{"id":141448,"date":"2023-09-08T08:06:29","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T08:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=141448"},"modified":"2023-09-08T08:06:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T08:06:29","slug":"royal-marine-commandos-get-state-of-the-art-new-assault-rifles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/world-news\/royal-marine-commandos-get-state-of-the-art-new-assault-rifles\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Marine Commandos get state-of-the-art new assault rifles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Royal Marine Commandos get state-of-the-art new assault rifles and night vision goggles and helmets that will make them &#8216;stealthier and deadlier&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Knight&#8217;s Stoner 1 (KS-1) rifle has been added to UK Commando forces&#8217; armoury<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Royal Marine Commandos have been kitted out with state-of-the-art new rifles and night vision goggles that will make them &#8216;stealthier and deadlier&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Knight&#8217;s Stoner 1 (KS-1) rifle is the prized new addition in the arsenal of the UK Commando forces working in &#8216;lead strike teams&#8217; \u2013 responsible for raids on land and sea worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>More than a thousand of the new rifles have been bought from US producers Knight&#8217;s Armament Company.<\/p>\n<p>The weapons come with advanced optical and thermal sights as well as suppressor (silencer) systems to make commandos harder to trace and &#8216;more formidable&#8217; in combat.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Nick Unwin, programme director, said: &#8216;Delivery of quality equipment such as we see today is a genuine increase in capability and capacity for the UK&#8217;s Commando force strike teams and offers significant tactical advantage to the user.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/09\/75158915-12490727-image-a-9_1694077187033.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Royal Marines using the new rifle and kit rolled out to the Commando Force, wielding the new KS-1 rifle with silencer and wearing new helmets<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/09\/75158917-12490727-image-a-11_1694077193980.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>More than a thousand of the new rifles have been bought from US producers Knight&#8217;s Armament Company<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/09\/75158923-12490727-image-a-10_1694077190974.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The weapons come with advanced optical and thermal sights as well as suppressor (silencer) systems to make commandos harder to trace and &#8216;more formidable&#8217; in combat<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/09\/75158913-12490727-image-a-12_1694077198379.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Captain Nick Unwin said: &#8216;Delivery of quality equipment such as we see today is a genuine increase in capability and capacity for the UK&#8217;s Commando force strike teams&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Commando force programme is delivering change across all areas of amphibious operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is just one small part of the wider change programme we are all embarked upon as we adjust to evolving threats and challenges.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Alongside this new rifle and a new helmet made by Gentex, troops will also receive\u00a0 night vision goggles, tactical communications systems, battlefield vehicles and &#8216;survivability systems&#8217;, including new helmets, communications and suppressors which make the force more difficult to detect, all be rolled out by the Royal Navy from 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The night vision goggles produced by L3Harris, giving commandos an advantage over their adversaries in night-time coastal operations, or as they move in darkness through confined spaces.<\/p>\n<p>The Commando Force regularly deploys around the globe in all extremes of environment \u2013 arctic, desert and jungle \u2013 reacting to crises and conducting a range of complex operations, including counter piracy and terrorism, drugs busts and humanitarian aid and disaster relief.<\/p>\n<p>It means there is a need to put top-end kit in the hands of warriors to give them the upper hand on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/10\/75158919-12490727-image-a-13_1694077202075.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alongside this new rifle and a new helmet made by Gentex, troops will also receive night vision goggles, tactical communications systems, battlefield vehicles and &#8216;survivability systems&#8217;, including new helmets, communications and suppressors<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/06\/75158903-12490727-The_Commando_Force_regularly_deploys_around_the_globe_in_all_ext-a-3_1694152215383.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Commando Force regularly deploys around the globe in all extremes of environment \u2013 arctic, desert and jungle \u2013 reacting to crises<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/10\/75158911-12490727-image-a-15_1694077207847.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s commandos carry out\u00a0complex operations, including counter piracy and terrorism, drugs busts and humanitarian aid and disaster relief<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/10\/75158907-12490727-image-a-16_1694077213657.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Knight&#8217;s Stoner 1 (KS-1) rifle is the prized new addition in the arsenal of the UK Commando forces working in &#8216;lead strike teams&#8217; \u2013 responsible for raids on land and sea worldwide<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/06\/75158905-12490727-Commando_Forces_are_also_exploring_how_to_use_the_night_vision_k-a-2_1694152215107.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Commando Forces are also exploring how to use the night vision kit alongside digital communications systems, providing a live feed to the goggles to help commanders assess the battlefield and make decisions<\/p>\n<p>More than a thousand of these have been procured and the systems feature advanced low-light image intensification with a fused thermal input.<\/p>\n<p>It means the devices include both night vision and thermal sensor superimposed into a single image for the operator \u2013 that far outperforms older systems currently used by the UK&#8217;s Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>Commando Forces are also exploring how to use the night vision kit alongside digital communications systems, providing a live feed to the goggles to help commanders assess the battlefield and make decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, advances are being made with upgrades to the Sharpshooter rifle.<\/p>\n<p>The Lewis Machine and Tool L129A2 rifle is an improvement on the well-established Sharpshooter with new Leupold scopes and HuxWrx suppressors, making it more accurate and quieter.<\/p>\n<p>It is also equipped with an Envision Technology ballistic calculator and a Pixels-on-Target thermal sight. Each Commando Strike Team will comprise two designated expert shooters equipped with these upgraded rifles.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12490727\/Royal-Marine-Commandos-knights-stoner-ks1-assault-rifles-night-vision-goggles-navy-stealthier-deadlier.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Marine Commandos get state-of-the-art new assault rifles and night vision goggles and helmets that will make them &#8216;stealthier and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Royal Marine Commandos get state-of-the-art new assault rifles - The Projects World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/world-news\/royal-marine-commandos-get-state-of-the-art-new-assault-rifles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Royal Marine Commandos get state-of-the-art new assault rifles - 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