German soldier engaging long-range targets in the middle of the night. He’s using a Remington Mk 21 Precision Sniper Rifle at the International Specialty Training Center (ISTC) Alpine Sniper Course, in Hochfilzen training area, Austria. The Alpine Sniper Course went on for two weeks and was designed to teach and train sniper teams the necessary skills to operate in mountainous terrain.

It’s in Europe that things happen! East meets West, snipers and snipers systems meet. Just take a look at these Photo(s) Of The Day ( POTD) for an interesting variety. Above you can see a Remington sniper rifle, suppressed (Remington Mk 21 Precision Sniper Rifle). Below you can see some Russian sniper rifles and a shooting range that seems to extend beyond our dreams.

This looks like a whole lot of fun to shoot. It is based off of the G3 rifle and made select fire and belt fed. It can use an adapter to allow the use of G3 magazines or drums. This one looks to be an H&K 21 chambered in 7.62x51mm. There are other versions in 5.56x45mm and 12.7×99 aka .50bmg. I can’t imagine a .50bmg belt fed H&K 25. That seems monstrous. The rate of fire for .308 is only about 800 rounds/min where the .50bmg is 450 rounds/min.