PGM Ultima Ratio sniper and FN Ultima Ratio Sniper Rifle Special Operations Teams

The PGM UR Sniper (PGM Ultima Ratio sniper) rifles are a series of specialized sniper rifles using the same base receiver, but different stocks, barrels, and/or sights. The receivers are of aircraft aluminum alloy, and are almost frame-like in appearance. There are no iron sights, but Ultima Ratio rifles may be equipped with a Universal, Weaver, or MIL-STD-1913 rail atop the receiver. Most of the rest of the metalwork is of high-grade steel, with ambidextrous controls. The trigger group is described by PGM and FN as being of military design, but match-quality, and includes a two-stage trigger. Pistol grips, fore-ends, and a few other parts are of polymer.
 
Barrels are match grade, cold hammer-forged, and built of some of the finest steel available, and they are generally equipped with somewhat large but very effective muzzle brakes. These barrels are also quick release types, and can be replaced with barrels of different lengths or even barrels equipped with integral silencers. The stocks almost look rudimentary, but are in fact quite ergonomic and save weight as well. They have buttplates adjustable for length, height, and angle, and the buttplates are also equipped with a thick recoil pad.

PGM Ultima Ratio Sniper

 The PGM Ultima Ratio Commando Sniper is variant of the Intervention designed for special operations units. The PGM Ultima Ratio Commando is for the most part of the same design as the Intervention, but the entire Commando version is designed to be shorter and lighter than its Intervention counterpart. Though the receiver is only slightly shorter, the stock is quite a bit shorter (but still adjustable in the same manner as the Intervention’s stock). The barrels available are 18.5 inches or 21.7 inches, but the barrels are fluted for about a third of the length of the barrel instead of the long, deeply finned barrels of the Intervention.

PGM Ultima Ratio Commando Sniper

The barrels are also fitted with a smaller, lighter muzzle brake than the Intervention rifles. Like the Intervention, PGM Ultima Ratio Commando sniper can be fitted with a special silenced barrel if chambered for 7.62mm NATO; however, this option is available only with an 18.5-inch barrel. The .300 Winchester Magnum chambering is not available in the Commando version of the Ultima Ratio, but the additional chambering of .300 Remington Short Action UltraMag is. The PGM Ultima Ratio Commando Sniper Rifle comes in two base models: The Commando I with a fixed stock, and the Commando II with a stock which folds to the left.

This PGM Ultima Ratio sniper and PGM Ultima Ratio Commando sniper was very much a French-only weapon during the Twilight War. The Intervention and Commando in magnum chamberings, in particular, were the mark of special operations teams. However, the .300 Winchester Short Magnum chambering is not available in the Twilight 2000 timeline, nor is .300 Remington Short Action UltraMag.