@Merc Kitsuné avec les traitres à la Patrie qu'on a eu, c'est d'autres bourses qu'il faudrait couper :)

@@DaLkalts le FAMAS est daté. Le remplacer était nécessaire. Après, on peut discuter le choix de ne pas chercher à faire rester la production en France (sachant que la MAS a fermé) et surtout de ne pas avoir choisi ce modèle, qui me semble supérieur au modèle choisi.

My thoughts exactly. This gun is the bastard child between a FAMAS and a G36, so a bullpup AR-18 derivative. And it's so sexy.

Atliest they had a beautiful child!

@@erwannq Indeed

We got a winner 😂

May I please interject "Touché"

Haha one for the dads

I was waiting for a beta vs vhs joke.

@@stevegoodzeck241 Me too:-)

HMD?

@@kavky they are talking about the FELIN system for the famas which has a head mounted display (HMD)

LOL

ROFL! Be kind, rewind.

@@mig1nc that legendary movie

😝🤣😆

With the pushpins, selector markings, polymer build, and buttpad, it really does pass for an HK bullpup.

@@pcarrierorange Don't forget the HK G36 mags for Croatian army issue

Want to know how you get the Universe to implode on itself? Laser etch high quality HK-style white and red markings onto a Zip-22... its scientifically proven that this is what also causes Black Holes to form

@@pcarrierorange it’s like a bullpup G36

I always thought it was made by hk until i looked it up

Same feeling here bro ;)

I find this ver. of the VHS-2 to be the best looker myself. hs-produkt.hr/products/vhs-d2-ct-cal-5-56x45/

@@Goreratten I don't know why but it reminded me of XM8

@@vedatozmenn Xm8 with a Halo Br

I just want to hear that there is a civilian version for sale...

Hvala na sluzbi buraz pozz iz Vukovara 🇭🇷👍

@@peroperic306 Domovini vjeran. Pozdrav ✌️

@@od6604 to se trazi

And DeserTech with the MDR

@@GogglesAreAwsome Well yes, but this did pre-date the MDR by a fair margin

@@saint-cetacean Both of my Keltec bullpup rifles are fully ambidextrous without modifications. One spits the cases out of the bottom, and one spits the cases out of the front ;) The RDB is fairly new but I think the RFB came out in 2008 or 2009, so it is 12 or 13 years old at this point. I bought mine back in 2012. But like you said, FN is the OG when it comes to fully ambidextrous bullpups :)

It wasn't entirely clear if you absolutely have to realign the cam pin at 11:00 to switch sides, or if it's enough just to close the ejector port - if you have to switch the cam pin every time you swap sides it looks easy to drop the pin and lose it.

@@GogglesAreAwsome The desertech has a lot more problem with complexity (and unreliability) than setting it up for ambidextrous use^^ Tbf theyve been working on improving the rifles for a while, from what Ive heard.

it can hit a serb from milles away

With a mix of slav for extra zest

And as an austrian i want to shoot one really badly

@@Downloadguy1995 umm..the rifle or the Serb?

@@Bayofthe91st why not both?

Larry Vickers did on his channel, he praised it, couldn't tell just how high. We shall see Ian's opinion on it next time :P

I didn't even know this weapon existed until I found it in Arma 3's RHS mod

Only time I’ve seen this gun is on the pc game insurgency sandstorm

Well sadly you guys in the west dont really have acces to it

@@Dekoi. I thought it was at first a fake rifle in insurgency. Such a cool rifle.

Multipurpose would be more correct

@@agontprevarator5214 naah, it has only one purpose. To kill... "function" and "purpose" are two different words with two different meanings.

ⱆⱄⱅⰰⱎⰰ

@@user-xj3ve7wt8k true

Hrvatska! And I was wondering why we called the Croats "Hırvat" in Turkish. Turns out that's the name in your own language.

What will actually impress you is firing on full auto

Bemowo Piskie with Volcano battery?

@@Harahvaiti That was them.

@@Grabbagar670 as many here make VHS/Betamax/DVD jokes in comments, actually rifle could have been named HVS (short for Croatian Multipurpose Assault Rifle in Croatian) to avoid all that video cassette thing... this way Croat word for Multipurpose ended up first and many find the VHS abbreviation amusing.

@@Harahvaiti I wouldn't mind if Croatia had Springfield do what they did with the XDM and have them make the vhs-2 in the states. We can call it the blu-ray2 for all i care, ill buy one.

