AR-10 Super SASS

Conflict Usage

Boko Haram Insurgency

Side: Boko Haram and ISWAPRole: Insurgent precision rifle and captured materielprecision firesreconnaissance

The AR-10 Super SASS appears in post-2015 Boko Haram Insurgency materiel evidence as a rare 7.62 mm sniper rifle associated with Boko Haram and ISWAP-linked weapon holdings. Reporting and arms-control research describe the rifle as spotted in ISWAP weaponry or listed among materiel in service with, or recovered from, Boko Haram factions; the sources support insurgent possession or fielding evidence rather than a specific firing incident.

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