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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
Plastic hammer...???
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Yep, true story, the F88 version of the AUG has a hammer made of plastic and as far as I know, all AUG designs have plastic hammers. It went bad for us because the Australian government tried using a cheaper plastic (read - weaker plastic) to make the hammer as part of a larger effort to cut overall costs.
Part of the scandal was the claim/rumour/allegation that after these little cost-cutting issues were fixed up, the first batch of the "improved" F88s was sold to New Zealand rather than being issued to Australian troops in an effort to recover some of the cost of the "improvements".