This assumes the sedate pace of peacetime. It's pretty easy to dither about the vagaries of kit when you're doing peace-keeping, something different when you're trying to reach the USSR border before the Russians can turn around and stomp you.
I'd see the L85A2 arriving in the first year of the war, as well as the G36. The Germans may well deploy the MG4 LMG the year after. The USA would probably get a lot of its newer electronics out faster as well.
Don't forget that the world knew it was sliding towards war, and re-armament was taking place. Keeping RL time lines of issue is in my view unrealistic.
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