MPT-76 SH: Sarsılmaz-Built 7.62 mm Rifle Specifications
The MPT 76 SH sits beside the SAR 56 in Sarsılmaz’s rifle line and is summarised on our Sarsılmaz military weapons guide. This article sets out the published sheet figures, where the product pages disagree with the sheet, and what is confirmed about users.
Development and background
Türkiye’s MPT-76 (Milli Piyade Tüfeği — national infantry rifle) is the 7.62×51 mm rifle that replaced the licensed Heckler & Koch G3 in Turkish service. Our MKE company profile records the MPT-76 as an MKE product that became the standard Turkish infantry rifle in the mid-2010s, with large follow-on orders. Envanter Medya’s overview of MKE’s MPT-76 likewise places design and programme ownership with MKE, not with private manufacturers.
Sarsılmaz lists the MPT 76 SH among its infantry rifles and, on the English product page checked on 7 November 2026, states that the “MPT 76 SH series… was designed and produced by Sarsılmaz’s Turkish engineers and technicians using completely national resources.” The Turkish product page instead emphasises that Sarsılmaz lightened the rifle by about 470 g while keeping performance criteria, and that the result took the MPT 76 SH name. Those are company statements. They do not overturn the national programme’s MKE design attribution. In short: MKE designed the national MPT-76; Sarsılmaz produces and markets an SH-branded version.
Sarsılmaz’s English page also says the series uses 7.62×51 mm NATO ammunition, passed “42 difficult tests,” and was shaped around Turkish Armed Forces and police mission needs. Pass/fail tallies and performance language of that kind are manufacturer claims; we found no independent published test report for this article.
Design and features
Figures below prefer the Sarsılmaz MPT-76 SH technical data sheet (Rev. 0, 29 September 2023). On that PDF, the modes-of-fire line wraps onto a second row and shifts the following value cells by one; we reconstruct the intended pairing from labels, wrapped text and the matching product-page fields, and we note remaining mismatches.
| Manufacturer data (data sheet Rev. 0, 29 Sep 2023) | MPT 76 SH |
|---|---|
| Calibre | 7.62×51 mm |
| Operating principle | Gas piston system (product text: short-stroke gas piston) |
| Fire modes | Safety, semi-automatic, full automatic |
| Magazine capacity (sheet) | 20 rounds |
| Barrel length | 406 mm (±5 mm) / 16″ |
| Overall length, stock open | 990 mm (±10 mm) / 39.0″ |
| Overall length, stock closed | 900 mm (±10 mm) / 35.4″ |
| Height × width | 254 × 72 mm (±5 mm) |
| Weight | 3,890 g (±50 g) — sheet: rifle with empty magazine; product page label: “Without Magazine” |
| Empty magazine | 150 g (±10 g) |
| Full magazine (approx.) | 636 g |
| Trigger pull | 25–40 N |
| Stated rate of fire | 700 (±100) rounds/min |
| Stated accuracy | 4 MOA |
| Stated effective range | 600 m |
| Rifling | 6 right, 1/255 mm (1:10″) |
| Stated muzzle velocity | Not clearly printed on the sheet; English product copy states 800 m/s |
Figures are Sarsılmaz’s own, from its data sheet and product pages checked on 7 November 2026. They have not been independently tested.
Listed general features on the sheet include low weight (as claimed by the maker), an easy-to-remove gas valve, a polymer transparent magazine, ambidextrous controls, an ergonomic grip and a six-position adjustable stock. The English product text adds a modular rail stock for accessories.
Where the official material disagrees
- Design credit: English product copy attributes design to Sarsılmaz; the national MPT-76 programme is an MKE design. This article keeps the MKE attribution and quotes Sarsılmaz’s claim separately.
- Weight label: the sheet gives 3,890 g for the rifle with empty magazine; the English product page prints the same number next to “Without Magazine”.
- Datasheet row wrap: after “Safety, Semi – / Full Auto”, later sheet cells are one row out of alignment on the PDF. We follow the reconstructed pairing above.
- Muzzle velocity: the sheet’s final technical row shows the rifling string rather than a velocity; the English marketing paragraph states 800 m/s while also muddling rate of fire into the same “muzzle velocity” sentence (“700 shots per minute and 800 meters per second”).
- Weight reduction: the Turkish page’s ~470 g lightening claim is manufacturer-only; no baseline reference weight is given on that page.
Where figures differ, this article prefers the data sheet (as reconstructed) and notes the alternative.
