Sako TRG - sniper rifle manufactured by the Finnish arms company SAKO . It is a magazine rifle with a longitudinally sliding rotary bolt.
| TRG-42 | |
|---|---|
 Sako TRG-42 sniper rifle chambered .338 Lapua Magnum | |
| Type of | sniper rifle |
| A country |  Finland |
| Service History | |
| Adopted | |
| Wars and conflicts | |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | |
| Specifications | |
| Weight kg | 4.68 |
| Length mm | 1180 |
| Barrel length mm | 660 |
| Cartridge | 7.62 × 51 mm NATO , .300 Winchester Magnum , .338 Lapua Magnum |
| Type of ammunition | 5 or 10 rounds magazine |
The rifle is equipped with an optical sight , an aiming bar STANAG 2324 and removable bipod.
For rifle shooting, depending on the modification, rifle cartridges of 7.62 × 51 mm NATO TRG-22, .300 Winchester Magnum and .338 Lapua Magnum TRG-42 are used. This is a caliber-dependent rifle with a magazine. The supply of ammunition during firing is made from a box magazine with a capacity of 10 rounds of 7.62 or 5 rounds .338.
Used by law enforcement agencies in several European countries. In Russia, this rifle is sold as a hunting and sporting civilian weapon at a price of about 300 thousand rubles. To obtain a rifle, permission is required.
Content
Options and Modifications
- TRG-21 - model chambered for 7.62 × 51 mm (.308 Winchester);
- TRG-22 - model chambered for 7.62 × 51 mm (.308 Winchester);
- TRG-41 - model under the cartridge .338 Lapua Magnum;
- TRG-42 - model under the cartridge .300 Winchester or .338 Lapua Magnum.
Armed
Sako TRG-42 .338 LM
Sako TRG-42 .338 LM
- Armenia : SAKO TRG-41 is in service with the special forces of the Armenian Army;
- Belgium : SAKO TRG-21 is in service with the SIE Special Forces Police [1] ;
- Italy : Sako TRG-22 is in service with the special forces of the GIS Carabinieri Corps [2] ; Sako TRG-21 and Sako TRG-22 - in service with the NOCS police special forces [3] , and Sako TRG-42 - in service with the 17th special wing of the Italian Air Force [4] ;
- Poland : as of mid-2009, the police were armed with SAKO TRG ‑ 21, TRG ‑ 22 and TRG ‑ 42 [5] ;
- Russia : Sako TRG-22 are used by snipers from SOBR units and various units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB [6] ;
- Serbia : Sako TRG are armed with anti-terrorist special forces SAJ [7] and PTJ [8] of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia;
- Ukraine : Sako TRG-42 is in service with Group A of the Special Operations Center of the Security Service of Ukraine [9] and the Omega special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine [10] ;
- Finland : Sako TRG-42 is in service under the name 8.6 TKIV 2000;
- Czech Republic : Sako TRG-22 in service with the army [11] and the URNA police special forces [12] ;
- Estonia : since 2007 [13] ;
- Switzerland : Sako TRG-42 in service with the army.
See also
- List of sniper rifles
Notes
- ↑ Sergey Kozlov. Foreign Special Forces: Special Intervention Squadron // Bratishka magazine, May 2011
- ↑ Zoran Milosevic. Foreign special forces: born in the “years of lead” // Bratishka magazine, December 2009
- ↑ Zoran Milosevic. Foreign special forces: NOCS Group: Italian counterterrorism // Bratishka magazine, April 2013
- ↑ Zoran Milosevic. Foreign special forces: 17 STORMO INCURSORI: Italian air saboteurs // Bratishka magazine, September 2012
- ↑ Z czego strzela Policja? // "Policja 997", Nr 51, June 2009
- ↑ VII All-Russian competition among snipers SOBR MIA of Russia (rus.)
- ↑ Zoran Milosevic. [Foreign special forces: SAJ - special anti-terrorist unit of Serbia] // Bratishka magazine, November 2009
- ↑ “ Snipers are armed with Sako TRG hand-held rifles with German-made optics Leupold MARK 4 and Bushner ”
Zoran Milosevic. Special Forces Abroad: Fighters against Terror from Serbia // Bratishka magazine, November 2013 - ↑ Vladimir Krashevsky. Professionals: Ukrainian Alpha: Terrorism Fails // Bratishka Magazine, June 2009
- ↑ Alexander Ilchenko. Ukrainian special forces: “Jaguars” at Hitler’s headquarters and risk for a penny // “Today. UA ”of October 26, 2010
- ↑ 7.62mm odstřelovačská puška Sako TRG-22 // RUČNÍ ZBRANĚ AČR. Ministerstvo obrany České republiky - AVIS, 2007 ISBN 978-80-7278-388-5 pp. 62-65
- ↑ Zoran Milosevic. Foreign special forces: URNA Czech police special forces // magazine "Bratishka", January 2012
- ↑ Estonian army will receive Finnish and French sniper rifles Archived on July 7, 2014. // “REGNUM - Belarus” dated July 6, 2007
Links
- Sako TRG-42 sniper rifle
- Sako TRG on the manufacturer’s website
- M.R. Popenker. Sako TRG 21/22 and 41/42 (Finland) / site "Modern Small Arms of the World"