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Sorry to disappoint.
It did get you to read it though.
Some more history on the SA gun.
The first .50 sniper weapon was developed by Mechem in 1985 for the purpose of shooting Mi 24 Hind helicopters in Mozambique in support of RENAMO. The barrels were procured from UNITA's Russian tanks anti aircraft weapons as these are the strongest type being used on a machine gun. These tanks were the ones captured by the SADF during Ops Protea and donated to UNITA. The sniping training was done at CSI's Fort Saint Michel base in the Eastern Caprivi at their Ingwe base. It was initially shot off a theodolite tripod and it kicked like a mule. Later it was sold commercially by Mechem and used on the Special Forces sniping course.
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