Worldwide weapony post-T2K

[Targan]

I agree that the L85 probably couldn't be fixed to the RL A2 standard during the Twilight War but in a number of previous discussions there has been a general consensus that the continuation of the Cold War in the 1990s (in the T2K) universe would have accelerated weapons and other military equipment development by up to five years. Accepting that hypothesis the L85's issues might well have been squared away in time for the Twilight War.

Having said that I very much support the idea of the AR-18 being put into production during the later part of the Twilight War in both the US and the UK. It makes sense. I also think that the UK (and Australia and New Zealand) would quite happily open up their stores of SLRs and issue them to support and late-war formations (this is both a considered opinion and an emotional response on my part as I hold a deep and abiding love for the SLR, its the only military weapon I feel completely confident about maintaining and firing).