International context
The MPT-76 / MPT 76 SH occupies the 7.62×51 mm battle-rifle niche used by many NATO and partner forces for longer-range infantry fire. Common external reference points in the same calibre class include Heckler & Koch’s HK417 family and FN’s SCAR-H. A detailed three-way specification comparison is planned as a separate article; we do not rank the rifles here, because no independent comparative test covering the Sarsılmaz SH variant has been published for this piece.
Within Sarsılmaz’s own catalogue the nearest sibling is the 5.56 mm SAR 56; belt-fed support is covered by the SAR 762 MT and SAR 127 MT. Company background is in the Sarsılmaz hub.
Confirmed users and markets
| User / claim | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Turkish Armed Forces — national MPT-76 | In service (programme / MKE line) | MKE product role and mid-2010s standardisation recorded on our MKE profile; not a Sarsılmaz-SH-specific delivery notice |
| Sarsılmaz MPT 76 SH as “modern infantry rifle of the Turkish army” | Manufacturer marketing claim | Sarsılmaz EN/TR product pages only |
| Named foreign customers for MPT 76 SH | Not listed by Sarsılmaz | No customer list on the product pages checked for this article |
| Separate public contract naming the “SH” suffix | Not found | No ministry or force PDF located in this check |
We therefore separate the well-documented national MPT-76 programme from the thinner public record on which units, if any, specifically field the Sarsılmaz-branded SH variant. Sarsılmaz’s wider export claim of more than 80 countries is a company-level figure, not a model-level customer list for MPT 76 SH.
What makes it notable?
The MPT 76 SH matters because it is the private-industry face of Türkiye’s 7.62 mm national rifle: same calibre class and mission set as the MKE MPT-76, sold under Sarsılmaz’s catalogue with a published data sheet. The editorial hinge is attribution — MKE for the national design, Sarsılmaz for the SH product line — and the open questions are independent confirmation of SH-specific users, a clean muzzle-velocity figure on the sheet, and any comparative test data.
Frequently asked questions
What is the MPT 76 SH?
It is Sarsılmaz’s 7.62×51 mm gas-piston infantry rifle marketed as the MPT 76 SH. It is the company’s production/marketing version of Türkiye’s national MPT-76 rifle programme.
Did Sarsılmaz design the MPT-76?
The national MPT-76 was designed under the state-owned MKE programme. Sarsılmaz’s English product page claims Sarsılmaz designed and produced the MPT 76 SH; we treat that as a company statement and keep the MKE design attribution for the national rifle.
How much does the MPT 76 SH weigh?
Sarsılmaz’s data sheet gives 3,890 g (±50 g) for the rifle with an empty magazine. The English product page shows the same number labelled “Without Magazine”.
What are the main specifications?
From the data sheet (reconstructed where the PDF wraps): 7.62×51 mm, gas piston, safe / semi / full auto, 406 mm barrel, 990 / 900 mm length stock open / closed, 20-round magazine, stated rate of fire 700 (±100) rounds/min and stated effective range 600 m.
Is the MPT 76 SH in Turkish Army service?
The national MPT-76 is Türkiye’s standard 7.62 mm infantry rifle associated with MKE production. Sarsılmaz markets the MPT 76 SH as that army’s modern rifle, but we have not found a separate public contract that names the SH suffix specifically.
How much does the MPT 76 SH cost?
Sarsılmaz has not published a price, and no public contract value for MPT 76 SH purchases was located for this article.
Related Defense and Tech articles
- Sarsılmaz Military Weapons: Rifles and Machine Guns
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- SAR 56 Rifle: Specifications, Barrel Variants and Users
- SAR 762 MT Machine Gun: Variants A to E and Platforms
- SAR 127 MT Heavy Machine Gun: Specifications and the ALTAY Integration
- SAR 109T: Specifications and the First US Police Adoption of a Turkish SMG
- MKE: Company Profile, Products, Exports and Role in the Turkish Defense Industry (2026)
Sources
- Sarsılmaz — MPT 76 SH product page (EN) and technical data sheet (PDF, rev. 0, 29 Sep 2023)
- Sarsılmaz — MPT 76 SH product page (TR)
- Defense and Tech — MKE company profile (MPT-76 programme context)
- Defense and Tech — Sarsılmaz military weapons guide
- Envanter Medya — MKE MPT-76 explained
- MKE — official site
Last verified: 7 November 2026. Specifications are the manufacturer’s published figures; design-credit and army-association claims on Sarsılmaz product pages are attributed to the company. National MPT-76 design is attributed to MKE. Featured image is a FILE PHOTO of an MKE-made MPT-76 at ADAS 2016 (Rhk111 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0), used as a related platform photo for the Sarsılmaz MPT 76 SH article.
