If you enjoy the forum please consider supporting it by signing up for a NES Membership The benefits pay for the membership many times over.
Be sure to enter the NES/MFS May Giveaway ***Canik METE SFX***
10 killed in gunbattle at Pakistan's army HQ: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
The soldiers are holding rifles that like the FN Fal. Am I right?
Why doesn't the Pakistan army have AKs or M16s?
Because those are not the only choices available to armies around the world?Why doesn't the Pakistan army have AKs or M16s?
Because those are not the only choices available to armies around the world?
I agree. The G3 is the Pakistani Army standard issue rifle.They are either G3s or locally produced clones.
its a 4x Trigicon fiber thingy with a micro dot mounted on top.
It almost looks like a G3 rifle. Like this in this link http://world.guns.ru/assault/as12-e.htm
Because those are not the only choices available to armies around the world?
I was hoping for an explanation as to why a police force would opt for this rifle over others. Kingson's link explains it, though, I think: "In general, the HK G3 rifle can be described as one of the best 7.62mm NATO battle / assault rifles - reliable, versatile, controllable, inexpensive and, finally, very popular."
The HK G3 is reliable. Its versatility is about the same as that of its other European contemporaries though it falls quite short of the AR15 and AR10 in that regards. Its controllability in automatic fire is dismal, as it is that of almost all 7.62x51 rifles. It is most definitely NOT inexpensive in its German-made iteration. And its popularity is nowhere near that of the much more widely issued FN FAL.
I'm pretty sure we can have them here.
FU. It's HK. Because you suck. And we hate you.
We can beat you down like a trailer park wife, but you’ll come back, you always do
The money quote:
I guess I should've been more direct. I was hoping for an explanation as to why a police force would opt for this rifle over others. Kingson's link explains it, though, I think: "In general, the HK G3 rifle can be described as one of the best 7.62mm NATO battle / assault rifles - reliable, versatile, controllable, inexpensive and, finally, very popular."
FU. It's HK. Because you suck. And we hate you.
Read up about the XM8 on most gun boards. According to the interweb, the XM8 is the finest combat implement of all time. In actuality it is a plastic AR18, that tends to melt, break, and is universally loathed by the Army staff that had to test it. It takes bizarre attachments, so no US accessories will work. They took the G36, which is basically a blah rifle, used by a handful of countries that don’t ever actually shoot people, and uglied it up so that it looks like the demented lovechild of Bloaty the Pizza Hog and a Super-Soaker.