14.7x114mm Sniper

[Orkronos]

Well I know the PLA put money into a project like that. They produced a rifle that was more or less a semi man portable shoulder fire artillery piece. But it was massively impractical. So the project was cut. However it was interesting to see that it could actually be done.
Also the soviets built a rifle that if fired would knock you flat on your a** because if it didnt you would die of recoil.  

[ArmasTermin]

Valkyrie Hatter

Fresnel

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Fresnel

The Denel NTW-20 is primarily a 20mm, but with a quick barrel and bolt swap can be changed to 14.5 for longer-ranged work.

Now I know what Bungie based the sniper rifile off of.

Sadly a PTRD gets better range than this thing does. Hell a .338 gets better range.

The PTRD doesn't break into major components using only a 20mm round as a wrench, and store in a backpack for trekking into the most "there's no ******** way there's a sniper there" places.

*Facepalm* Fresnel, horrible ******** range for the round it's firing.

Not all shots can or should be taken from a mile or more out.  

[Fresnel]

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Fresnel

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Fresnel

The Denel NTW-20 is primarily a 20mm, but with a quick barrel and bolt swap can be changed to 14.5 for longer-ranged work.

Now I know what Bungie based the sniper rifile off of.

Sadly a PTRD gets better range than this thing does. Hell a .338 gets better range.

The PTRD doesn't break into major components using only a 20mm round as a wrench, and store in a backpack for trekking into the most "there's no ******** way there's a sniper there" places.

*Facepalm* Fresnel, horrible ******** range for the round it's firing.

I almost get the impression that they're understating the ability of the gun because they don't have the capability of testing it at range. Either that, or they're taking the Chinese route of "a 2MOA sniper rifle is good enough, right?"  

[Valkyrie Hatter]

Fresnel

Valkyrie Hatter

Fresnel

Valkyrie Hatter

Fresnel

The Denel NTW-20 is primarily a 20mm, but with a quick barrel and bolt swap can be changed to 14.5 for longer-ranged work.

Now I know what Bungie based the sniper rifile off of.

Sadly a PTRD gets better range than this thing does. Hell a .338 gets better range.

The PTRD doesn't break into major components using only a 20mm round as a wrench, and store in a backpack for trekking into the most "there's no ******** way there's a sniper there" places.

*Facepalm* Fresnel, horrible ******** range for the round it's firing.

I almost get the impression that they're understating the ability of the gun because they don't have the capability of testing it at range. Either that, or they're taking the Chinese route of "a 2MOA sniper rifle is good enough, right?"

South Africa tends to not picture design flaws ahead of time before they make a gun. This is why the Striker 12 came to be. People only like it because it's cool looking but otherwise impractical.

The PTR rifles were impractical but very effective against early German tanks and good at splattering a truck load of krauts pretty easily.

Given the refinement I explained impractical shouldn't be a problem because you're too damn far away for the enemy to return fire and hit you.