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On December 20, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas Movement, unveiled a single-shot anti-materiel sniper rifle made locally in the Gaza Strip.
The rifle, which appears to be a copy of the Austrian Steyr HS .50, was named after Adnan al-Ghoul, a senior commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, who was assassinated by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Gaza in 2004.
Video footage released by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades showed how the rifles were manufactured then tested in Gaza.
Hamas was likely able to manufacture the rifle in Gaza with technical help from Iran who produces a copy of the HS .50 dubbed the AM-50 Sayyad.
Al-Ghoul sniper rifle is not however chambered in NATO’s .50 BMG caliber like the HS .50 or the AM-50 Sayyad. It apparently fires Soviet 12.7×108mm anti-materiel rifle cartridges similar to the Golan S-01, a modified version of the HS .50 made in Syria.
The rifle has already proven its worth in combat. The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades released video footage on December 21 showing an IDF officer being hit by the rifle while commanding a main battle tank in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
Despite Israel’s strict blockade on Gaza, Hamas and other Palestinian armed factions in the Strip managed to build considerable military capabilities. The ability of these fractions to adopt and their creativity were key factors in the success of the October 7 surprise attack on Israel.
Even after large parts of Gaza have been occupied by the IDF, armed factions there continue to develop capabilities and tactics.
local handmade and faitrade production, green logo…. hamas is clearly an environnement friendly organisation.
so, the iof is introduced to the green energy movement! progress…
pop goes the little weasels
one less zionist to worry about
they need to fit silencers on those rifles
hand pressed ammunition, billet machined rifles. no problem, forward brothers…
rifling? surely they would be better off with ordinary rifles, they must have loads of those smuggled in over the years.
says 12.7 x 99 mm on side of rifle, it is 50 bmg, not soviet 12.7
shut yur yapper zigzag ziodiaperhead, rifle says handmade and finished…
russian is 12.7×101 mm. so not the big deal.
great rifles.
not the big deal in terms of chambering the cartridge, the differences between 99 and 101. that is what i ment. i didn’t said tah trifle isn’t big deal.
austrian. not soviet.
im surprised that there hasn’t been more sniperism. the psychological impact on the israelis forces could be devastating in such a warzone. im thinking about the german war reports about urban warfare in stalingrad and the impact the russian snipers had on morale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drcvrltde6c
i think they more likely get them from either iran or syria.
very true. the propaganda video is there to give other impressions disregarding reality.
hamas claims to make sniper rifles in gaza – are they really? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drcvrltde6c
exactly, who would want to fire smooth bore in 2023/4? better off using an ak47 as an indirect mortar
why does it have to be smoothbore ? the same gunborer that drills the hole can be used to cut the grooves.
lol, there is quite a bit more to it than machining a tube..rifling for a start. excellent sniper rifles for targets 40 yards away, but any fiurther, might as well use black powder and ball. edit – maybe they do have rifling? seems easy to do – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d43zeyu9dnm
i think you can count on them having rifling
al ghoul…how appropriately named is this tool for slaying blood-sucking khazar vampire demon$. the will to freedom from tyranny and humiliation can never be destroyed, no more than the khazar squatter can erase the truth that is palestine. the zionazis are learning this every day as their diaper headed thugs are schlepped back in bags of bits.
iran and syria also make good copys of the austrian hs50, and some are smuggled into gaza 4 sure, but also as seen they got the needed machines to produce them self. even with lower quality, materials and accuracy, still a good and usefull distance weapon and own production reduces the dependencys for smuggling such from outside, with high risk of capture.
david vs goliath v2