12.7 TaK 2000 Barret

This american "light fifty" 12.7 mm Barret M82A1 has been bought mainly to equip the readiness brigades since these doesn´t use personell landmines. It has been designated TarkkuusKivääri (precision rifle) as the TaK 85 sniper rifle, but with 8.6 mm TaK 2000 adopted as a long-range sniper rifle TaK 2000 Barret will be used mainly against non-personell targets. The weapon has proved effective as a weapon used mainly against enemy trucks, radardishes and so on rather than as a pure sniper rifle. It is often also used to destroy mines from a safe distance.


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Calibre: 12.7 x 99 mm (.50 Browning)
Length: 1447 mm
Weight: 12.90 kg
Barrel: 737 mm
Magazine: 10 rounds
Muzzle velocity: ca 850 m/sec
Country of origin: USA