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Wiem1938 said:
I do apologise. I've just checked on the SA-80... I am awfully sorry to be annoying. Half my complaint is now invalidated! So glad you guys had thought about this.
The only other point I can stick to has to be that the G3 should not be rated as an assault rifle (HEK3) on grounds of 7.62mm ammunition. Possibly the bolt-action rifles remain on HEK1, SLRs on HEK3 (vast difference in firepower) and the small-calibre assault rifles at HEK4.
On the SUSAT/SUIT, yes that was what I referring to possibly the British Army began to introduce the SUIT around 1982?
Everytime I look, these designers seem to be one step ahead... and we're not paying them???
(a rather embarassed)
Richard
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It was, see my earlier post on HEKs for the R-1, a design decision. Possibly it's due to the superior ergonomics of the G-3. The G-3 and the FN-FAL and its copies (L1A1, R-1) fire the same 7.62mm NATO ammunition. And it is possible to control an R-1 on full automatic, but not for the full twenty round clip.
troopie