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Encyclopedia > M25 (rifle)
The M25 rifle
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The M25 rifle
Close-up on the Bausch & Lomb Tactical scope and his BPT Advanced Scope Mounting System mount on the M25 rifle.
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Close-up on the Bausch & Lomb Tactical scope and his BPT Advanced Scope Mounting System mount on the M25 rifle.

The XM25 / M25 rifle is an upgrade of the M21 sniper rifle developed by 10th Special Forces Group's armorers for use by United States Army Special Forces and United States Navy SEALs in the late 1980s. It saw some use in the Gulf War. The M21 is the semi-automatic sniper rifle adaptation of the popular M14 rifle. ... Shoulder sleeve patches of the United States Army Special Forces, the Green Berets. A US Special Forces operator in Afghanistan The United States Army Special Forces —also known by the nickname Green Berets or simply Special Forces (capitalized)— is a Special Operations Force of the U.S. Army trained for... The United States Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) forces are the elite special operations force of the U.S. Navy, employed in unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, direct action, counter-terrorism, and special reconnaissance operations. ... Combatants U.S.-led coalition Iraq Commanders George H. W. Bush Norman Schwarzkopf Colin Powell Saddam Hussein Ali Hassan al-Majid Hussein Kamel Strength 660,000 545,000 Casualties 345 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 - 100,000 dead, 100,000 - 300,000 wounded The 1991 Gulf War (also called...

  • Action: a M14NM (National Match) action, same as the M21, except the slighty modified gas piston for use with an OPS Inc. silencer.
  • Stock: a McMillan M1A fiberglass stock, having the same pattern than the M14.
  • Optics: A Bausch & Lomb Tactical 10x40 scope, or sometimes Leupolds MK4 10x scopes.

The M14 rifle (more formally the United States Rifle, Caliber 7. ... The M21 is the semi-automatic sniper rifle adaptation of the popular M14 rifle. ... Bausch and Lomb (German pronunciation BOWsh and LAWM) is an American company based in Rochester, New York, specialized in medical optics like contact lenses and surgical instruments. ...

External links

  • SniperCentral's page about M25


 

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