#SCAR-H

The French Army has selected the SCAR-H PR as their new Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle.

Our theme for Today’s Photo Of The Day goes in Green, White and Black.

Today’s Photo of the Day brings more NAVY SEALs with FN SCARs.

Today, Polish military magazine MILMAG ( https://www.milmag.pl/) released pictures of the new CZ Bren 2 308 variant chambered in .308 Win.

On the April 27  Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division posted a sole source notice announcing their intention to extend the current Combat Assault Rifle (CAR) Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for a further five years.

The HK433 family is going full power, Heckler & Koch told TFB at the 2017 Association of the United States Army annual meeting. When speaking to representatives of the company about their new rifle which was being shown off in the USA for the first time, I asked the question (expecting a sly wink and a “we can’t tell you that” as a response): “Will the HK433 family be available in 7.62mm NATO?” Much to my surprise, the answer was “yes, we are working on that now.” Beyond that, the representatives would not comment any further.

The US Army’s Program Manager for Individual Weapons has issued a new Request for Information (RFI) to the industry for a new 7.62x51mm Interim Combat Service Rifle, which seeks to bring out the best battle rifles the market has to offer. The RFI, posted at FBO,gov, reads:

In recent testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, General Mark Milley, the Army Chief of Staff, admitted during questioning that the Army is looking at alternative rifle platforms to the current M4 Carbine. Milley’s comments were made primarily during a conversation with Senator Joni Ernst, transcribed below:

Thanks to a recent leak exclusively to The Firearm Blog, we have now become aware of a new tender for rifles issued by the Pakistani government. According to the tender document, the Pakistani Army is looking for 75,000 “modern 7.62x39mm caliber weapons”, presumably as part of the program to replace their aging fleet of G3 and Type 56 assault rifles. The specifications for the tender are given below:

According to a recent article on Soldier Systems, the US Army is considering an “interim” switch back to the 7.62mm caliber in standard infantry rifles. Eric Graves of the site lays out a reasonable overview of the situation on the ground, and what sort of weapons might be considered as the 7.62mm “interim” weapon. Follow the link to read his article over at soldiersystems.net.

TFB’s Pete recently wrote about the European Sniper Competition, hosted by the U.S. Army in Germany.

One of the vendors at Knob Creek had this piece all neatly put together. We reported on these demilled SCARs back in the summer with a POTD, with a crate filled to the brim with them! These particular rifles seem to have been contracted out by the DOD to a civilian company to get torched, and later found their way to market, such with this piece right here. In August of this year there was a SCAR 17S in FDE recall, specifically of 417 rifles shipped from FN Herstal on the dates of July 28-29. I’m curious as to maybe this batch of civilian SCARs coincides with the military issued ones (the problem was with the bolt head hardness that could result in a catastrophic failure), and this was why the military ones were torched.

Just when you think you’ve seen it all, along comes this odd drop in lower receiver for the 7.62x51mm SCAR Heavy platform, turning it into a Bullpup. It didn’t gain much success, as the talk on the internet and the apparent release date was back in 2013, but it is an interesting concept to say the least. Currently I can only find 3 photos of it on various forums and all of them are for the SCAR H, none for the 5.56x45mm SCAR L. It appears to be a polymer lower, with the trigger group forward of the magazine, and forming a buttstock that contours with the edge of the end of the upper receiver. It looks like a black and a tan version were produced, but there are more pictures on the internet of the black version. It also appears to be using internal SCAR parts for the bolt release, and magazine release, presumably from the end users now discarded lower receiver. The pistol grip is using an AR attachment method, as one picture shows a Hogue like grip attached to it. Just from examining the rifle, the biggest problem would appear to be the cheekwield, which would be directly on the top picatinny rail. And the reciprocating charging handle, which would probably have to be moved to the opposite side of whatever dominant hand the shooter is using. I can imagine the pain one would feel of a charging handle slapping you in the cheek bone or nose from the sheer position of it.

This photo was posted in the FNForum.net SCAR17S section which came from Team FNH USA Facebook page.

After posting the article about the SCAR 17S magazine by Moses Mag, Moses Mag reached out to me to see if I would like to review their magazine. Of course I would, I love my SCAR 17S and I am always eager to find new and interesting upgrades.