Army Rangers - Weapons

US Army Rangers amories are stocked with a number of weapons systems, including:

Carbines / Assault Rifles

  • M4a1 - 5.56 x 45mm carbine
  • MK 16 SCAR-L - a newly fielded 5.56 x 45mm carbine / rifle
  • MK 17 SCAR-H - a newly fielded 7.62 x 51mm carbine / rifle

Machine Guns

  • Mk 46 - a variants of the M249 SAW machine gun designed for special ops units
  • Mk 48 - a scaled up version of the Mk46 in 7.62 x 51mm
  • M240 - 7.62 x 51mm belt-fed machine gun which can be carried or mounted on vehicles ./tripods
  • M2 - .a heavy machine gun typically mounted on GMV-R vehicles

Handguns

Sniper Rifles

  • MK 12 Mod 1 SPR - a 5.56 x 45mm semi-automatic sniper rifle
  • MK11 Mod 0 - a 7.26 x 51mm semi-automatic sniper rifle carried by Ranger marksmen
  • M24 SWS - a bolt action 7.62 x 51mm sniper rifle based on the Remington 700 long action
  • M107 - extreme long range anti-material rifle firing .50BMG rounds

Missile / Rocket Launchers

Other Weapons

  • M224 60mm mortar
  • M252 81mm mortar
  • M120 120mm mortar
Ranger - Mk11 Mod 0
A Ranger watches through the scope of a MK11 Mod 0 sniper rifle
more info : MK11 Mod 0
U.S. DoD Photo

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