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Bolt-Action Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 5 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Bolt-Action, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

5 weapon systems

AM-50 Sayyad .50-caliber anti-materiel rifle, Anti-materiel rifle, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsAM-50 Sayyad .50-caliber anti-materiel rifleAnti-materiel rifleSide: Hamas and Gaza-based armed groupsBuilt: Defense Industries Organization (Individual Combat Industries Group) / IranThe AM-50 Sayyad is Iran's unlicensed .50 BMG anti-materiel rifle, copied from the Steyr HS .50 pattern after Iran acquired 800 HS .50 rifles in 2006/7. It is a single-shot bolt-action weapon documented with Hamas fighters in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas War 2023-present.

PGW LRT-3, Bolt-action .50 BMG anti-materiel rifle, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsPGW LRT-3Bolt-action .50 BMG anti-materiel rifleSide: UkraineHouthi-aligned forcesBuilt: PGW Defence Technologies / CanadaThe PGW LRT-3 is a Canadian bolt-action .50 BMG anti-materiel rifle built by PGW Defence Technologies for long-range precision fire against hard and soft targets. Sources link the rifle to Ukrainian sniper service in the Russia-Ukraine War 2014-present and to Houthi-aligned forces in Yemen through an ARES-documented battlefield-capture trail, rather than through a documented direct export to the Houthi movement.

Elmech EM-992 sniper rifle, Bolt-action sniper rifle, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsElmech EM-992 sniper rifleBolt-action sniper rifleSide: Islamic StateBuilt: Elmech Razvoj / CroatiaThe Elmech EM-992 is a Croatian bolt-action sniper rifle family that entered production in 1992 as one of Croatia's first indigenous precision rifles. Contemporary sources describe the EM-992 in 7.62x51mm NATO and its companion EMM-992 in .300 Winchester Magnum, while a later CAR report documented an EM-992 captured from Islamic State forces in northern Syria.

M24 sniper rifle, Bolt-action sniper rifle, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsM24 sniper rifleBolt-action sniper rifleSide: United States, NATO, and Afghan government forcesBuilt: Remington Arms / United StatesThe M24 sniper rifle is the U.S. Army's Remington Model 700-based Sniper Weapon System, a 7.62x51mm NATO bolt-action rifle package built around a long-action receiver, day optic, bipod, and support accessories. In Afghanistan, Afghan National Army training records show M24 rifles being fired during 2017 operational-readiness sniper training at Camp Shorabak to support reconnaissance and long-range squad overwatch.

M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle, Bolt-action sniper rifle, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsM2010 Enhanced Sniper RifleBolt-action sniper rifleSide: United States, NATO, and Afghan government forcesAnti-ISIS coalition and partner forcesBuilt: Remington Arms / United StatesThe M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle is the U.S. Army's .300 Winchester Magnum rebuild of the M24 Sniper Weapon System, developed to give sniper teams longer reach in Afghanistan's mountainous terrain. Remington converted the long-action M24 into a suppressed, magazine-fed precision rifle with a folding adjustable chassis, extended-range optic, night-sight compatibility, and a 1,200-meter effective range; later imagery from Operation Inherent Resolve 2014-present shows the rifle still serving in U.S. patrol overwatch in northeast Syria.