Well, it looks as if the Army has again officially opened the can of worms that is the debate revolving around a replacement for the M16/M4. With this go around however, the Army says all limitations ...
In the last days of the Cold War, West Germany developed perhaps the most advanced assault rifle of all time. A compact weapon capable of firing a withering 2,100 rounds per minute, the Heckler and ...
It fired 2,100 rounds per minute and looked like a weapon from the future. The H&K G11 could’ve changed warfare—but instead, it vanished into obscurity. Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum tells Trump, ...
Editor’s note: this post first appeared in April 2018 Decades before the U.S. military transitioned away from the M16 assault rifle in favor of the lightweight M4 carbine, the Army eyed an ...
Key point: The end of the Cold War and the cost of unification killed the innovative G11 rifle. In the last days of the Cold War, West Germany developed perhaps the most advanced assault rifle of all ...