FN Herstal SCAR assault rifle used by Special Forces of Peruvian Air Force in combat missions 1605154.

In the future, the SCAR could be the standard assault rifle of the Peruvian Army.

Army Recognition editorial team has the chance to make an interview of Special Forces of Peruvian Air Forces who uses the SCAR since a few years. According the experience of Peruvian soldiers using the SCAR during combat missions, the reliability, ease of use, and performance of this weapon make it the best weapons platform available in today's market hands down.

The SCAR®, is a modular rifle designed and developed by the Belgian Fabrique Nationale de Herstal in cooperation with the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to satisfy the requirements of the SCAR competition. This family of rifles consist of two main types, the SCAR-L and the SCAR-H.

The SCAR® system consists of two highly adaptable modular rifle platforms, i.e. the 5.56x45mm NATO SCAR®-Light (or SCAR®-L) and the 7.62x51mm NATO SCAR®-Heavy (or SCAR®-H), and an enhanced grenade launcher module (EGLM or FN40GL®). Both SCAR® platforms are available with two different barrel lengths: a CQC barrel for Close Quarter Combat and a Standard barrel (STD) for longer distances.