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Sako M23

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The Sako M23 is a Finnish family of military precision rifles designed by Sako with the Finnish Defence Forces and the Swedish Armed Forces, developed after Finland issued a letter of intent for a new rifle system in May 2020. It comes in two configurations, the 7.62 KIV 23 for designated marksmen with an effective range of about 600 meters and the 7.62 TKIV 23 sniper variant effective to about 800 meters, both chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO. The gas operated design is based on the AR-10 and AR-15 platform but uses a proprietary short stroke gas piston system developed by Sako. Both Finland and Sweden have adopted the rifle for their armed forces since it entered service in 2022. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Weapon Class
Military precision rifle 2
Introduced Year
2022 2
Classification
Caliber
7.62x51mm NATO 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Rifle 2
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Sources
1. Wikidata: Sako M23
Wikidata Q110269207, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
2. Wikipedia: Sako M23
  • Introduction/adoption year stated in the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Caliber attribute (sako-m23)
    It comes in two configurations, the 7.62 KIV 23 for designated marksmen with an effective range of about 600 meters and the 7.62 TKIV 23 sniper variant effective to about 800 meters, both chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO.
  • Introduction
    is a Finnish family of military precision rifles designed by Sako
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