Since the beginning of the M40 program, the process of building a Marine scout-sniper rifle has moved farther toward selection, procurement, and in-house modification and blueprinting of "off ...

The Marine Corps has confirmed they will soon carry the MK 13 Mod 7 sniper rifle after decades of using different versions of the M40 rifle. Marine snipers have been carrying some version of the ...

The M40 series of sniper rifles has served the Marine Corps for more than 50 years. Originally introduced during the Vietnam War, the Marine Corps purchased commercial Remington Model 40X bolt ...

more than any other Marine, along with another 216 “probables.” The Vietnam conflict resulted in many innovations in American sniper rifles. Mawhinney’s primary rifle was the M40 ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is sticking with its Vietnam-era, M40 sniper rifle series, despite complaints from scout snipers who say they need the modern, longer-range weapons used by special-ops snipers.

A U.S. Marine with Task Force Southwest fires ... Corps decided to replace its venerable and long-serving main sniper rifle the M40. The new main sniper rifle will be the Mk 13 Mod 7 sniper ...

Marine scout snipers have deployed with Vietnam-era M40 sniper systems as Corps officials ... Related: Up Close And Personal With The Army’s Lethal New Sniper Rifle » But what the CSASS offers ...

The Marine Corps celebrated the history of the M40 sniper rifle with Redfield scope at Camp Lejeune. The M40 rifle was the same type of weapon used by Marine sniper Sgt. Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney.

The great sniper rifle replacement across the Army, Marine Corps and SOCOM has begun ... That means the decades-old M40, which has been in service midway through the Vietnam War.

The Marine Corps plans on adopting the Mk 13 Mod 7 sniper rifle for Marine scout snipers ... a much-needed and long-overdue replacement for the M40 system that Marines have wielded since the ...

Today the Marines' primary sniper rifle, a newer variant of the M40, still shoots roughly the same distance: 1,000 yards. Current and former Marine Corps snipers say their hardware doesn't match ...

The Marine Corps' newest sniper rifle is ready for prime time ... the Mk22 can reach targets well beyond the M40's 1,000-meter range and the Mk 13 Mod 7's 1,300-meter range, albeit in a heavier ...