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The WKW Tor (
File:Tor zdjecie 489 5985.jpg, Three Tors 12.7 mm in a shooting range
File:Vietnamese Soldier Using a WKW Wilk.jpg, Vietnamese soldier shooting with WKW Tor
*: Ca. 80 units bought.
*: Ca. 15 units bought.
*: Unknown amount donated by Poland.
*: Ca. 50 units bought.
Thorium
Thorium is a chemical element; it has symbol Th and atomic number 90. Thorium is a weakly radioactive light silver metal which tarnishes olive grey when it is exposed to air, forming thorium dioxide; it is moderately soft, malleable, and ha ...
) or previously WKW Wilk (Wolf) is a modern anti-materiel and/or sniper rifle produced in Poland by the Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów
Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów (; ) is a Polish defense manufacturing company. Based in the city of Tarnów, the company produces handguns, assault rifles, sniper rifles and anti-air guns. It is part of the Bumar-Labedy corporation, itself a divis ...
. The abbreviation "WKW" stands for ''Wielkokalibrowy Karabin Wyborowy'' or Large Caliber Sniper Rifle. The rifle was initially given the working name Wilk, but after completion of development it was given the final name Tor. This rifle was developed between 2000 and 2004 and the first selected units in the Polish army
The Land Forces () are the Army, land forces of the Polish Armed Forces. They currently contain some 110,000 active personnel and form many components of the European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military histor ...
apparently received Tor rifles in around 2005 onwards.
The WKW Tor makes use of a manually operated rotary bolt action weapon of bull-pup layout. It is fed from detachable box magazines and is fitted with a folding and adjustable bipod and an adjustable rear monopod. Standard sighting equipment is a Schmidt & Bender X3−12 P/MII telescope sight which is placed on Picatinny rails above the receiver.
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*: Ca. 80 units bought.
*: Ca. 15 units bought.
*: Unknown amount donated by Poland.
*: Ca. 50 units bought.
See also
*List of bullpup firearms
The following is a list of firearms designed in a bullpup (i.e., action behind firecontrol/trigger group) configuration.
See also
*Semi-automatic shotgun
*Automatic shotgun
*Combat shotgun
*List of combat shotguns
*List of multiple-barrel fir ...
*List of sniper rifles
Major precision rifle variants used by snipers from around the world are as follows. The list includes hunting or precision rifles equipped with a telescopic optic, and precision rifles used by both military and law enforcement trained snipers and ...
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*Barrett M95
The Barrett M95 is a bolt-action rifle chambered in .50 BMG (12.7×99mm), and manufactured by Barrett Firearms Company. It has been adopted by a number of militaries around the world.
Overview
The M95 is an improved version of the earlier Barre ...
* Gepard
* KSVK
* ZVI Falcon
References
.50 BMG sniper rifles Bolt-action rifles of Poland Bullpup rifles Sniper rifles of Poland Anti-materiel rifles Military equipment introduced in the 2000s {{Rifle-stub