Special Operations Assault Rifle (SOAR) | |
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Type | Assault rifle |
Place of origin | Philippines |
Service history | |
In service | 2006 - present |
Used by | See Users |
Wars | Anti-guerrilla operations in the Philippines |
Production history | |
Designer | Ferdinand and Francis Sy |
Manufacturer | FERFRANS Specialties |
Produced | 2004 - Present |
Variants | Variants |
Specifications | |
Cartridge | 5.56x45mm NATO |
Action | Gas-operated, rotating bolt |
Rate of fire | 550-650 round/min[1] |
Feed system | Various STANAG Magazines |
Sights | Can mount various Optical sights with Picatinny railing |
Special Operations Assault Rifle (SOAR) is an assault rifle manufactured by the Philippine-based company Ferfrans and designed as an improvement of the M16A1 and AR-15 assault rifles and M4 carbine.
Details[]
The FERFRANS SOAR is a selective fire 5.56x45mm NATO assault rifle firing from a closed rotating bolt. It has a gas-actuated piston-driven long stroke operating system, which uses burnt powder gases vented through a port in the barrel to power the weapon's moving parts. It uses a heavy machine gun barrel for sustained firing to produce a sub-machine gun with a high power caliber. The FERFRANS SOAR uses a unique patented rate reduction system (FERFRANS RRS) that reduces the cyclic rate of fire regardless of barrel length. This allows for controlled bursts without the use of a burst fire setting. The combination of the low cyclic rate, a compensator, and Selective Integrated Rail (S.I.R.) with vertical foregrip permits sustained automatic fire with no muzzle climb, making the weapon extremely controllable, and capable of overwhelming and accurate firepower.
Variants[]
Known variants include SOARs with 10.5,[2] 11.5[2] and 14.5-inch (370 mm) barrels.[3] Known upgrades are known as the 10.5 Mk2, 10.5 Mk2-2 and the 11 Mk2.[4]
Users[]
- Philippines: Special Action Force[1]
- United States: Limited use with some SWAT teams, under testing in US Army[1]
- Malaysia [1]
- Peru [1]
- Indonesia [1]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 [1] Retrieved on March 15, 2010. Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name "FERFRANS" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 2.0 2.1 FERFRANS SOAR AR-Type CQB Subcarbines/SBRs. Retrieved on October 27, 2007.
- ↑ Special Operations Assault Rifle and 5.56 bullet Retrieved on October 27, 2007.
- ↑ gallery. Retrieved on August 4, 2008.
- http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/04/26/12/filipino-twins-develop-assault-rifle Published at 04/26/2012
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