Steyr ACR | |
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![]() Steyr Advanced Combat Rifle entry | |
Type | Bullpup assault rifle/Flechette rifle |
Place of origin | Austria |
Service history | |
Used by | United States (experimental) |
Production history | |
Designer | Ulrich Zedrosser |
Designed | 1987 |
Manufacturer | Steyr Mannlicher |
Specifications | |
Mass | 7.12 lb (3.2 kg) (unloaded) |
Length | 30.7 in (780 mm) |
Barrel length | 21.3 in (540 mm) |
Cartridge | 5.56×45mm annular-primed SCF (synthetic case flechette) |
Caliber | 5.56mm (Sabot Diameter) |
Action | Gas-operated, vertically sliding chamber |
Rate of fire | Semi automatic 3-round burst at 1200rpm cyclic rounds per minute[1] |
Muzzle velocity | 4,757 ft/s (1,450 m/s) |
Feed system | 24-round detachable box magazine |
Sights | Optical |
The Steyr ACR was a prototype flechette-firing assault rifle built for the US Army's Advanced Combat Rifle program of 1989/90. Although the Steyr design proved effective, as did most of the weapons submitted, the entire ACR program ended with none of the entrants achieving performance 100% better than the M16A2, the baseline for a successful ACR weapon.