The Silent Sniper System was based on a Winchester Model 70 bolt-action rifle, particularly of the Super Grade African model, chambered in. Most wished to drop out of testing it and to instead use XM21 sniper rifles equipped with Sionics sound suppressors. Snipers were not confident of being able to land killing shots out to 250 meters and beyond using the rifle. The weapon proved to be unpopular with the troops, because of its large size and bulk. After delivery, LWL reported that any further development would be handled by the U.S. Aberdeen worked out several issues in the rifle, and reports from the LWL indicated that the rifle was delayed for deployment twice because of them.įive of the rifles, along with most of the ammunition, were delivered to the 23rd Infantry Division of the United States Army in Vietnam for testing and evaluation purposes in 1971. Two of the rifles, with two-thousand rounds of ammunition, were delivered to the Aberdeen testing grounds for testing purposes in 1967. The AAI Corporation was contracted to manufacture the weapon, of which they produced six prototypes, with Barnes Bullets to produce nine-thousand rounds of subsonic ammunition for them. Army Limited War Laboratory (USALWL, or LWL) began initial development on a silenced sniping weapon as part of continued efforts to help improve sniper capabilities.
The Silent Sniper System was an American experimental sniper rifle.
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