POTD: Secret Service’s KAC SR-16 CQB MOD 2.1 In Action
Photo Of The Day: A competitor from one of the fifteen international teams engages distant steel during the 2021 U.S. Army Special Operations Command International Sniper Competition at Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty), North Carolina, back in 2021. To the best of my knowledge, the carbine is the Secret Service’s KAC SR-16 CQB MOD 2.1, and it seems multiple targets are being engaged using the secondary red dot sight.
Held annually by the JFK Special Warfare Center and School, the week-long event remains the gold standard for military sniper teams worldwide. Twenty-four two-man teams (including entries from USASOC units, conventional Army, Marine Scout Snipers, and allied nations) faced a gauntlet of stress shoots, unknown-distance ranges, night stalks, moving targets, and urban precision events that tested every facet of the sniper/spotter partnership.
A competitor in the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) International Sniper Competition fires a Glock pistol at targets at Fort Liberty.
The 2021 iteration saw the 75th Ranger Regiment take the crown, with a team from 1st Special Forces Command earning second and the Marine Corps Scout Sniper Instructor School rounding out the podium.
More than just bragging rights, the competition pushes the envelope on tactics, equipment, and marksmanship standards that eventually filter down to the entire force. It seems some of the competitors brought some of their personal sniper systems as well, something we’ve seen before.
Source: U.S. Army, photo by K. Kassens
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Its FT Bragg again.....