Speaking of sniper rifles, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely the famous Barrett, AWM, these two sniper rifles, but we are going to talk about heavy snipers today, in the game, we call Barrett "cannon", because of its terrifying penetration ability, but what you don't know is that in military equipment, Barrett is just a pediatric.
Because according to the classification of guns, the caliber of 20 mm is a dividing line, 20 mm caliber below is called as a gun, more than 20 mm caliber is called as a gun, as the saying goes, range is justice, caliber is the truth, especially after World War II, not satisfied with the power of existing sniper rifles, out of greed for power, continue to expand the temptation of caliber does not retreat, therefore, then there are many sniper rifles with a caliber greater than 20 mm, such as NTW-20 large caliber anti-materiel rifle.
If you are not crazy, the largest caliber firearm is a 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine gun, and the caliber of 20 mm is simply a machine gun, and there has never been such a statement as a 20 mm machine gun. Therefore, the NTW-20 sniper rifle is a worthy gun, and Barrett is a small witch in front of him.
The United States Barrett Company is a world-famous weapons manufacturer, the production of sniper rifles are deeply loved by the American soldiers, especially the representative product Barrett M82A1 sniper rifle, caliber 12.7 mm, semi-automatic / manual firing, weight 27 pounds, a total length of 1.45 meters, effective range of 1800 meters, used by the army and police units in many countries around the world, including the US special forces. The NTW-20 is one of the very few sniper rifles in the world with a caliber of 20 mm, with a caliber of 14.5/20 mm, manual bolt action, weight of 62 pounds, a total length of 1.78 meters, an effective range of 1600 meters, widely used in South Africa, very few other countries to purchase, through some online information can be seen, this is the terrorist's favorite weapon.
NTW-20 is different from other snipers is that it can quickly switch between two medium calibers, in 1995, South Africa's Airtech company designed a large-caliber anti-materiel rifle, although it took only four months, but its performance is powerful, once it came out, it has attracted much attention, it wants not precision, but lethality, if it hits people, no matter where it is hit, it will be incapacitated, fortunately its design goal is not to hit people, but ground parked aircraft, communication equipment, radar, low-altitude hovering helicopters, Armored vehicles and other targets.
One of the difficulties of the large-caliber sniper rifle is how to reduce the powerful impact generated at the moment of firing, the recoil comes from the momentum generated by the bullet to excite the high-speed out of the chamber, through special improvements to the barrel can reduce the recoil, for this reason the gun has a total of three parts that inhibit recoil, a hydraulic damper, a double-acting spring buffer, an efficient double-baffle muzzle retractor, through these, so that the NTW-20 can fire a 20 mm bullet when the soldier can shoot against the shoulder without breaking the bone, even so, when shooting It is still necessary to use the correct posture, holding the shooting is not OK, lying on the stomach after the test shoot the shooter laments its terrifying sitting.
One of the highlights of the NTW-20 is that it can use two different calibers of bullets just by changing the barrel, which is very suitable in the field, the disadvantage is that it is too heavy, the accuracy is not enough, the gun is not high in international sales, but India has purchased it in large quantities, and it seems that India is particularly fond of this kind of paper data strong, fancy stuff.
Bullets are the charm of NTW-20 large caliber, 14.5 mm and 20 mm caliber bullets the lethality of each other, according to the battlefield conversion, equipped with MG151 bullets, but also can fire anti-tank armor-piercing bullets, high explosive fragments, explosive shells, incendiary tracer bullets, incendiary blast bombs, powerful bullet types can make NTW-20 in dealing with different targets when the killing ability can be maximized, is the real anti-equipment king, the general armored vehicle casually wear, through the wall or whatever minutes.
NTW-20 sniper rifle is recognized as the world's strongest lethality and fiercest, deeply loved by the South African National Defense Force, is also a brother of the world's famous gun large-caliber anti-materiel sniper rifle, in many games and movies have its figure, but in actual combat is not practical, bulky, large, small soldiers are not suitable for operation, rather than increasing the caliber to improve lethality, it is better to study new bullets, that is the way to strengthen performance.