@@Grabbagar670 Exactly. I don't get it either why this rifle is not available in US market.

Just needs a shotgun underbarrel and good to go.

For the Glory of Helghan!

Helgan belongs to the Helghast!

Goddamn that just made me smile! I miss that series so much!

Ah, a man of culture.

Well we were forced to make our own guns because of embargo in 1991y war against serbs..they had everything and we had only hunting rifles. That's why today we are able to do something like this. It's like Rimac automobili and how he started in garage with old car ond electric motors from washmachine and now he make fastest EV in the world.

@@ljubicasmolcic7550 Ne proizvodimo mi, proizvodi Rimac i ekipa iz inozemstva..

Another one bites the dust..

Yes, they even had "srbosjek"...try to google for ultimate croatian weapon

@@user-lj5mx2nm2q yeah!!! That's our favourite,don't forget your 🚜

From Ian's analysis, it seems like an extremely user friendly rifle. Unfortunately It came out a bit too late to become relevant, when the bullpup hype has already died down and most countries with bullpups are switching back to more conventional rifles (China, New Zealand, France, etc.)

@@quakethedoombringer from what I understand, New Zealand and France are both switching away from bull pups more for political reasons than military ones. For example New Zealand had no preference for the bullpup rifle but oddly they selected a platform after ordering the rifle in 7.62 not 5.56 so I don’t think they are changing caliber to 7.62 I wonder why they chose a rifle that was built to fire the 7.62 over one built for 5.56. Whereas Australia has recently modernised its military with the EF88 Austeyr so it’s unlikely they will move away from bullpups anytime soon. As for France most of what I’ve heard is rumours but it sounded like a lot of their selection was political and not based on who actually won the trials. China I know nothing about not even that they were looking at a new rifle.

@@cynicalfox190 from what I have read, the QBZ 96 has some major issues concerning ergonomics and reliability and unlike European nations, China does not have the experience to surmount this issue, so they pick the easy way out by adopting a AR 18 platform. France definitely picked the HK 416 because of politics (HK has better lobbying power + France needs to improve relations with Germany to strengthen the EU). Not sure about New Zealand though

@@quakethedoombringer interesting I don’t know much about the Chinese weapons or their procurement process. And as for the kiwis because of the ANZAC connection the kiwis have generally adopted what the Australians use and the Australians updated to the EF88 (essentially an Australian modification of the AUG A3 improved for specific Australian requirements) but the kiwis held a trial instead and chose a completely seperate system that is to my knowledge exclusive to the New Zealand armed forces the LMT MARS-L I would suspect much like the Australians adopting the M1 over the Leo2 this is to closer ties to America as the LMT is a modified M4 as least as far as New Zealand is concerned. Then again both the Australia and New Zealand special forces have always used M4’s or such style platforms so maybe they wanted to standardise across their whole military as it’s fairly small and not too difficult to restandardise on a new system.

Bro... 🤣

🐸👌

Now this is how you tell a VHS joke about this rifle. Respect.

People over 30 "Hahahahaa, that's good" People under 30 "I don't get it"

🤣🤣😂

Yes. And the Tavor micro

Thanks.

The AUG is the sexiest bullpup imo 😂

@@durlabhdautichakma7090 to each their own, I disagree with you but I respect your opinion.

@@jasonarmstrong5750 so do I 👍

Vhs > m4

Haha yep! And honestly I kinda want to see how this iron sight would work instead of whats in Sandstorm now

Probably my favourite in the game. It performs well at any range, and has the grenade launcher for just one point to top it off. Throw on a heavy carrier and you can produce more smokescreens than an entire high schools vape output.

You forget FC5 has also

Great rifle in game I call it the crow for my loadout.

Ofc, Croatia is awesome.

Yeah, Serbia’s evil twin does admittedly make some pretty good guns.

Perhaps it's a Croatian army rifle 😜

Had one in my hands (our special police is using them, less often than MP5s but it is what it is), really nice and light rifle and fits well in my massive hands.

@@burneracc2567, nice. Looks like a better piece of kit than the one the Singaporeans make.

The HK16 only got the cut due to HK's incredible influence in the western arms market.

@@iannordin5250 If I remember correctly, it was officially because France was not confident that HS had the capacity to deliver all the rifles France needed. Diplomacy can be another reason...

