[Raellus]

I think 3-5 years is reasonable. The Cold War was a huge incentive/motivator for government funding of the military as well as arms R&D. A lot of programs would have been pushed ahead had it not been for the unanticipated peaceful end of the Cold War.

SSC, I didn't mean that the G-11 was dead weight but that the East German economy was. The financial strain of having to incorporate what was, in effect, a ruined economy meant that less money was available to fund projects like the adoption of the G-11. Only after the German economy stabilized in the mid-90s (IRL) did Germany adopt a new AR (the G-36). The need for a new AR never went away. In fact, the German army had to find a replacement for both the G-3 and the AKM.

Your point about the v1.0 timeline is well taken, though. Due to the adoption of the G-11, it is unlikely that the G-36 would even have been developed, let alone adopted and produced in any numbers.

BTW, thanks for the other weapons links.