Steyr-Mannlicher AUG

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 July 2009 15:14 Written by Administrator Thursday, 02 July 2009 16:35

The Steyr-Mannlicher AUG is an Austrian assault rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co KG. The rifle was designed in the early 1970s and adopted by the Austrian Armed Forces in 1977. In Austria, the AUG is used by both the military and the police forces.

The AUG is an excellent weapon and is very reliable in the field. Though externally the AUG may appear to be fragile, it is very rigidly constructed and so is very reliable. It is designed for the 5.56x45mm NATO round and uses a clear-plastic magazine holding 30 or 42 rounds as its feed system.

Various parts of the rifle such as the stock are made of fibreglass-reinforced polyamide. This makes the rifle comparatively light-weight. In addition, the rifle also makes use of the bullpup configuration which makes it very short. Because of the bullpup configuration, the rifle is very short yet the barrel is long enough to ensure accuracy over a range of 300 meters.

The AUG serves both as an assault rifle in close-quarter combats and also as a support rifle. It is available in several barrel lengths and a 9mm submachine gun version is also available.

The Aug is employed by a number of countries such as Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States and Uruguay.

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