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Steyr IWS 2000
US Army Weapons Manual 33.9 , page 47-59 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Steyr IWS 2000

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Country of origin Austria
ManufacturerSteyr Arms
The Steyr Infantry Weapon System 2000 (IWS 2000) is a single-shot, bolt-action anti-materiel rifle produced by Austrian firearm manufacturer Steyr Mannlicher. Unlike other anti-tank rifle designs, the IWS 2000 has a smoothbore barrel. This facilitates higher projectile velocities and allows a longer barrel service life, but the lack of rifling-induced gyroscopic spin-stabilization requires the IWS 2000's projectile to have aerodynamic stabilizing fins instead, making it an armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot projectile.
The first variant of the weapon was the proposed AMR 5075 (AMR standing for anti-materiel rifle). It was to fire the same type of ammunition as the IWS 2000 and to use a 5-round detachable box magazine. However, that version did not pass the proposal stage.

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Specifications

Weight
18 kg
Length
1.80 m

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Model data: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Figures can differ between versions of the same weapon. · Q697057