From:	TODD ROBBINS <digger-@****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Sniper rifles
Date:	Sat, 27 Dec 1997 13:14:03 -0600

JonSzeto wrote:

> --- 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.)

Sidearms serve this purpose much better, as do spotters. Hehehhe

> --- 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. :)

That I can buy.

> --- H&K was trying to make some quick D-marks off of someone who doesn't know
> better. :)

Hehehe.. well, the autofire option would prove useful on a weapon
chambered for the 7.62 mm round, but autofire is really not in the
perview of sniper rifles. I can see H&K manufacturing the weapon as
sort of a multipurpose variant, but such weapons usually have a fairly
short lifespan.

Digger