The G11 beats the AN-94 hands-down, it could put 3 rounds on target before the shooter feels any recoil. It's a damn shame HK didn't find any buyers, they had already solved the cook-off problem with caseless ammo. It would have been revolutionary.
Now I soldiered with the old .303 infield, great gun very accurate, but was bolt action and the magazine had just ten rounds.
The FN SLR was just coming into service when left again quite a good rifle but one of the draw backs was it's lenght and if your weapons container hit the ground a bit hard you would wind up with a bent barrel, it would fire and with luck you would hit your NCO.
SA80 now I have been invited back to my old regiment a few times and have been let lose with this weapon and I found it was very compact with a huge range the SUSAT on it was great. Okay it can only be fired from your right shoulder but there again most of the other weapons are the same even the old .303 could only be used from the right shoulder any one who was left handed just had to learn to use that way and they all did. The SA80 is a much better weapon for street fighting than the weapons that have the magazine in front of the trigger, as this set up you either lose the range by having a shorter barrel or you have the longer barrel and have a clumsy weapon. The SAS normally engage with people at a close range as this is why they go for a different type of weapon. Okay they snipers with them but so do most units.
I have used the SA80 and because of the position of th magazine you still have a long barrel in what is a short rifle. Now just how many complaints have you seen about this rifle from troops out in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now as I have said I have been back to my old Regiment a number of times and they are quite happy with this rifle these days. Now I have been down on the ranges with the SA80 and I would have quite to go to war with it rather than the old .303. There is a shorter version out for the tank crews which is just 33 inches long yet still has a range of 500 yards.
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