Summary
The Accuracy International Arctic Warfare rifle is a bolt-action sniper rifle designed and manufactured by the British company Accuracy International. It has proved popular as a civilian, police, and military rifle since its introduction in the 1980s. The rifles have some features that improve performance in very cold conditions (which gave the rifle its name), without impairing operation in less extreme conditions. Arctic Warfare rifles are generally fitted with a Schmidt & Bender PM II telescopic sight with fixed or variable magnification. Variable telescopic sights can be used if the operator wants more flexibility to shoot at varying ranges, or when a wide field of view is required. Accuracy International actively promotes fitting the German-made Schmidt & Bender MILITARY MK II product line as sighting components on their rifles, which is rare for a rifle manufacturer. The German and Russian forces preferred a telescopic sight made by Zeiss over Accuracy International's recommendation.
The AW50 is a .50 BMG anti-materiel rifle designed by Accuracy International. It is a re-engineered version of the Accuracy International Arctic Warfare L96 sniper rifle (the standard issue sniper rifle in the British forces). The AW50 is intended to engage a variety of targets, including radar installations, light vehicles (including light armoured vehicles), field fortifications, boats and ammunition dumps. The standard ammunition combines a penetrator, high explosive and incendiary effect in a single round.
The Accuracy International AWM (Arctic Warfare Magnum or AI-Arctic Warfare Magnum), unofficially known as the AWSM (Arctic Warfare Super Magnum), is a bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by Accuracy International designed for magnum rifle cartridges, which as the name suggests, typically denotes AWM rifles chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum. On 9 September 2012, Accuracy International announced that the .338 Lapua Magnum AWM rifle was phased out and replaced by the Accuracy International AXMC sniper rifle. The bolt action of the AXMC was designed to be significantly stronger and more capable of handling higher chamber pressures and temperatures and thus higher bolt thrust safely compared to the AWM and hence is longer and wider. The AXMC magazine was also appropriately enlarged to function with .338 Lapua Magnum cartridges loaded to the Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives (C.I.P.) maximum allowed overall length of 93.50 mm (3.681 in).
The AXMC multi calibre sniper rifle is chambered either for the .338 Lapua Magnum, .300 Winchester Magnum, 7.62×51mm NATO/.308 Winchester. It features parts that dimensionally or otherwise are not interchangeable with the AW rifle series, but the gun itself is an overhaul of the outgoing AWM, featuring much stronger internals and with more modern features like Picatinny rails for mounting optics, adjustable cheek-rests, etcetera. With an AXMC calibre conversion kit, the AXMC can change calibres in minutes by exchanging the bolts, magazines and barrels. Converting to the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge, an additional magazine converter must also be fitted within the magazine port to allow the use of an Accuracy International AX308 magazine.
The AX50 is a sniper rifle developed by British firearms manufacturer Accuracy International. Devised as an upgrade, it is the latest iteration of the AW50 rifle and is built to withstand sustained, heavy usage. Inheriting all the attributes of its predecessor, it allows the operator a high level of accuracy and performance in the harshest of conditions. The AX50 is a variant of the AX series of sniper rifles that entered production in 2010. Fabricated by Accuracy International to meet the modern demands of military and police units alike and was designed with long range precision accuracy in mind for a more accurate anti-materiel weapon. According to Accuracy International the development of the series was partly influenced by the Precision Sniper Rifle (PSR) U.S. Special Operations Command solicitation. An undertaking by the U.S. military for a new and improved Precision long range rifle. Although the contract was lost to Remington's Modular Sniper Rifle.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-C, higher with piercing damage | 9-B, higher with piercing damage
Key: AW, AWM and AXMC | AW50, AX50
Name: Accuracy International Arctic Warfare, AWP, "The Camp Gun", "The Green Meanine", Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Magnum, AXMC
Origin: The Real World
Type: Bolt-action sniper rifle
Users: Many military and police forces, some civilians
Attack Potency: Street level (Firepower from its 7.62×51mm NATO/.308 Winchester bullets is at least 3300 J. The gun's AWM variant is also used with .300 Winchester Magnum bullets that exceed 5000 joules, and with .338 Lapua Magnum bullets, which wield over 6500 joules. The AXMC, as its name suggests, is compatible with all the above 4 calibers and only requires exchanging the barrel, bolts and magazines), higher with piercing damage | Wall level, higher with piercing damage (The AW50 and AX50 fire .50 BMG rounds, capable of hitting with over 18,000 joules of energy. .50 BMG rounds can easily pierce through multiple walls, obliterate human heads, penetrate tank armor at their weak spots, severely damage lightly-armored infantry and even potentially rip trees apart)
Speed: Supersonic to Supersonic+ (The AW has a muzzle velocity of 850 m/s, while the AWM has a muzzle velocity of 936 m/s and the AXMC should have at least similar performance as the AWM due to both of them having the same barrel length) | Supersonic for the AW50 (825 m/s with standard M33 ball ammunition). Supersonic+ for the AX50 (900 m/s)
Range: Effective range is 800 meters for the AW and AWM, 1500 meters for the AW50, 2500 meters for the AX50, farther with a scope and excellent marksmanship (In November 2009, British Army Sniper Corporal Craig Harrison, a member of the Household Cavalry, set the record for longest recorded sniper kill, at the time, by killing two Taliban machine gunners consecutively south of Musa Qala in Helmand Province in Afghanistan at a range of 2,475 m or 2,707 yards taking 10 shots to hit the target, using a L115A3 Long Range Rifle)
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