There are some well designed rifles but the availability suck. What is stopping the flow?
Yup, that's one of the main reasons the SASR and Commandos went for the M4 until the Austyer gets a decent makeover. Even in A2 configuration, it didn't really handle accessories and grenade launchers well.JoeMomma said:That 203 arrangement does not look like a good idea to me.
Cerberus said:Call me goofy, but I like the looks of the L85A1. Don't know how well they work but I think they look cool.
JoeMomma said:Here is a good three part video concerning Bullpup rifles:
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/user/kiwitedfern ... JN7YGh-ZbU
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/user/kiwitedfern ... c-QJNde_Tk
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/user/kiwitedfern ... KnoP2eA3k4
JoeMomma said:Here is a good three part video concerning Bullpup rifles:
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/user/kiwitedfern ... JN7YGh-ZbU
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/user/kiwitedfern ... c-QJNde_Tk
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/user/kiwitedfern ... KnoP2eA3k4
Dawg180 said:JoeMomma said:Here is a good three part video concerning Bullpup rifles:
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/user/kiwitedfern ... JN7YGh-ZbU
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/user/kiwitedfern ... c-QJNde_Tk
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/user/kiwitedfern ... KnoP2eA3k4
He did an excellent firsthand review there, very interesting to hear his thoughts.
You really have to wonder what the MoD was thinking when they adopted the SA80, it is almost like they never even bothered to field test it, or maybe did not listen to any of the comments made by those field testing it. It seems the more political decisions that are involved in a weapon, the less useable and reliable it ends up.
Templar said:Dawg180 said:JoeMomma said:Here is a good three part video concerning Bullpup rifles:
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/user/kiwitedfern ... JN7YGh-ZbU
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/user/kiwitedfern ... c-QJNde_Tk
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/user/kiwitedfern ... KnoP2eA3k4
He did an excellent firsthand review there, very interesting to hear his thoughts.
You really have to wonder what the MoD was thinking when they adopted the SA80, it is almost like they never even bothered to field test it, or maybe did not listen to any of the comments made by those field testing it. It seems the more political decisions that are involved in a weapon, the less useable and reliable it ends up.
Same reason NATO didn't ultimately adopt a universal battle rifle, because every country sees having their own domestically designed and produced infantry rifle as a mark of being a sovereign power. That nationalism was contained a lot better during the Cold War, but once the Soviet threat disappeared, more and more countries went their own way when they went with 5.56mm rifles. NATO STANAG is now just a pipe dream. Germany adopted their G36, which doesn't use STANAG magazines (the Spanish bought them too after giving up on their home grown CETME Modelo E's). Britain went with their L85/SA-80, France their G1 and G2 FAMAS, Italy their AR70/90's, Belgium has the FNC and F2000's.
Same can be said for China......adopting a domestically produced independently designed rifle marks them as a world power.
Dawg180 said:Although if you meant they were blinded by national pride on the fact that they just really didn't know what they were doing or just assumed it would work fine, then that makes some sense. The urgency to rush a homegrown design into the hands of troops to move forward from "the last generation" of rifles and appear current makes a lot of sense as the driving force of adopting it in a form that really wasn't ready for adoption- politics is a bitch!
Interesting question.Templar said:Doc, what's your opinion on the flash suppression of the issue flash suppressor on the AUSTEYR?
Having used the MSAR in low light training, it frankly sucked, and sucked badly. Great Pumpkin sized balls of flash when using Federal XM193, Serbian Prvi Partizan M193 and some USGI surplus M193 from 1978.
A standard A2 flash suppressor was much, much better.
Hahahah, right you are! I was totally thrown by the odd profile at the front ... until I just realized she still has the lens cap on!Cerberus said:Doc, it doesn't look like a Trijicon, looks like an Aimpoint.
I can't tell, but it is certainly possible. The digger has his Hi-Power holstered and the Portuguese cop already has a holstered sidearm (another HP, maybe?). However, the newly created East Timor Defense Force (FDTL) chose the 1911A1 as their standard military sidearm.mcnee229 said:Is that a 1911 on the ground in front of the guy with the F88?