Eh, the tax payers were overwhelmingly in favour of the buy back apparently, so they can wear it.
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Eh, the tax payers were overwhelmingly in favour of the buy back apparently, so they can wear it.
3 kiwi's still straight...
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The cocking handles were flimsy imo, but i liked how easy that barrel came off. Made range clearing easy. From memory i recall you had to get a 280mm extreme spread max (20 rounds) to pass your LF shoot to be competant.
Their new sniper rifles seem to shoot pretty straight:
https://www.facebook.com/NZArmy/vide...8834048573274/
What was the allocation of MARS-L rifles between the services, did the Air Force or the Navy keep their Steyrs ?
There’s quite a mix of comments on this thread about the steyr’s functionality; some squaddies liked them, some hated them. But if you look at many defence forces that had a bullpup as their standard issue assault rifle (NZDF, Australia, the Brits); did their elite units choose to use them? No, they would choose an M4 all day long. It seems the inherent advantages of the bullpup design have been outweighed by the negatives. NZDF made the right call.
I think alot of doctrine existed in using a conventional weapon,also a M4 variant is alot more flexible given you can change uppers for different roles.
I got to fire a SA80 a few years ago.It truely was horrid and I have never spoken to any Soldier who used one operationally and liked it.Its just a pile of wrong.
The aussies are staying with the Aug for all services, just the new EF88...
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trial camo i think...
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