Bor rifle
| Bor | |
|---|---|
 The Bor sniper rifle fitted with a Leupold telescopic sight | |
| Type | Sniper rifle |
| Place of origin | Poland |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2007–present |
| Used by | Polish Army, Nigeria |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Aleksander Leżucha |
| Designed | 2005 |
| Manufacturer | OBR SM Tarnów |
| Produced | 2006– |
| Variants | Alex Tactical Sport Alex-338 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 6.1 kg (13.45 lb) |
| Length | 1,038 mm (40.9 in) |
| Barrel length | 680 mm (26.8 in) 560 mm (22.0 in) |
| Cartridge | 7.62×51mm NATO
box magazine |
| Sights | day or night optics, ZTOCS-1 ACRAB also Carl Zeiss Optronics NSV 80[1][2] |
The Bor is a Polish
Development
After 1999, when Poland became a member of the
In the summer of 2005, testing of the new rifle began. The Bor was first unveiled at the 12th International Defense Industry Exhibition MSPO in September 2005 in Kielce. The weapon then went into production in 2006, when a short series was made.
In the spring of 2007 the 7.62 mm Bor had passed all the tests required to be introduced into Polish inventories. The Polish Armed Forces planned to acquire 36 Bor rifles in 2007.[citation needed] In 2008 the manufacturer received an order for the delivery of a batch of 81 Bor rifles chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge by 2010.[3]
In June 2011 the manufacturer received an order for the delivery of 55 modified Bor rifles chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge by 2013. Several years of operations, including missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, has allowed to gain experience with the rifle. In accordance with the suggestions of users several improvements to the sniper weapon system were introduced including a 15 MOA forward canted
Design details
The Bor is a
Variants
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Alex-338 prototype
Around 2007, OBRSM Tarnów has begun development of a .338 Lapua Magnum chambered model under the Alex-338 development designation[5] (the manufacturer's code for the basic Alex/Bor was changed then to Alex-762). Early in 2008 the Mechanical Equipment Research and Developing Centre in Tarnów completed the design work and in June 2008 the first prototype was assembled. The model was publicly presented at the MSPO in
Alex Tactical Sport 308 Winchester
The Alex Tactical Sport 308 Winchester is a variant based on the Polish Armed Forces 7.62×51mm NATO Bor rifle. It is chambered for the
Users
Nigeria – unknown amount of Alex-338 rifle[7]
Poland – 196 examples of Alex rifle in use and 657 examples ordered.[8]
References
- ^ http://www.altair.com.pl/start-2872 Archived 7 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Polish)
- ^ http://www.altair.com.pl/start-6418 Archived 13 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Polish)
- ^ a b "Nowe Bory i LM-60D dla WP – Altair Agencja Lotnicza". Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ Carl Zeiss Optronics NSV 80 Night Sight Attachment Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Nowy karabin Alex-338 – Altair Agencja Lotnicza". Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "ZM TARNÓW". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Nigeryjskie sukcesy polskiej zbrojeniówki". Agencja Lotnicza Altair (in Polish). 8 September 2016.
- ^ "MSPO 2017: Pięć umów za 189 MLN zł na dostawy dla Wojska Polskiego | Defence24". Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
External links
- OBR SM
- 7,62 mm sniper rifle BOR Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- 8,6 mm sniper rifle ALEX-338 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine