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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Aren't the Yankees using HK 417 or smth like that too?

Also what is everyone rambling about with all the personal weapons? I remember that they were already unhappy about them when i was in kindergarten.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I think that's a bit of a tangent, as the British rifle above is not the same caliber as the HK417, and it doesn't use the HK designed piston system. The KS1/L403A1 is a traditional Stoner operating system in 5.56mm.

The US Army and US Air Force did buy about 8,000 HK417 based M110A1 rifles. A niche rifle, and now with the XM7 being adopted by the Army, I'm not sure how much of a DMR program using 7.62 is really going to be pursued outside of specialized units.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The marines are using the HK416

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The original comment compared the KS-1 to a HK417, and I pointed out the difference in both caliber and operating system between those two. The HK416 is an irrelevant tangent.