Name this rifle...

[lspencer534]

Can you name this Beretta rifle?:

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[Jeff '79]

ARX-100
or an AR70

6SqXpHkowfY

[mrvette]

BABY!!!!!!:seasix::dance::lol:

[99 pewtercoupe]

What rifle?

[Bill]

Lucky? Her seductively gloved hands on the make the barrel explode with passion?

[Lakota]

Don't know about the weapon but she's an Italian Airborne soldier of the Italian Folgore Brigade. She might be a parachute rigger.

[Fasglas]

Beretta AR-70/90: The Patriot

However:

http://stateofguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/beretta-ar-70-901.jpg

Aside from stamped steel sheets, AR-70/90 saw extensive use of polymer – the forward and pistol grip and the stock. The tubular, skeleton folding stock is used on the SC-70/90 version of the rifle. Special Forces use SCP-70/901 version, with the barrel shortened from 450 to 360 mm. In addition to rifle grenades, these rifles can be fitted with underbarrel grenade launchers, both the US M203 and Singapore CIS-40, as well as Italian Franchi GLF-40. Unlike M203 which is mounted under the forward grip, GLF-40 is mounted using two prismatic fixtures directly onto the barrel. This grenade launcher barrel doesn’t slide forward for loading, but swings to the side, so it can fire longer special purpose grenades.

Another interesting feature is the cleaning kit compartment in the hollow pistol grip. Front end of the barrel can be fitted with a bayonet and a bipod for more accurate long range fire. The rifle has further evolved into a semi-automatic hunting version AR-70/90S and a light machine gun AS-70/90, with a closed bolt operation and a 465 mm heavy barrel. Neither of these variants were particularly successful.

Although one may think that “Beretta” engineers gave their best, taking care of every detail to make an ultimate assault rifle, AR-70/90 series rifles found no other users but Italian Armed Forces. The reason for the missed opportunity is not the poor quality, but the time span in which they appeared – the 1990s, when the Cold War ended and the whole world was flooded by a torrent of AK-based rifles from the former Eastern Bloc countries. Besides, many companies were already experimenting with attractive bull-pup designs, like Steyr AUG, FAMAS, L85, and AR-70/90 looked too traditional. In the end, we should mention Italy’s relatively weak political influence, which was unable to push their defense products in the world markets.

Today, faced with counterparts like German H&K G-36 and the latest rifles with integral optics and the load of Picatinny rails, AR-70/90 has no chances for success. Still, one should not forget that “Beretta” is indeed very capable of designing a new weapon based on AR-70/90 inherently good design.


Read more on: Beretta AR-70/90: The Patriot | S.O.G (http://stateofguns.com/beretta-ar-7090-the-patriot-2342/)

[lspencer534]

ARX-100
or an AR70

6SqXpHkowfY

Wiki says it's a SC70/90 rifle, to be decommissioned in favor of ARX-160.

[69camfrk]

What rifle?

You beat me to it by a long shot.....:seasix:

[99 pewtercoupe]

You beat me to it by a long shot.....:seasix:

:seasix: great minds swim in the same gutter :lol:

[ApexOversteer]

Ok... I name this rifle Shooty McShooterface...

[OddBall]

Let the Italian snowflakes find her trigger point. See what they get.

[SQUIRMIN VERMIN 84]

BABY!!!!!!:seasix::dance::lol:

First word that jumped to my mind too!:seasix:

[SQUIRMIN VERMIN 84]

Beretta AR-70/90: The Patriot

However:




AR-70/90 series rifles found no other users but Italian Armed Forces.


Does that mean these will wind up as mint battlefield pickups(never used, dropped once), after the surrender?