page_title: Steyr HS .50
section_title: AM-50 Sayyad operators
hierarchical_section_title: Steyr HS .50 / Users / AM-50 Sayyad operators
caption_attribution_description: English: An Iraqi soldier fires a .50-caliber sniper rifle as an Australian soldier attached to Task Group Taji spots a target for him during a zeroing classat Camp Taji, Iraq, June 22, 2016. The ability to accurately fire a .50-caliber sniper rifle will supplement the Iraqi soldiers’ overall tactical capabilities. Training at the building partner capacity sites is an integral part of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve’s multinational effort to train Iraqi security forces personnel to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Powell/Released) Unit: Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve DVIDS Tags: CJTF; ISIL; OIR; Task Group Taji
context_page_description: The Steyr HS .50 is a .50 BMG single-shot anti-materiel sniper rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher. The rifle has been widely exported; in addition, Iran produces an unlicensed copy under the name AM-50 Sayyad, while Syria reportedly began producing a second unlicensed copy, dubbed the Golan S-01, in 2019.
context_section_description: Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
   Badr Organization
   Hamas
  Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
   Hezbollah
   Houthis
   Iran
   Iraq - used by the Shia militia, Iraqi Special Operations Forces, and the Iraqi Armed Forces.
   Iraqi Kurdistan – Peshmerga
   Islamic State
   Islamic State Sinai Province
  Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
   Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
  Liwa al-Zulfiqar
   Liwa Fatemiyoun
  Saraya al-Aqida
  Saraya al-Khorasani
  Saraya al-Salam
  Saraya Ashura
   Syria
   Syrian Social Nationalist Party
   Tahrir al-Sham
   Syrian National Army
caption: An Australian soldier trains an Iraqi soldier to use an AM-50 Sayyad.[7]
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