I got an email the other day about this video claiming it was an AS-50, after looking at the rifle it became clear it was not the AS-50, instead it’s the readily available Chinese knockoff 50-BMG, still a powerful weapon but not even close to the SEAL favorite AS-50. Now that Fox News has picked it up it will take on a life of its own. Hopefully Fox corrects their article.

Here’s the Chinese 50-BMG:

And this is the AS-50: