AM-50 Sayyad .50-caliber anti-materiel rifle

Conflict Usage

Israel-Hamas War

Side: HamasRole: Long-range precision anti-materiel fireprecision fires

Used by Hamas fighters in the Israel-Hamas War; AP identified the AM-50 Sayyad in a Hamas propaganda video from Gaza and later reported Hamas video purporting to show militants machining copies of the rifle.

AM-50 Sayyad .50-caliber anti-materiel rifle Images

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