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2018-01-12 -Land of the Free

The Heckler & Koch M27 Is the US Marines New Rifle

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Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-01-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Really curious the G. couldn't force quality and performance standards on US manufacturers. Too much retooling of men and machines required to be cost effective I suppose.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-01-12 01:40|| 2018-01-12 01:40|| Front Page Top

#2 And of course they chose to chamber this beautiful weapon in 5.56 instead of the readily available 7.62 with the same faulty logic they used when they chose the M-15. The smaller round allows to carry more ammo...well we all know that you have to shoot more ammo to do anything because the 5.56 won't stop a gnat much less a bad guy in body armor...especially since we are working in desert environments now and the foreseeable future, why not get a round that can reach out and touch someone at 300 meters or so?

I've never liked the popgun 5.56. I've seen troops have to spray rounds and borrow ammo because a 5.56 won't cut brush or penetrate jungle foliage.

Dang.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-01-12 09:28|| 2018-01-12 09:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Hopefully H&K doesn't build them out of returned parts from their G36 fiasco.

Posted by ed in texas 2018-01-12 10:21|| 2018-01-12 10:21|| Front Page Top

#4 A better 22 cal pop gun.

Posted by Woodrow 2018-01-12 12:51|| 2018-01-12 12:51|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm waiting for lefties to flip out because of the Koch name. Shouldn't be too long.

Posted by Raj 2018-01-12 14:03|| 2018-01-12 14:03|| Front Page Top

#6 the 5.56 won't stop a gnat much less a bad guy in body armor

But effective for civilian crowd control.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-01-12 14:45|| 2018-01-12 14:45|| Front Page Top

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