Iirc, the argument for the HK was that HK is much less likely to go out of business over the expected service time. Which has me going crazy, coming from a government that has ended its arsenals and did its level best to kill its internal gun market for decades.

@@pegzounet If a country like France makes any company's gun its ordnance, that company isn't going out of business any day soon. All of Africa will want the same guns.

I was thinking that the reason the HK was chosen over this had something to do with manufacturing or reliability. It seems like an amazing weapon but there are other factors to consider when arming an army. I wouldn’t be surprised if this weapon found it’s way into the hands of French special forces.

@Ante D They cant stand to the mazohistic moronism of the majority haha

Hey just wanted to let you know that either autocorrect got ya or you had a typo for bullpup.

lol

Feature creep...

Sad thing is it wouldn't be difficult to do considering they already work with Springfield extensively. Have Springfield do the 922R work and they'd be good.

@@ownageeagle I'm sure they'd do it if there was a demand, but I imagine this costing as much as a mid-level to high-level AR.

@@gerrymandarin6388 True. And, the Desert Tech MDRX has already took the last gen bullpups market in the US along with the Kel-Tec RDB. And, in Europe, it should be modified to fit the IPSC requirements to become remotely interesting to the main shooting community as it has no strong hand magazine release nor a quick bolt release.

Only if I can get it with the grenade launcher option. ;-)

@@ianfurqueron5850 With the right paperwork you can, but you'll have to be a FFL to get one.

Soldiers in Iraq swear by this gun so much that they claim it's one of their main reasons for being able to fight off the islamists, they say it's indestructible and incredibly accurate and easy to shoot because of low recoil.

Wait croats where in iraq and afghanistan wars i thout it was only americans

@@draskopopovic9543 can't confirm for Iraq, but they were Afghanistan, for a long time

@@draskopopovic9543 Nismo mi bili ali su puške prodane iraku.

@@draskopopovic9543 The rifle is sold in large quantities to Iraqi and other various forces as well. The Iraqi royal guard use the VHS.

Vrlo smo kreativni s imenima

Puška je zakon

@@actualFix da se stavilo Hrvatska ispred Višenamjenska moglo se izbjeć sve ove video kazeta pošalice...

@@actualFix Napravimo pušku -> stavimo “strojnica” u naziv.

Onak, da se zna da more i automatski pucat. Jer to je nekaj kaj se valjda mora rec ¯\(°_o)/¯

Yeah...but if they had, they'd have licensed it to some shit company like Bushmaster which would then go on to screw it up and increase the price by 40% or more.

@@kfeltenberger and then it would have had a limited production run or none at all yet still appear in dozens of video games, even decades later.

Is Magpul still alive? Rarely hear anything about them these days.

@@stevenbobbybills And your point? Shit quality is shit quality and that's Bushmaster's hallmark. Everything they got their hands on they either refused to release it (Cobb series) or screwed it up beyond belief, and then if they did release it, they jacked up the price far beyond what they originally claimed. There's a reason Bushmaster earned the label "Bottom Feeder" during the ban years.

@@kfeltenberger ...I was agreeing with you. My point is that either they'd never make it out of development hell (FMG) or not make nearly as many as they hyped up (Masada / ACR) but their weapons would still find their way into every damn modern / sci-fi shooter game, in the same way that the Vector, AA-12 and Desert Eagle are everywhere despite having limited military adoption at best.

Kada bi barem recenzirao jos koje nase oruzje, mozda RT-20 😁

Croatia makes excellent firearms I own two XDs!

@@chrisreyes3126 Thank you, glad to know the they serve you well 👍🏻

@@philla0076 jesu li makar malo poboljsali trzaj na RT20 .Skoro svakog strelca optika posjece .

@@savosavanovic2451 Ne znam iskreno, slabo se nesto prikazuje u javnosti

Ah, you beta me to it.

Came to the comments for Beta Max jokes, not leaving disappointed!

Quite the mini-disss--k

Fuck I was gonna

BETA-MAGS

Wait a minute...

I would absolutely love to learn how it did in combat there

Along with the M4, this rifle was particularly effective in the urban combat that took place where firing distances would constantly vary.

Did they have any rifle grenades? I’d like to know how those worked

Ah that vice documentary

Well apparently they just submitted a request to import to the ATF. Maybe they intended to announce it but had yet to submit the work.

@@Klyce The Hellcat and their bait-and-switch announcement came out in 2019. That's two years between teasing us and submitting the request.

