SAN 511

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| name = SAN 511 / OM 50 Nemesis

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| origin = Switzerland

| type = Bolt-action sniper rifle

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| manufacturer = Swiss Arms (formerly AMSD)

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| weight = {{convert|12|to|15|kg|abbr=on}}

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| caliber = .50 BMG

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The SAN 511, formerly OM 50 Nemesis,{{Cite web|url=http://www.amsd.ch/om50.html|title=-> AMSD - OM50|website=www.amsd.ch}} is a bolt-action sniper rifle made by Swiss manufacturer Swiss Arms (under license from AMSD).

It was created in early 2001 by Chris L. Movigliatti.

It fires the .50 BMG cartridge.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gunsandammo.com/content/www.gunsandammo.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124222911/http://www.gunsandammo.com/content/nemesis-50-bmg|url-status=dead|title=Guns and Ammo|archive-date=January 24, 2013}} It has a reported accuracy of 0.5 minute of arc (MOA) at {{convert|300|m|abbr=on}} and under 1 MOA at {{convert|1000|m|abbr=on}}.{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725183510/http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sn76-e.htm | date=2010-07-25}}

Users

  • {{AZE}}:Used by Special Forces and State Border Service (DSX){{Cite web|url=https://ordu.az/az/news/153419/dsx-nin-silahlanmasinda-movcud-olan-snayper-tufengleri-herbi-ekspert-ii-yazi|title = DSX-nin silahlanmasında mövcud olan snayper tüfəngləri - HƏRBİ EKSPERT (II YAZI)}}
  • {{GEO}}:{{cite web|url=http://geo-army.ge/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=9&lang=en |title=Georgian Army |publisher=Georgian Army |accessdate=2007-06-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309192408/http://geo-army.ge/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=9&lang=en |archivedate=2012-03-09 }} Used by Georgian Special Operations Forces.
  • {{UKR}}: Used by law enforcement forces under Ministry of Internal Affairs.{{Cite book |last1=Jenzen-Jones |first1=N. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tqjLBQAAQBAJ&dq=san+511+ukraine&pg=PA19 |title=Raising Red Flags: An Examination of Arms & Munitions in the Ongoing Conflict in Ukraine |last2=Ferguson |first2=Jonathan |date=2014-11-18 |publisher=Armament Research Services Pty. Ltd. |isbn=978-0-9924624-3-7 |language=en}}

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