[Skybird]

I only quoted or base on reports based on Bundeswehr, police and hunter assessment. When the Bundeswehr says the G36 after 3 magazines shot empty sprays so much that hitting somethign with it, not mentioning: man-stop-power, becomes a serious concern, then I dare to conclude even as a niovice that there is a problem. Even under normal firing coinditions, wind seems to be of more a concern than should be the case for the infantries primnary AR. The bullet for the cartridge they say weighs only, if I recall correctly, 4gr or 5gr. A 7.62 has 8 gr, I think I recall. Well, wind and weight and velocity - there is an inevitable interrelation between these three, you just cannot sneak around the elemental rules of physics.

Note that the internal tests of the Bundeswehr warned of the weapon's poor performance from early on, the according office seems to have recommended to not buy it in that state. It is under examination why these warnings were ignored and never heard of again, corruption seems to have been the case.

But the criterion that decides it for me is what gets reported by the German troops who field the weapon and ammo in Afghanistan. And they say its porked and has brought them very often now into critical situation, it seems, too little punch, too short legs, too little precision. With that kind of feedback, the decisive verdict has been delivered. The Wehrbeauftragte - and earlier last year I think the Generalinspekteur der Bundeswehr as well, but my memory may fail me there - said something like that he got "dozens and dozens" of complaints from Afghanistan. The ministry is up in arms against him now. Assuming he counted correctly, he just does his job - on behalf of the lives and physical wellbeing of the troops that were sent there.