@@Klyce Really? How do you know that?

They posted VHS tapes to their Instagram today….it’s happening!

At least their child is beautiful

VHS cause its obsolete right away 😁. I love guns but damn they have SOOO many guns that work and do that same thing.

@@edwarddailey21 Obsolete? How so?

@@Briselance its a joke bro, don't get but hurt, if Ian's says its a good rifle its gotta be good quality, however like he said made in Croatia and a bulpup, will automatically make people/governments hesitant, lets see how many military's actually pick that up dude, don't most Slavic countries still use AK platform as well, probably a hella expensive gun as well.

I feel like the G36 somehow got a finger in somewhere.

Interest in bullpups is just not that big; and theres a ton of competition in the modern arms market.

I guess nobody in Hollywood could import one to use as a prop.

you would surprised if you search little bit and found they were already at hands of various factions in Syria.

It's made appearances in a few games past couple years, only a matter of time till someone takes it seriously.

@@cptTK421 It's nasty in Breakpoint. By far and away the most accurate ASR in the game.

Tbfh

Itekako smo cekali ovo jako dugo, vec sam izgubil vjeru. Now lets import it for civilian use in US

That's funny right there.

@@Morgoth-mq6bf Bilo bi fora i da naprave verziju za domaće civilno tržište. Samo naprave poluautomatsku verziju sa spremnikom od 10 metaka,i možda promjene ime u VHP (Višenamjenska Hrvatska Puška),da izbjegnu konotacije da se radi o automatskom vojnom oružju. Brijem da bi svaki ljubitelj oružja htio ići u streljanu isprobat je,neki bi je sigurno i kupili ako imaju dozvolu za pušku.

@@ZP1993 Civilna bi morala biti na 5 metaka. Tak sam moral dati papovku preraditi.

@Gugljesmece Obicno are VPNs legal in your country?

You're too beta...

@@FishLord413 what

@@FishLord413 its a joke dude lol

I was hoping that the 2nd model would accept DVDs... we're stuck at VHS tho. Maybe they'll skip DVD and go straight for the BluRay

@@bravo6959 You must be young.

Virgin Beta: Betamax, Digital Betamax Chad VHS: VHS, VHS-C, D9, SuperVHS, *VHS-F2*

I think you grossly overestimated the age of the average person, on the internet at least

@@user-njyzcip i kinda do To be fair i had to crack a joke quickly otherwise it would be somewhat overshadowed by other comments

@FRANMAS C'mon, it's a bad movie, but definitely not the worst

The first time i saw this gun was on a vice video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fMx_iLCe1tGxmXU.html

Heh, a lot of left-handed shooters like Ian do appreciate ambidexterous rifles

Your winnigs, Monsieur

This is millitary rifle with full auto seting. I dont think thats legal in USA to sell on civil market, and HS does not care about civil rifle market. Springfield by today is hole lot of sh*t to begin with if they can't buy licence for pistols to make them (if they can not then why you Americans need to rename them)

Yeah, I would like one with the 16 inch barrel.

@@madkoala2130 pardon? I mean they do, kinda, care about the civilian market. As he said, Springfield imports the hs2000 as the XD series or gun specifically for the civilian market. Tthe VHS seems trivial to make a semi auto version and would likely sell well here.

@@Ki113r210 those are pistols and we here in croatia arent that intersted in focusing in one market (and we are REALLY LAZY) and this rifles is advertised as MILLITERY RIFLE and i dont know about import policy in US but did you ban import of most of foreign rifles (Type 95/QBZ-95).

@@madkoala2130 which is a real shame because you guys make interesting stuff ( I have a php mv) the wacky work around is if Springfield buys the rights to the gun in the US they can bring it in without issue cuz now it's "a Springfield gun"

Can't wait for the Blu-Ray F4.

Stop y'all I need to breathe

@PC_Modder first time subscriber will be given free ammo for 30 days.

Mini-Disc F-C (c for compact).

The third is Netflix F4

You are 100% right.

Power corrupts and since the act of governing is the exercise of power, all governments are corrupt. The only difference is to what degree.

@@badweetabix sadly the Croatian government is worse than mafia.

U pravu si, da nam je vlada kak se spada samo od turizma bi živjeli ko bogovi.

@@TheDennys21 Turizam na Jadranu i Velebitu, slavonija bi mogla prehranit balkan a oni rastjeruju ljude u Irsku ...

