Tweet
Originally posted by Darksaga
Combine that with the auto/semi selector system of the AUG, and you have a winner.
NTM
-
I was quite impressed by the L85A2.
Combine that with the auto/semi selector system of the AUG, and you have a winner.
NTMDriver, tracks, troops.... Drive and adjust!! -
Its a bit heavy but none the less its a good weapon.Originally posted by California TankerComment
-
exactly
Me too the original brit made S.A. 80 was a piece of shit no soldier should ever have to suffer.Im just glad we dont have the misfortune of using the SA80.
In fact when it first appeared on the scene the brits were screaming to get their FNs back. However it is no longer the S.A.80 but the L85 A2. some may ask "well what the hell is the difference other than name".
and so you should be because its now produced by none other than that great company (who's new rifle is the subject matter of the thread) H&K and so it works like a charm.I was quite impressed by the L85A2.
Its a victimless crime, like punching someone in the dark.Comment
-
I know that this isnt ment to be up for disscussion but it is an idea that has entered my head before. But im proably wrong so..........Originally posted by piper_69Comment
-
Motion seconded. This will not happen for a number of years, IMO. Was talking to an armourer once a long time ago about the possibility of the Minimi arriving, the jist of his reply was not while there are plenty of MAGs will a few miles left in them. No chance of the Steyr being replaced in the foreseeable, so. And, TBH, no real need either.Originally posted by mutter nutter
My €0.02.Comment
-
That is true no need to replace it.
But perhaps if sufficent numbers of AUG A1's have not yet been obtained to fully equip the reserve and the DOD does not want to to buy them from malaysia due to the quality thing they may be looking into buying A2's for some PDF units and handing their A1's to the reserve.
I know its unlikely but its the only half reasonable reason for this kind of rumour I can think of."Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." - Franklin D. RooseveltComment
-
There is a group within the army currently looking at replacing the MAGs but the general feeling is that they want to retain the power of the 7.62 round.Originally posted by PartsComment
-
That general feeling is held by many military forces around the world.Originally posted by Muzzle
In the Irish Defence Forces the Steyr AUG was selected after more than two years of exhaustive technical assessment by the Army Ordinance Corps and field trials by units throughout the Defence Forces, to replace the FN FAL that had been in use since the early Sixties Initially a total of nine weapons (Beretta AR70/90, the Colt M16A2, the Enfield L85A1, the FN FNC, the HK G41, the IMI Galil, the FAMAS, the SIG SG550, and the Steyr AUG) from various countries were evaluated technically in firing trials, each firing thousands of rounds while their accuracy and reliability were gauged. Deliveries of the Steyr AUG to the Irish Defence Forces began in 1988. Today the Steyr is the primary infantry weapon of the Permanent & Reserve elements of Ireland's military forces, although it was not introduced into the Reserve Defence Force until 2001.Last edited by DeV; 20 June 2006, 17:51.Comment
-
Dr. Venture: Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?
Dr. Venture: Dean, you smell like a whoreComment
-
Well you did say new rifles.
Comment
-
Took good ol' Teutonic efficiency to sort the problems out then...Originally posted by G-2Me too the original brit made S.A. 80 was a piece of shit no soldier should ever have to suffer.
In fact when it first appeared on the scene the brits were screaming to get their FNs back. However it is no longer the S.A.80 but the L85 A2. some may ask "well what the hell is the difference other than name".
and so you should be because its now produced by none other than that great company (who's new rifle is the subject matter of the thread) H&K and so it works like a charm.
"Well, stone me! We've had cocaine, bribery and Arsenal scoring two goals at home. But just when you thought there were truly no surprises left in football, Vinnie Jones turns out to be an international player!" (Jimmy Greaves)!"Comment
-
as far as i know the malasians are no longer producing Aug, some problem with styer removing the lisence the malasians are now going to produce M4s and re equip there forces, the new rifle thing sounds like the work of the DFs most active unit the ARW Army rumor wing"take a look to the sky right before you die, its the last time you will"Comment
-
Report in the paper last week stating that the DF is in the process of purchasing X amount of new MAGS.Originally posted by MuzzleThe worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
(George Bernard Shaw, Playwright, 1856 - 1950)Comment
-
In fairness, there is no alternative to the MAG out there, apart from modified versions of it.
I don't think there is a superior 7.62x51mm General purpose machine gun out there.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.Comment
-
new rifle I hope not
Agree with last ..
The Mag is one of the best ,,if not the best, These 5.56 SECTION WEAPONS are only as good for an enhanced individual weapon.. But to be honest its hard to beat a folding butt FN as an individual weapon with a mag as a section weapon or better still three or four of them on a Land/rover/cruiser but I guess thats going back in History and thsi debate has been ongoing for sometime just my old but experienced opinion..Comment
Comment