Tabuk

The Tabuk Sniper Rifle is a 7.62 x 39mm light caliber, short range, platoon level sniping rifle. Developed in Iraq in the 1980s to answer their intermediate sniping needs during the Iran-Iraq War, the rifle is a unique hybrid of the Yugoslavian Zastava-based M-76 sniper and the Yugo-Tabuk AKM standard rifle. Evidence points to Zastava near Belgrade providing engineering assistance for the rifle. It is listed in the 1988 Iraq Defense Trade Book, giving evidence that the rifle was around far earlier than originally believed. Tabuk Snipers, sometimes mistakenly called a Designated Marksmanship...