Snipers Before Infantry: the Danish m, 66 Sniper
All the best firearms history channels streaming to all major devices: The Danes adopted the M1 Garand after World War Two, and continued using it as their standard service rifle all the way until 1975 and alongside it they used the M1D as a sniper or DMR rifle. The Danish Home Guard decided to upgrade those M1D rifles in the 1960s, however, and looked to H K for an answer. In 1966 they adopted a model of the G3 with a 4x Hensoldt optic under the designation m, 66. Today I m at Bear Arms looking at a clone of the m, 66 built by Kilo Guns on an original Danish parts kit and original surplus Cool Forgotten Weapons merch
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