Steyr AUG is a series of rifle which was first introduced in 1977 by the arms company Austrian Steyr Mannlicher . AUG stands for Armee Universal Gewehr , meaning "Universal Army Rifle". Steyr AUG own name is more commonly used to refer to a specific version, a variant assault rifle bullpup caliber 5.56 mm NATO , with the color green and the integrated telescope. This rifle actually has had many variants, ranging from submesin rifle , shotgun sniper , until a light machine gun . This rifle has been adopted as the main rifle of the armed forces Austria , Australia , New Zealand , Luxembourg , Ireland , and also was used byMalaysia . Special Police Unit Indonesia is also the Police Mobile Brigade Gegana nmenggunakan Steyr AUG
Design
AUG is one of the first rifle design menggunalan bullpup , which makes it 25% shorter than other rifles of the same barrel length, without sacrificing performance and accuracy. Most of the variants AUG is equipped with an integrated 1.5x telescopic shooting.AUG is considered to have a modern ergonomic design. Other features such as ability to use the right hand or left-handed shooters, and the use of transparent plastic materials.
Barrel of the Steyr AUG can be exchanged easily, such as the barrel of the carbine barrel or longer. Even the AUG has the modifications that could turn it into a rifle submesin . Other variants, such as variants of a light machine gun that has a heavier barrel, can not be modified and it is set from the factory.
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