The Bor is a Polish bolt-action sniper rifle chambered for 7.62x51mm NATO and .338 Lapua Magnum, made by OBR SM Tarnow and in production since 2006. It was developed under the code name Alex after its lead designer Aleksander Leżucha, who had earlier created the Wilk anti-materiel rifle, before being officially designated the Bor. It entered Polish service in 2007 to replace older precision rifles including the Soviet-era SVD, with 196 rifles in use and 657 ordered as of the source, and an Alex-338 variant has also been supplied to Nigeria.
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Source Wikidata: Bor rifle
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1. Wikipedia: Bor rifle
Infobox: service
2007-present
Infobox: cartridge
7.62×51mm NATO .338 Lapua Magnum
Lead section
The weapon received the code name Alex during development, after the name of the lead designer Aleksander Leżucha, creator of the 12.7×99mm NATO Wilk anti-materiel rifle.
View the Source2. Wikidata: Bor rifle
Wikidata Q934899, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Bor rifle (Wikidata)
WikidataWikidata Q934899 (P729 service entry): 2007Quote, Wikidata Q934899 (P729 service entry): 2007
Service entry (Wikidata property P729): 2007.
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