Hypothetical Situation. What Rifle would you like to the Mec's G3 be replaced with?

[Brummy]

Originally Posted by .:iGi:.NinjaJedi

AN-94 "Abakan" assault rifle maybe...

IMO is should be something manufactured by a Eastern country, Iranian/Ukrainian etc, or even a neutral country...

but if it aint broke, dont fix it!

Agreed. Whether this or the G3. I would prefer the G3.

Anyway the FAL is way too old for a strong faction as the MEC. The FAL is barely used in conventional armies of this level.

[HughJass]

no, no conventional force wouldn;t use the abakan...it is accurate, but way to complicated and would jam to easy in such conditions the mec fight in.

g3 is fine really, what would kick arse if the g3 was way stronger, harder to control, but mec got mp5 on the side

middle eastern storm troppers lol

[gclark03]

Again, the KH-2002 fits perfectly.

[WildBill1337]

Originally Posted by [R-MOD]KP

Bah, I was thinking about the AKS-47 and RPK. It still does not make sense to use NATO and non-NATO calibres, especially for standard kits like the support gunner.

And I still can't see why they seem like the kind of people who would buy from different suppliers when they could get it all from one. Is it the old "Middle Eastern armies use all sorts of ragtag kit" argument again?

Well, in that case, there would have to be some kind of backstory with the MEC striking a deal with H&K, because i would doubt that a German company would sell so much weaponry to an enemy of their allies. Or maybe the MEC just cleaned out all the H&K weaponry from the black market to keep their weapons more uniform. Meh, but I think that would cost a lot.

[Phoenix.86]

Originally Posted by gclark03

Again, the KH-2002 fits perfectly.

No it doesn't. It's manufactured and used by Iran, a persian nation which is not a nation who would be in the MEC since the coalition is arab. Persians and Arabs hate each other with passion.

[Expendable Grunt]

Originally Posted by WildBill1337

Well, in that case, there would have to be some kind of backstory with the MEC striking a deal with H&K, because i would doubt that a German company would sell so much weaponry to an enemy of their allies. Or maybe the MEC just cleaned out all the H&K weaponry from the black market to keep their weapons more uniform. Meh, but I think that would cost a lot.

H&K licensed them to manufacture their own. Iran uses the G3, licensed through H&K (the MEC is NOT Iran, however), and subsequently if Iran went to war with someone Germany was allied with, Iran would still have the means to produce the weapons, right?

[icehollow]

Originally Posted by Expendable Grunt

H&K licensed them to manufacture their own. Iran uses the G3, licensed through H&K (the MEC is NOT Iran, however), and subsequently if Iran went to war with someone Germany was allied with, Iran would still have the means to produce the weapons, right?

I'm not sure I understand, is there a point to what you're asking?

Iran isn't the only country that has license produced G3s. Plenty of countries that fit within the MEC frame have G3s, turkey for example. However turkey has now adopted license produced HK416s...

= MEC should have 416s if anything other than the G3.

[IAJTHOMAS]

He's saying that just because H&K are German and Germany is allied to the Coallition or whatever is called in PR, doesn't mean that the MEC would be unable to continue to manufacture G3s in their own countries.

[oblivion618]

Barrett M468




Pretty much the same as an M4 but uses a 6.8 round instead of the 5.56 (used by the M4/M16/HK416) allowing it to penetrate most body armours.

[GR34]

Originally Posted by oblivion618

Barrett M468




Pretty much the same as an M4 but uses a 6.8 round instead of the 5.56 (used by the M4/M16/HK416) allowing it to penetrate most body armours.

^ this, If I had my own army Id use 6.8x48mm it kicks the shit out of 5.56