Talk:Accuracy International Arctic Warfare

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Swedish army

The L96 was used by the Swedish army, if its alright with everyone i'm going to add sweden as one of it's users. Infact it was because of sweden that the L96 was upgraded to `AW` to come with the Swedish winter.

R Johnson

Merging

The page itself says that the British designation for this is the L96A1. The article for L96 already exists, making this article a duplicate. I propose merging this with L96, then deleting this article and making it a redirect to L96. Thoughts? Surgo 00:01, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

Hello! I agree with the idea of combining some these AI rifle pages. In this specific case though, the rifles are different, or rather, enough that it is not really worth it. The AW is a different, improved version of the original L96 (the AI PM rifle). I have however, merged the L96A1 page (which is the same rifle as the AW). Ve3 23:18, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

I also agree, as of now there are actually three articles dealing with pretty much the same rifle L96 (Arctic Warfare's grandfather). What do you think about merging Arctic Warfare with this article? They're the same rifles, their is no broad difference is context really - the only difference is that Arctic Warfare brings up the rifle's history (although uncomfirmed). --DMichel 14:10, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't agree. The page Arctic Warfare is explaining what that group of rifles are. The actual page on the L96A1 is a type of rifle pretaining to that definition. Lkegley9 05:41, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree. The information on Arctic Warfare could easily be merged into this article, perhaps as a new 'History' section. I think you could also make a case for merging L96, Accuracy International AWP, Accuracy International AWM, Accuracy International AW50F, and Accuracy International AW AE FiggyBee 06:27, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I've copied over what information was on Arctic Warfare that wasn't on this page, as well as tidying up the page generally (split "history" into "history" and "design", and rearranged "variants" into some sort of logical order). What do you think? FiggyBee 08:08, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

G22 link wrong

The link on the Bundeswehr's sniper rifle G22 links on the G22 organsisation of countries. See linked pages from the G22 page!

Merging, take II

Given that the original merge was suggested almost a year ago, and the general consensus seems to be favourable, I'm going to go ahead and change Arctic Warfare and L96 to redirects to this page. FiggyBee 17:44, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Maximum effective range

600m? Not likely. The range of the rifle is more than that, though you need a more powerful scope than 6x42. Even pessimistic range estimates (for the 7.62mm version) list it as 800m. Even WP's Sniper page(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniper) lists kills at 860m for the standard L96 7.62mm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Geoff B (talk • contribs) 23:32, 6 April 2006

Er, yeah. That's what the article says; 800m (in the infobox), 600m with that particular scope. FiggyBee 03:53, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Rejigged that sentence. Geoff B 01:34, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

It depends which one you've bought. The AI AW 16" suppressed to 28" can only fire up to 600 meters, but the 26" barrel can fire up to as far as 1100 meters. Thecutnut (talk) 09:27, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Nomenclature Confusion

British service designations are not the same as US designations. Whereas the M16 led to the M16A1, and so on, British designations start at L(number)A1. There was no L96; the original designation was L96A1. Jane's Infantry Weapons 1986 clearly states that the AI PM was adopted as the L96A1. If you will note, this predates the existence of the Arctic Warfare model. However, the AW is reportedly in use with the SAS in a counter-terrorism role as the L118A1. Likewise, there is no L115; the AWM in British service is the L115A1. --D.E. Watters 18:46, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up. With my last edits I tried not to change the content only the format (headings, new infobox etc.). One thing I didn't have time to figure out was the correct wikilink for 7 mm Remington Magnum. I had a quick look at the list/category of pistol and rifle calibres in Wiki and wasn't sure which it was (if any)? --Deon Steyn 09:26, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Somewhat related to this topic, the picture halfway down the article is stated as displaying "An L98 in service with the British Army", but no reference to the designation is found anywhere else in the article, and it's also out of line with the naming conventions clarified here. I can only assume it was meant to refer to an L96A1 and I'm changing it, but if anyone knows better, please do correct. --Carcer 17:19, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Civilian Use

Where can you buy this, and for how much, and what Scope would give me the maximum distance?

Overall, the total price of that may be what? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thecutnut (talk • contribs) 09:13, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Replied to your query on your page. Francis Flinch (talk) 19:02, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

What does this have to do with arctic warfare?

Besides the name of the product line, there is no mention of warfare in an arctic setting. Is is just a name that AI came up with for their products, or does it actually have something to do with the purpose of the weapons? 99.251.230.51 (talk) 18:57, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

It is a nod to the winter conditions in Sweden, who pushed for the development of the rifle. D.E. Watters (talk) 21:46, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

L96 Cartridges

As you can see I've add some calibre to the L96 Cartridge part so don't erase it because it's true if you don't trust me go on www.world.guns.ru you'll see that I don't lie.

That might be a matter of opinion, since there are also sources on the internet that distinguish and discuss several variants of the AI AW rifle system. It will be hard to objectively judge the right or wrong of a point of view regarding this matter. By the way the article states the "arctic warfare" nomenclature emerged after the L96A1 was fielded by the UK. The magnum chambered variants (7mm Rem. Mag. .300 Win. Mag. and .338 Lap. Mag.) already have a separate Wikipedia article. Both articles refer to each other. Several other AI AW variants also have separate articles, so it seems Wikipedia opted for a series of articles regarding the AI AW rifle system. --Francis Flinch (talk) 08:16, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Weapons put in games

This is the best sniper in the NEXON game Combat Arms its a 1 hitter unless they have some sort of extra protection even shot in the foot will kill with it and no this weapon costs at least 4 grand —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.84.9.226 (talk) 20:02, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

This is also the signature Sniper Rifle from Counter Strike, and I'm surprised this has not been brought up 75.131.224.220 (talk) 05:45, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

°C °F

-40 °C is not -40 °F--88.153.8.12 (talk) 20:59, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Read the Celsius and Fahrenheit articles and convert -40 °C and -40 °F and you will find out -40 °C = -40 °F. You can also look on the dial of the thermometer image in the Fahrenheit article and see that both temperature scales happen to coincide at that point.--Francis Flinch (talk) 08:34, 28 December 2009 (UTC)