German Army’s New Assault Rifle ‘Inaccurate’ for Battle: Report
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HansGruber
Ronin
Besides it was basically a G36?
Hammer67
Professional
Without the overheating issues and improved accuracy? Yeah.
Talyn
SAINT
There's no relationship between a G36 and the new M7.
The G36 is train wreck.
nationalinterest.org
For some strange reason HK has a fascination with plastic...
A German Army test of the weapon in 2015 confirmed the problems, stating that after just sixty rounds—or two magazines’ worth of ammunition—the rifle barrel would heat to the point it would warp the plastic barrel channel that held it in place. The warped channel exerted enough pressure on the rifle to shift the point of impact—where the bullet actually goes when it exits the barrel—to the point where the rifle could be up to 18 inches off target at 218 yards and 19.6 feet off target at 546 yards. That sort of accuracy is acceptable in a machine gun, where a certain amount of dispersion is required to perform a suppressive fire mission, but is unacceptable in a rifle.
The G36 is train wreck.
Revealed: What Made Heckler & Koch's G36 Rifle Selectively Terrible
Overheating.
nationalinterest.org
For some strange reason HK has a fascination with plastic...
A German Army test of the weapon in 2015 confirmed the problems, stating that after just sixty rounds—or two magazines’ worth of ammunition—the rifle barrel would heat to the point it would warp the plastic barrel channel that held it in place. The warped channel exerted enough pressure on the rifle to shift the point of impact—where the bullet actually goes when it exits the barrel—to the point where the rifle could be up to 18 inches off target at 218 yards and 19.6 feet off target at 546 yards. That sort of accuracy is acceptable in a machine gun, where a certain amount of dispersion is required to perform a suppressive fire mission, but is unacceptable in a rifle.
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Talyn
SAINT
No. Sig-USA designed it in the US. Sig USA is a separate entity but the holding company is European.
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Talyn
SAINT
Only when you're wearing dark sunglasses.
deadduck357
Custom
Looks like a M4/AR-15 derivative, why the hell would there be a plastic around a select fire barrel ???
deadduck357
Custom
This ^
wolfpack076
Professional
HK's motto, You suck, we hate you... All kidding aside I love HK. Have an SP5 and a VP9B all good to go. Although none of my LGS have a lot of Hk offerings so I usually have to order them and then WAIT...