I don't see a problem with the G41 being produced in numbers similar to or in fact greater than, the G11.
Firstly, despite it being designed as a 5.56mm version of the G3, it's little more than a revamped HK33, itself nothing more than a 5.56mm version of the G3. H&K already had all the production facilities available for that particular rifle with ongoing HK33 production for various military, police and civilian customers worldwide. As I understand it there were very few significant changes made to differentiate it from the basic HK33 design (notable changes include the magazine well, ambidextrous safety/fire selector, a bolt hold-open device and a bolt forward-assist similar to that on the M16 series)
Second, in a Western army the fighting units are typically a third the overall size of the support units so simply on that figure alone you're going to be producing at least the same number of G41s to G11s and most probably two (maybe three) times more.
Third, the G41 was the insurance policy for H&K if the G11 was only to be taken up by the West German forces or not adopted at all, i.e. the export rifle would have been the G41 if the G11 wasn't going to be exported and it would also have been the next service rifle if the G11 wasn't adopted.
The end of the Cold War stopped the G41 being adopted and a lack of interest from export customers caused the G41 to be dropped from the catalogue. Specifically it was cited as being of such quality that it was far more expensive than similar assault rifles at the time. Without the Cold War requirement, H&K probably needed export customers to lower the overall production costs to make it cost effective for the Bundeswehr to acquire it. During the late 1980s it was priced for sale to US police departments at US$1700 per unit, you probably could have got two or three M16A2s for that price.
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