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I've read several recent articles citing reliability and fragility issues with the G36. Heck, if the Kurdish Peshmerga are complaining about free German assault rifles, you know that something's probably wrong.

Swag, it look like our thinking is more or less in line, despite the fact that we each embrace different timelines.

Here's how I see things playing out in v1.0.

The G11 is adopted in the late-'80s and enters initial, small-batch production in the early '90s. It is issued first to special forces and airborne troops who immediately report reliability problems & issues with the caseless ammunition. The gov't decides that revamping an already expensive project this will make the G11 too pricey for general issue- there's also continuing NATO opposition to the caseless ammo- and directs HK to develop a more conventional G3 replacement that fires standard 5.56mm NATO ammunition. The G36 is developed in the mid-'90s and initial production begins. This would be around 1996, v1.0 timeline.

However, at this point, the W. German gov't is already in the advanced planning stages for reunification-by-force, and instructs H&K to cancel G36 production and switch instead to full-scale G33 and G32 production. This will allow the unified army to issue similar weapons that can be fed by existing stockpiles of ammunition. This new initiative preempts development of the G36.

So, once the war kicks off, you'd see German units carrying a mixture of weaponry.

Special Forces and airborne troops would start the war using a mixture of G11, G36, and G3s. Later on, they'd probably be using more G33s and G32s due to better reliability and parts/ammo availability.

First line, W. German Panzergrenadier and light infantry would be issued fresh G33s and newer-make G3s.

First line, former-E. German units would be equipped mostly with fresh G32s 7.62x39mm and perhaps a 5.45mm version as well (G34 designation?).

Reserve W. German units would be equipped with a hodgepodge, mostly older G3s and a few newer G33s at first.

Reserve E. German units would keep their MPiKs (E. German AKM & AK-74 clones) and eventually start receiving G32s.