Russian sniper rifle forces US to change tactics

American magazine Popular Mechanics admits that because of Russia's T-5000, traditional American combat tactics are forced to change.

According to this source, the T-5000 heavy sniper rifle will force the US to change the concept of "safe distance" and all conventional tactics in combat operations.

Traditional US combat tactics will be useless against Russian soldiers on the battlefield when this force is equipped with the T-5000 sniper rifle. Popular Mechanics believes that, in the past, the Russian Army used Dragunov rifles that were effective at relatively close range because of poor quality optics.

T-5000 sniper rifle.

The American magazine claims that the T-5000 sniper rifle can even accurately shoot down targets at a distance of up to 1.8 km. Therefore, this new generation gun surpasses the American McMillian TAC-338 which can only hit targets at a distance of 1.5 km.

American scholars believe that new tactics must be developed to counter the threat from the T-5000. Along with that, the US needs to use smoke grenades, drones, and other special weapons to search for and attack before this gun can be used on the battlefield.

Popular Mechanics quoted US military sources as saying that the Russian Ministry of Defense is conducting large-scale testing of the T-5000 sniper rifle. Moscow believes that this gun possesses a series of superior features compared to similar guns produced in the West.

The T-5000 was first introduced in 2011 and is designed to fire both Russian-made and NATO-standard rounds. The latest version of the T-5000 can hit targets from up to 2km away.

This special ability was proven when in 2012, Russian soldiers using this gun won the international military sniper competition.

The T-5000 sniper rifle has a range of over 2km and is highly accurate at long distances. It has low recoil, adjustable trigger weight, and is equipped with a sighting system and a barrel coated with a secret material to ensure accuracy.

However, despite its many advantages, the Orsis T-5000 still has many limitations before it can be put into mass service. In particular, the upgrade of the gun is based on borrowed foreign technology, making it affected by the embargo of the US and Europe, said military expert Alexander Vershinin.

And this may be the reason why, in addition to the T-5000, Russia has just begun developing a sniper rifle that can fire armor-piercing bullets at ranges of up to 10,000m.

According to baodatviet