Originally the Betamax was superior platform but lost in popularity to the widespread use of the VHS.

Wanted somebody to say that. Thanks lol

Be kind reload.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Now it’s just Netflix and chill……

Nice lmao

​@@dorhocyn3I think you mean the N&C-F4

Greetings to 🇵🇱 from 🇭🇷

Greetz to you too, we love Poland! 🇭🇷🤝🇵🇱

greetings to Poland from Croatia 💟

As a Polish Croat, seeing all this love for each-other makes me very happy!

@@littleking2258 Me too, pope John Paul ll sead that he is Polish Croat becouse he's from Krakow and that was antient homeland od Croats until we comed little furder south. Long live brothers ❤

He has too much power to be left alive

Unfortunatly not, although I was also amazed first. At around 11:30 Ian explains how you still need to disassemble the bolt carrier to change from left to right ejection or vice versa.

@@Steinstra-vj7wl um, I'm pretty sure the DesertTech MDR is substantially easier. To swap your ambi ejection port, literally just swap the ejection port cover with the ejection port on the other side. It just snaps out and in using a latch on the side, and doesn't require stripping the FCG to manipulate a cam pin.

@@OTElron Yup, switching the ejector port is a bit more complicated, but you can still shoot the rifle from both hands. This is really important in CQB because you find yourself constantly switching the rifle left-right due to corners.

Thank you Sir

Thanks

@@HRVATSKA-re9pjfor home ready!

Nice to see ppl apriciate products from my little country...

@@lolofblitz6468 Death to the fachism, freedom to the people ;-)

Sve čestitke, zaista imate dobru pušku!

Thanks! I also love me!

@@thesaddestdude3575 thats sad man

@@ante4331 Hah! I'm just kidding! i hate myself.

@@thesaddestdude3575 thats awesome attitude!!

Good luck on Sunday in the Final of the Euros! I hope for a good football matchup! Grettings from you neighbour country Croatia/Croazia! Fratelli 🇭🇷♥️🇮🇹 🔴⚪🔵 ♥️ 🟢⚪🔴!!

Pretty sure Beretta has lobbied hard to make sure that will not happen

@@nl800 Ciao Croazia !👍❤️

@@fivizzano FORZA ITALIA! FORZA AZZURRI! Grazie from Croazia! 🔴⚪🔵 ♥️ 🟢⚪🔴

@@fivizzano Congratulations to Italy/Italia for winning the Euro 2021! Also respect to England for a nice game! Grazie fratelli from Croazia! 🇭🇷♥️🇮🇹

Thanks for the info, although I already know this before lol.

Helpful. Tx.

Doubt they chose the HK to "please Merkel", it's an excellent rifle already used massively by our special forces along with the SCAR-L which was also trialed. But yeah VHS was also my personal preference.

The HK416 was well proven, the VHS was used by the Iraqis in the fight against ISIS but hasn't been widely used by elite forces like the HK416. Also bullpups are on the way out, generally. New Zealand (which used the Austeyr, a licence-built AUG) switched to an AR15 platform too. But the decision to make half of their rifles so short with 10 inch barrels, especially after the fighting in Afghanistan, perplexes me

@plentyness that is very subjective opinion. I spent two years in ex YUGO wars and I would never trade anything for Serbian made Kalashnikov (M70). Whatever you do to her, it never stop shooting. And it’s not like Hungarian or Romanian AK 47 versions that, after you shoot two magazines, you lean and press the rifle against the wall in such a way that the barrel is hitting the wall, you will find yourself that the barrel can band on the side you lean on. I spoke recently with someone who spent over a year in Iraqi military, and they absolutely love VHS gun. It could not be jammed at all even in Iraqi desert conditions. Now, I did not have VHS in my hands and I can’t speak to it. It all comes down to reliability and price. HK 416 is absolutely gorgeous gun and for sure is one of the best. The same story what is better in real life goes with M53 (ex Yugo exact copy of MG42) and PKM. yes PKM is an amazing gun but we mostly fear from enemies M53 sound. 7.92x57 can easily kill you on distances up to 2000 m. The challenge with M53 besides being a bit heavier then PKM, was that once you start shooting, the enemy (Serbs) would look To identify your spot/position and then shoot at you with mortals. PKM never had that issue and that is why many people opted to go with PKM. But to choose between M53 and PKM, I would go with M53 any day of the week.

