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The LVOA-C is a variant of AR-15 style rifle designed by War Sport Industries and currently manufactured by ZRODelta. The LVOA-C family of weapons are semi automatic as opposed to fully automatic or select-fire.
LVOA-C | |
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Place of origin | United States |
Production history | |
Designer | War Sport Industries |
Designed | 2010-2013 |
Manufacturer | Warsport (2013-2018) ZRODelta (2018-Present) |
Specifications | |
Mass | 3.2 kg (7.1 lb) |
Caliber | 5.56×45mm NATO |
Barrels | .223 Wylde |
War Sport Industries developed the rifle as its option for "Low Visibility Operation / Applications for the modern warfighter",[1] in an effort to provide a relevant response to current unconventional warfare environments and as a solution to short barreled rifles for close quarters combat.[2] In late 2010, Warsport reached out to John Boyette from Trace Armory Group, to help design and study the philosophy behind short barreled rifles, and how they were going to go about designing and creating this new solution to the short barreled rifle, intended for close quarters combat.[2] The rifle was showed off at SHOT Show of 2013 after Warsport had a full prototype and was released to the public that same year.
In 2017, Warsport had changed the design of the handguard for the LVOA-C to have M-LOK instead of KeyMod rails.[3]
In 2018, War Sport was acquired by ZRODelta,[4] which now maintains the LVOA weapons line.[5] However, the design of the LVOA was slightly changed and no longer comes with some of the features and accessories it came with before such as the War Bungee cord and the B5 Systems stock.
The LVOA-C is a direct gas-impingement (DGI) operated rifle based on the Colt AR-15. It features a proprietary full-length fore-end with an integrated muzzle brake/flash suppressor, which prevents the use of a suppressor due to size constraints. The rifle is used for close-quarters combat with low visibility operation applications (LVOA). The sporting rifle has both chamber options of 5.56×45mm NATO for the carbine specification and .223 Wylde for the SBR specification.[6]
The LVOA-C weighs 7 pounds (3.2 kg) unloaded (7.5 pounds (3.4 kg) with a 30-round magazine) and measures 35.5 inches (90 cm) in length (32.75 inches (83.2 cm) with a closed stock).[7]
The LVOA-C has been featured and depicted in different forms of media including movies and video games. The LVOA-C was featured in movies such as Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight. The LVOA-C was also featured in video games such as Tom Clancy's The Division, The Division 2, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Xdefient, and can even be crafted (somewhat) in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019).[8]
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