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Iran Produces New 12.7mm A/p Sniper Guns

Wait until these become easily Iran Produces New 12.7mm A/p Sniper Guns

Wait until this becomes easily accessible to the Iraqi insurgency.

Iran Produces New 12.7mm A/p Sniper Guns

touelMar 2 2005, 01:35 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Iran has begun to produce heavy machine-guns with armor-piercing bullets, Iranian state television reported today. Iranian Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani said the 12.7-millimeter gun has a range of 2.5 kilometers and is suitable for snipers.

"The United States had protested to a European country about selling the gun [to Iran], while we have already produced it," Shamkhani said. "Today the first consignment of the weapon was delivered. Now our snipers can target the enemy in their armored personnel carriers and concrete bunkers."

The gun weighs 35 pounds and can be mounted on a vehicle. There is widespread concern that the guns will reach the hands of Hizbullah and other terror groups.

Iran also produces the Shihab-3 missile, capable of reaching Israel, its own brand of tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles and even a fighter plane.

source :http://www.rense.com/general63/sniper.htm