The LVOA-C is a variant of the
AR-15 style rifle manufactured by
North Carolina-based (now defunct) War Sport Industries. The LVOA family of weapons are
semi automatic as opposed to
fully automatic or
select-fire
Selective fire is the capability of a weapon to be adjusted to fire in semi-automatic, fully automatic, and/or burst mode. The modes are chosen by means of a selector switch, which varies depending on the weapon's design. Some selective-fire we ...
, and therefore is not an
M4 carbine variant.
Specifications
The LVOA-C (manufactured by War Sport Industries by Inventor Joey Boswell) is a
direct gas-impingement (DGI) operated
rifle
A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves ( rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with ...
based on the AR-15. It features a proprietary
barrel shroud with an integrated
muzzle brake/
flash suppressor, which serves its intended manufacturing purpose to be a
close quarter combat weapon with a low visibility operation application (LVOA). The sporting rifle features both chamber options of
5.56X45mm NATO rounds and
.223 Wylde
A .223 Wylde chamber is a hybrid rifle chamber designed to allow .22 caliber barrels to safely fire both .223 Remington and 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition. While the cartridge dimensions of both rounds are the same, 5.56 NATO loads produce pressures ...
.
The LVOA-C weighs unloaded ( with a 30-round magazine) and measures in length ( with a closed stock). It has been widely used by
private military companies for overseas and domestic operations due to its reliability, low
recoil and visual signature.
History
According to War Sport Industries, the rifle was developed as its support "Low Visibility Operation / Applications for the modern war fighter."
in an effort to provide a relevant response to the current unconventional warfare requiring high mobility and low visibility in confined environments. In 2018, War Sport was acquired by ZRODelta who now maintains the LVOA weapons line.
Media presence
The LVOA-C has been highly advertised in video games and movies for its design and innovative proprietary barrel shroud. It is present in Ubisoft's ''
Tom Clancy's The Division'' video game franchise and ''
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands'' is a third-person tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Paris in collaboration with Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Milan and Ubisoft Belgra ...
'' . It is also a weapon available in
Tencent Games'
battle royale shooter ''
Ring of Elysium
''Ring of Elysium'' ( zh, 无限法则) is a free-to-play, multiplayer online battle royale game developed by Aurora Studio and published by ''TCH Scarlet Limited'', each a subsidiary of Tencent Games, and is available to download for free on S ...
'' and Battlestate Games' ''
Escape from Tarkov
''Escape from Tarkov'' is a multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video game in development by Battlestate Games for Windows. The game is set in the fictional Norvinsk region, where a war is taking place between two private military compa ...
''. There is a class setup in ''
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare'' where version of the LVOA rifle can be created. In Call Of Duty Mobile, the Base M4 Model is a LVOA-C. Its media presence has been a major factor in the recent success of War Sport Industries, which saw its personnel roster growing from "two employees, to over twenty"
from 2013 to 2016.
References
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