I'm with SSC with this. The only way you could possibly hurt yourself is if you weren't holding the weapon correctly in the first place, something that would get you injured with virtually any weapon out there.
The AUG is a good weapon. It might not suit SF types, but it's very suitable for general soldiering. The only drawback with the original models is that you couldn't mount a GL on it and so grenadiers reverted to carrying the M79 again. This has been rectified with the later models along with a few other minor modifcations.
I'm a strong fan of 7.62. I hate the M16 and most 5.56 weapons with a passion, but the F88 Steyr AUG is one of the few I've been happy to carry instead of the L1A1 SLR or M60 due to it's ease of carry, natural aiming characteristics, good balance and generally solid build. The one drawback it had was the rather short reach with a bayonet, something I rectified by fitting an SMLE bayonet to mine, doubling it's length and putting the fear of god into the recruits and trainees I was acting as enemy for (I wouldn't have been allowed to get away with in in my usual unit).
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