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French new service rifle competition...

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#1 ·
So it's down to the FN SCAR and H&K 416. I'd say regardless of which is chosen, the French will finally have a decent service rifle.
 
#45 ·
To Shep's point, seeing the French throw in with an AR-derived weapon is fascinating given their usual streak towards independence in military service weapons. It also increases the STANAG concept, with more cross-training and such. A person familiar with one AR type weapon is more able to pick up and use another if they have to.

I just keep thinking of the French police, who have had quite a few Mini-14s from what I have seen. A fine choice of rifle. (As others have talked about before, probably dating back in selection to the 1980s and the days of the last go-around of violent Euroterrorism in the 1970s and 1980s before the fall of the Berlin Wall.) So they do know decent rifles over there.
 
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