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SOAR
Type	Assault rifle
Place of origin	Philippines
Service history
In service	2006 - present
Used by	Philippines
Wars	Anti-guerrilla operations in the Philippines
Production history
Designer	Ferdinand and Francis Sy
Manufacturer	FERFRANS Specialties
Produced	? - Present
Variants	Variants
Specifications
Cartridge	5.56x45mm NATO
Action	Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire	650 RPM[1]
Feed system	Various STANAG Magazines
Sights	Can mount various Optical sights with Picatinny railing

Special Operations Assault Rifle (SOAR) is an assault rifle manufactured by the Philippine-based company Ferfrans and designed as an improvement of the M16A1, AR-15 and M4 rifles.

Details

The FERFRANS SOAR is a selective fire 5.56x45mm NATO assault rifle firing from a closed rotating bolt. It has a gas-actuated piston-driven long stroke operating system, which uses burnt powder gases vented through a port in the barrel to power the weapon's moving parts. It uses a heavy machine gun barrel for sustained firing to produce a sub-machine gun with a high power caliber. The FERFRANS SOAR uses a unique patented rate reduction system (FERFRANS RRS) that reduces the cyclic rate of fire regardless of barrel length.

Variants

Known variants include SOARs with 10.5^[2], 11.5^[2] and 14.5 inch barrels.^[3] Known upgrades are known as the 10.5 Mk2, 10.5 Mk2-2 and the 11 Mk2^[4].

Users

Philippines:

• Special Action Force^[1]

United States of America:

• Limited use with some SWAT teams^[1]

See also

• M16 rifle
• AR-15
• M4 carbine
• SCAR

References

External links

• Official Page
• Defense Review