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{{short description|Type of sniper rifle}}
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{{Infobox weapon
| name = Alejandro
| image =
| image = [[File:Alejandro.png|250px|frameless]]
| caption = Alejandro Sniper Rifle
| origin = {{flagcountry|Cuba}}
| type = [[Sniper rifle]]
| is_ranged = yes
| service = 2002–present
| used_by = {{flagcountry|[[Cuba}}]]
| wars =
| designer =
| design_date = 2001-2002
| manufacturer = [[Union de Industrias Militares|Unión de Industrias Militares]]
| production_date =
| number =
| variants =
| weight =
| length =
| part_length =
| cartridge = [[7.62x54mm R62×54mmR]]
| caliber = 7.62 mm
| action = boltBolt-actionAction
| rate =
| velocity =
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| feed = internal magazine, 8 rounds
| sights =
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The '''Alejandro sniper rifle'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cubagob.cu/otras_info/minfar/defensa_ingles/iindustria/iindustria.htm |title=Pagina nueva 1 |website=www.cubagob.cu |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108030810/http://www.cubagob.cu/otras_info/minfar/defensa_ingles/iindustria/iindustria.htm |archive-date=8 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> is a [[bolt-action]] [[sniper rifle]] which was designed and manufactured in [[Cuba]] by the [[Union de Industrias Militares|Unión de Industrias Militares]].<ref name="SA">{{Cite web|url=http://securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/2800/2867.htm|title = UNION DE LA INDUSTRIA MILITAR Alejandro}}</ref>
 
It was named after the code name used by Fidel Castro in the [[Fidel Castro#Guerilla war in the Sierra Maestra: 1956.E2.80.931958|Sierra Maestra]], which was also his middle name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2006/12/cuba-intense-preparations-for-military-parade/|title = CUBA: Intense Preparations for Military Parade|date = December 2006}}</ref>
The '''Alejandro sniper rifle''' is a [[bolt action rifle]] which was designed and manufactured in [[Cuba]] by the UIM (Union de Industrias Militares).
It was named after the code name used by Fidel Castro in the [[Fidel_Castro#Guerilla_war_in_the_Sierra_Maestra:_1956.E2.80.931958|Sierra Maestra]], which is also his middle name.
 
==Design==
The Alejandro is a Precision[[bolt-action]] Rifleprecision rifle used by all branches of the [[Cuban Armed Forces]].<ref name="SA"/> Its design started towards the end of 2001 and the beginning of 2002, and it usesfires the [[7.62x54mm R62×54mmR]] incartridge fed from an internal magazine with a capacity of 8 rounds.<ref Although it can use different types of scopes, even Western ones, its standard is the [[PSO-1]]. The rifle has shown good performance, but due to its country of origin it has received little attention in International Press.name="SA"/>
 
Although it can use different types of scopes, even Western ones, its standard is the [[PSO-1]].<ref name="SA"/>
==External links==
 
==References==
* [http://www.securityarms.com/firearm/4213 Rifle information]
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* [http://www.cubagob.cu/otras_info/minfar/defensa_ingles/iindustria/iindustria.htm Overview and performance]
 
[[Category:Sniper7.62×54mmR rifles]]
[[Category:Military equipment of Cuba]]
[[Category:Sniper rifles of Cuba]]
[[Category:Bolt-action rifles|*]]
 
 
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