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Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman
There was a very good reason why they came up with a NATO standard in the first place.
Take us Brits for instance, a British soldier can pick up an M-16 magazine and use it with an L85 as both weapons use the same amo and are compatible with each other's magazines. The whole principle behind NATO standardisation was so that eveybody could supply everybody else.
In a situation like the twilight war, this standardisation would go a long way to keep units operational. A wild-card weapon like the G-11 would rapisly dissappear due to how damned complicated it is. Especialy when ad-hoc formations comprising different nationalities become more and more common.
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Agreed. This is why I believe the G41 would become the service rifle of choice for the German Army in the Twilight Timeline, at least after the TDM.
I can see it's production increasing dramatically as soon as reunification was in the offing in an attempt to eventually equip former DDR units (as well as standard production for territorial and reserve units). It makes more sense to transition former DDR to a conventional 5.56mm rifle as opposed to a complex, caseless future rifle. By the time the nuclear war had paralyzed industry, I imagine quite a few more G41s circulating than G11s. That said, I think more DDR troops probably kept their own AKs than were issued with G41s.