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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
I think what is being ignored here is the German requirements issued which resulted in the G11, which it met, and exceeded so well.
Forget for a moment what we all know about T2K history. Put yourself in the position of the decision makers in the early to mid 90's, and even more so in the position of those who knew the offensive against Poland was coming. The G11 with it's MUCH greater ammo carrying capability (both magazine and rounds per man), not to mention greater accuracy (due to a number of reasons, not least it's rapid burst speed), is the MUCH better weapon than the G41.
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I can clearly remember, that during the time of my service with the Bundeswehr, there were these discussions about the problem of ammo and mags not being interchangeble with the weapons of our allies. Issue of a 5.56 weapon with STANAG mags would solve this problem. This is one more argument for the G41.
If we forget about the T2K history, there is no sense in Germany invading Poland. IRL this had never happened. But the G11 and G41 were (IRL!!!) under developement/production.
T2K is escapist entertainment. If I want to play the game, I have to accept the background - more or less. And if this background says, Germany invaded Poland and the standard-issue-weapon was the G11, I take this part of the background, allthough this is - from my personal point of view - utter rubbish! The few (influential) deperado-politicians, hardcore-rightwing-weirdos and anti-eastern-Bloc lobbyists would certainly not be in a position to have such an important influence on the official politics of the FRG! More likely the majority of the decision-makers would have been in a line to issue a newer type of weapon (the G11 in this case), that in some foreseeable future may even be sold to the Western allies.
The G11 LMG, that you talk about, was under evaluation, but I haven't heard about any plans to really field it. But, Leg, you are right: It has some serious advantages and therefore it might have been fielded on a very thin base.
I do not see the newer HK MG43. IRL the G36 was intended to be used as a LMG. In that role it was to be outfitted with a bipod and a 100-rd-drum as mag. The situation in A'stan taught the German forces, that a real LMG was a better option.
In the T2K universe I dont think, the Belgians would have sold the SAW to Germany. Maybe on a very limited scale (for evaluation purposes), but not on a large scale - Belgium was soon occupied by France and therefore I don't see larger sales.