This summary was began by Mohamed J. Sadek, an Iraqi small arms enthusiast who was kind enough to write a small summary of the Tabuk Snipers produced in Iraq during the reign of Saddam Hussein.
The Tabuk rifle is an Iraqi sniper rifle made from a modified version of the M72 Zastava assault rifle, manufactured at the Qadisiyah facilities under Saddam Hussein
Specifications
Sniper rifle, semi-automatic rifle
Country of origin: Iraq
Period of use 1978
Users: Iraq
Wars Iraq-Iran War, Second Gulf War, Iraq War, Syrian Civil War.
production date
Designed 1970
Specifications
Weight 4.5 kg
Length 1110 mm
Length 600 mm
The M72 Tabuk differs in some other ways. He has ruled for increased optics, although this is not an unusual partner on the “Eastern Bloc” weapons, and he has the finest bone with a piece of cheek. The third difference, probably the most important visual cue (although not definitive) when determining the Tabuk region, is the apparent lack of bipod. M72 bipod, which is not removable from the M72 (although sometimes removed by undisciplined forces), is quite clear from afar when attached. It has probably been removed from the Tabuk design to enhance mechanical precision and reduce weight, although it has been retained has added useful stability (process precision) for a long period of work range.The differences between the Tabuk and the Yugoslavian M72 are few, mostly consisting of a semi-automatic action instead of select-fire and a longer barrel along with a cut out in the stock. The rifle was designed to be a designated marksman’s rifle and not for suppressive fire. It also prevents the barrel from being subjugated to automatic fire, thus conserving the barrel life. The most obvious difference is that the barrel is much longer in Tabuk. The M72 drum is milled at the back near the guards on the one hand and is now heavier than that in Tabuk (or that Ankara standard). The thickness of the M72 barrel is present to facilitate the distribution of heat through media and cooling through the surface area. Where the option to shoot full cars (and they are not typical of the Eastern Block long-range precision rifles to use heavy barrels to check their accuracy) has been deleted. Tabuk, like Draganov and its loss, has a relatively light barrel.
Since it is mainly , the M72 within the domain is the Tabuk rooms for the initial M72, 7.62 × 39. This is useful as it allows Tabuk to use the same magazines as the standard Tabuk rifle. The AKM magazines are also well made, plentiful and easy to replace if lost.
Technically because it is chambered in the Soviet M43 Tabuk or 7.62 × 39 mm cartridge, it can not operate (by Western standards) as a sniper rifle. With a maximum effective range of only 600 meters (based on the bullet), Tabuk Sniper should instead be the designated name for the rifle. But given that these were mainly used in an urban en
Tabuk, within a certain range, can be as effective as a Dragonov or lost if used specifically. Towards the end of its range it is undoubtedly less lethal than its counterparts because of the round combination of stability and low speed, giving it less up to the Dragunov 7.62x54R caliber. It is visually similar to RPK, which may make identification of enemy snipers more difficult.
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