aquaman
Ultimate Member
Its not an old article, this was a new test commissioned by the German govt. Look at the date.
H&K G36 fails Bundeswehr test
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Its not an old article, this was a new test commissioned by the German govt. Look at the date.
aquaman
Ultimate Member
SpookyDan
HK Freak
Every gun has its stereotypes and every gun will start to fail when pushed past what it was designed to do. This is nothing more than politics and internet vomit via ill informed HK haters/AR fanboys.
aquaman
Ultimate Member
LMFAO
So the German gov't is full of AR fanboi's ?
The trunnion is plastic and gets hot, accuracy suffers. HK said that can't happen but the independent testing just completed says it can and does.
What the article doesn't mention is the amount of rounds fired in X amount of minutes
Either way its a moot point, its not like the German Army will actually have to use their rifles anyway.
gwoodburn
Active Member
Yes, these articles may be new, but that doesn't mean are tests that were done yesterday. The link that I posted was published on June 30, 2014 and specifically references the Bundeswehr test. My point is that this question about the G36 platform is nothing new.
gwoodburn
Active Member
Exactly, the article doesn't give any indication of when it supposedly looses accuracy and apparently by what Pretoria78 posted, they aren't going to use them to that point of failure anyway, lol.
At any rate, the G36 is an awesome gun. It's lightweight, comfortable, and really fun to shoot. And on top of that I think it looks badass. To each their own.
This is new. They stopped acquisition last june and had a study conducted. This weeks news is about the result of that study. They issued a directive to equip troops in hot locations with G3s.
amoebicmagician
Samopal Goblin
weird, since it was to replace the G3 I would have thought it was better in every way, and my old G3, which is still in the family but does not belong to me personally any more was an INCREDIBLY accurate rifle, nearly as accurate as an AR-10
Military procurement in germany is an even more politically charged process than in the US. The G36 was purchased because HK makes it.
SpookyDan
HK Freak
Yea. This has way more to do with politics and economy than how well a plastic rifle performs when firing 2000 RPM inside of a volcano.
Germany has now officially ditched the G36 in its current forms.
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/20...g36-states-accuracy-issues-as-main-complaint/
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/20...g36-states-accuracy-issues-as-main-complaint/
The current minister of defense is a career politician who would not know which end of the rifle the bullets come out of if an expert didn't tell her.
euchre98
Active Member
Oh boy...soon there will be lots of G36 parts kits....
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