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HK416 Finally Looks Set To Become Germany's Next Service Rifle
Heckler & Koch won a rebooted competition to supply Germany's next standard assault rifle after an initial surprise loss.
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I’m a HK fan, this looks pretty slick.
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HK416 Finally Looks Set To Become Germany's Next Service Rifle
Heckler & Koch won a rebooted competition to supply Germany's next standard assault rifle after an initial surprise loss.www.thedrive.com
I’m a HK fan, this looks pretty slick.
que the LMT which should become the standard style imhoQuick barrel switch would surely be a nice feature. Starting to be the new default but for combat rifles it probably requires more material to remain robust.
There was some article I saw briefly this morning that said that only about 1/3 of Germany's weapon systems are currently operational. But the article was barely three lines and poorly translated from German, so it might only have been 1/3 of their assorted armour. Either way, the G36 is a nice gun on paper and in a clean, relatively-low-use environment (i.e., police use like in the UK), but holy melting handguards, Batman, it was a terrible option for sustained use.They had to do something and quick as the G36 was a total disaster.
"Overheating affected the accuracy of the G36, making it difficult to hit targets past 100 meters, ineffective past 200 meters, and incapable of effective fire past 300 meters. The G36 has been called unsuitable for long battles. Operational commanders advised allowing the weapon to cool between periods of rapid shooting."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_&_Koch_HK416#Users Quite a few countries, but mostly for their assorted special operations groups. The only ones who use it as a mainline rifle are France, Norway, Montenegro, and soon Germany. USMC was supposed to replace every M4 and M16 with a M27 IAR variant but I don't know how that's going for them.Who all has adopted the 416? I know I have read about Norway and France, but I am sure there are others.
I knew it was bad but didn't realize it was this badThey had to do something and quick as the G36 was a total disaster.
"Overheating affected the accuracy of the G36, making it difficult to hit targets past 100 meters, ineffective past 200 meters, and incapable of effective fire past 300 meters. The G36 has been called unsuitable for long battles. Operational commanders advised allowing the weapon to cool between periods of rapid shooting."
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They had to do something and quick as the G36 was a total disaster.
"Overheating affected the accuracy of the G36, making it difficult to hit targets past 100 meters, ineffective past 200 meters, and incapable of effective fire past 300 meters. The G36 has been called unsuitable for long battles. Operational commanders advised allowing the weapon to cool between periods of rapid shooting."
DUDE>............Needs a longer handguard
gotta be honest, the 416 looks to have a pretty thin barrel as well from the picsI'm rolling my eyes.
Who thinks that tiny barrel should be cold and accurate after a few mag dumps?
As for the OT, the 416 used to have some serious issues. It does need a longer hand guard..
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HK416 Finally Looks Set To Become Germany's Next Service Rifle
Heckler & Koch won a rebooted competition to supply Germany's next standard assault rifle after an initial surprise loss.www.thedrive.com
I’m a HK fan, this looks pretty slick.
Seems to me I've read and watched quite a bit over the years about the G36 heat issue being mostly debunked.I knew it was bad but didn't realize it was this bad
I don't know, I know it's not favored but wasn't aware of heat issues to that degree (no pun intentedSeems to me I've read and watched quite a bit over the years about the G36 heat issue being mostly debunked.