澳大利亚陆军决定采用英国国际精密仪器公司的AW-50 12.7mm反器材步枪作为新的军用狙击步枪。澳大利亚国防物资局希望尽快与该公司签定合同。 参加澳大利亚军用狙击步枪招标的共有3支步枪:AW-50步枪、巴雷特M82A1步枪和另一家公司的RC-50F步枪,后2支均来自美国。由于最初的考核标准比较苛刻,在1999年的初次竞标试验中,没有一支步枪能完 The Australian Army decided to use the AW-50 12.7mm counter material rifle from British International Precision Instruments as the new military sniper rifle. Australian Defense Supplies Agency hopes to sign the contract with the company as soon as possible. A total of three rifles to participate in the Australian military sniper rifle tender: AW-50 rifle, Barrett M82A1 rifle and another company's RC-50F rifle, the latter two are from the United States. Due to the harsh initial assessment criteria, no first rifle was available in the initial bidding test in 1999