@plentyness - I agree with you on that point. But lots of those selection for 416 is coming from hundreds if not more years of experience for HK … whereas VHS company has been on market for the past 20 years or so. That is an a line with old British saying - If I don’t know what is good, I will buy the most expensive piece.

@plentyness I forgot to mention that The reason VHS2 exist is That original VHS gun has been prone to dust and sand. Croatian troops in Afghanistan reported multiple jamming on original VHS gun. That’s why VHS2

this is what made me check its weight, ty for clarification

Many in the French military regret that it wasn't adopted. But even more regret that France doesn't produce its own standard issue rifles anymore. It really is a shame.

@@t.b9582 I heard they converted the Felin factory into textiles that produces white flags. (THIS WAS A CHEAP SHOT JOKE I HEARD AT A CASINO AND HAD TO TRY IT, GET OFF MY BACK I WAS BEING FUNNY.)

@@TheAceLewis it's getting old...french military history is...glorious

@@TheAceLewis LOL

@@t.b9582 it is said that French soldiers preferred the FN Scar

Correction: Death

VHS: Your niece from Croatia.

I'm you, but Hrvatski.

@@lostalone9320 why is that so specific

L85: hElLo! i'M a rAifl

*happy francophilie noises*

@@ommsterlitz1805 an AUG mod? I'm not a fan of the AUG's polymer internals. Your FCG is the last thing that should be polymer! (Ok, maybe second to last. Barrel is the very last thing that should be polymer!) Seems to have a good trigger pull. Or at least significantly better than the AUG. More modular, with that slick UGL and big Picatinny rail sections.

Sorry AUG A3 is the best, imo

@@ommsterlitz1805 I think F90 is not all that french, it is a Thales foreign branch that designed it. Thales itself is not particularly known for small arms, it is the more about technological stuff.

I'm a Kel tec rdb fan no long ass length of pull or crappy trigger. Plus less bulky with a simpler design.

Of course, just set it to semi auto

Be kind rewind

Ooh! Imagine hitting a rewind button and ending up with a magically refilled magazine?

Bet this was a great video for you. Hold your head high with country pride. Fantastic looking rifle.

@@thorphinnskull-splitter7602 Tnx man.

Fames: Hon hon hon! G36 is comming over for a croisaint today!

it looks good but what i cant understand is why they put humongous oprod to cycle with the bolt (and add to the recoil) and made the gas piston so short. It kinda defeats the purpose and advantage of the short stroke system when they could have easily have longer piston pushing directly on the bolt without being a part of the recoiling mass. at this point they might as well make the gun long stroke ...

@@Asghaad kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r6yCdcqcttmxlWQ.html

@@saff3356 so, what is it you wanted to say here ? From watching that video it has quite a bit of recoil for inline 5.56 system. im not saying its bad, what im wondering is why they went with short piston/long oprod instead of long piston and no oprod. Reliability? weapon balance? rate of fire reduction ? there must have been a reason to make the bolt assembly heavier.

@@Asghaad for reliability

High carrier mass to bolt mass ratio is good for reliability. Having a long ass oprod is akin to telescopic bolt that smgs like uzi used, to increase mass. Large piston size also helps with part durability.

AFAIK - and this from HS Produkt statements, the civi version for the US market is a done deal. Wouldn’t be surprised if ths means Sept

@@zooombaa Fingers crossed! I need one of these in my life! I'll take a loan out of my 401K if I have to ;)

@@crazyfvck Its just matter of time, and I don’t think its a coincidence Ian got his hands on one - as I said, there was quite a few things said by HS Produkt, and quite a few demos of the semi-auto version of VHS-2 here in Croatia.

Nope, they need too cut the contract with Springfield

@@richard_from_england333 how they do it - time will tell…

Something something bribery etc...

Well after thinking about it I wonder if the potential for a soldier who was not paying attention to assemble the rifle where it will eject out the wrong side (out the port they normally have locked closed) and cause a malfunction had something to do with it.

I'm sure if we followed the money, we'd have our answer!

Bribes and money or money and bribes.

Paris was very quietly acknowledging that they miss being owned by Berlin, and that Germany should lead the United States of Europe when the EU breaks down, not Belgium. Croatia is a nobody nation, maybe the EU's version of Florida. And lots of retirement funds were contributed.

I remember hearing about some sketches for a fifth generation, but it apparently got them in legal trouble with Sony. Strange world.