Barrett M107

The Barrett M107 is the United States Army designation for a semi-automatic, recoil-operated .50 caliber anti-materiel sniper rifle built on the Barrett M82A1 design. It began as the bolt-action Barrett M95, tested by the Army as the XM107, but the Army instead put its money into the proven M82 series and gave those rifles the M107 name. The rifle fires the 12.7x99mm NATO (.50 BMG) cartridge from a rotating-bolt action and feeds from a detachable ten-round box magazine. It is 1,450 mm long with a 508 mm barrel, weighs about 13.6 kg and is fielded with a Leupold 4.5x14 Vari-X scope. Soldiers use it against parked aircraft, radar and communications sites, ammunition depots and lightly armored vehicles at ranges of 1,500 to 2,000 meters, and in a counter-sniper role at long standoff distance.