| From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Sniper rifles |
| Date: | Sat, 27 Dec 1997 11:54:23 +0100 |
> <comments about the G3 SG1 snipped>
>
> Well, I dug up the book I saw that comment in... It was Ultramodern Firearms
> for the Millennium's End game (which has some decent write-ups about real-
> world guns, BTW).
One or two minor mistakes (mainly the ammo fired by the PKM) , but a very
good book if you don't know much about firearms. Only the game stats
tables in the back are specific to Millennium's End, the rest is
completely generic.
> Since I'll take what you say as true, I can think of one of three possible
> reasons why Heckler & Koch decided to try designing the SG1...
>
> --- In case the sniper got surprised at short ranges and needed to un-@$$
> himself in a hurry, the autofire option would serve as an "ace up the
sleeve"
> backup (certainly a possibility on the battlefield, where the SG1 would have
> been planned to see the most use.)
>
> --- Some bean-counter in the Bundeswehr was pushing for "weapon
> standardization" and thought it a good idea to build a sniper rifle from the
> same design as the G3. :)
Probably both, to some degree or other. AFAIK snipers are an integral part
of many rifle sections in the German army, and if they have a "sniper"
rifle that also has a FA mode they can function as normal riflemen when
necessary.
> --- H&K was trying to make some quick D-marks off of someone who
> doesn't know better. :)
The Bundeswehr?
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