French Army takes delivery of first batch of 400 HK416F assault rifles to replace old FAMAS.
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FAMAS to H&K 416F Morph
You all know the story about the French Army switching the FAMAS to the Heckler & Koch 416F by now.
The first HKs have recently been delivered, and the changing process will continue for several years.
HK416 into a bullpup must be rather challenging, but the gif file works really well. You could say that the only thing they share is the caliber.
HK416F with HK grenade launcher attached. The model is HK269F (40 x 46 mm) grenade launcher.
And bayonet. Probably works for cutting Brie cheese and bread too.
Bipodded HK416F.
According to WikiPedia: “The HK416F replaces the flip-up front sight with a specialized bayonet lug, has a rounded trigger guard reminiscent of the Patriot-Ordnance Factory P416 and uses a custom barrel muzzle to attach and fire rifle grenades.”
It will be interesting to see the HK416F fitted with some sensible optics. So far I have only seen it with an EOTech red dot, which seems to be the choice of the Special Forces.
It is said that the French Army will re-use the nationally made Scrome J4 optic, which is a 4× magnification scope, but I haven’t seen any pictures of this configuration yet.
Meanwhile…there are reports from France saying that the FAMAS rifles are having a hard time accepting their replacement. We received this top secret picture of a FAMAS trying to mate another FAMAS in an attempt to propagate. Apparently the the only remedy is to sterelize the FAMAS by removing the firing pin!
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/07/06/famas-hk-416f-morph/
You all know the story about the French Army switching the FAMAS to the Heckler & Koch 416F by now.
The first HKs have recently been delivered, and the changing process will continue for several years.
HK416 into a bullpup must be rather challenging, but the gif file works really well. You could say that the only thing they share is the caliber.
HK416F with HK grenade launcher attached. The model is HK269F (40 x 46 mm) grenade launcher.
And bayonet. Probably works for cutting Brie cheese and bread too.
Bipodded HK416F.
According to WikiPedia: “The HK416F replaces the flip-up front sight with a specialized bayonet lug, has a rounded trigger guard reminiscent of the Patriot-Ordnance Factory P416 and uses a custom barrel muzzle to attach and fire rifle grenades.”
It will be interesting to see the HK416F fitted with some sensible optics. So far I have only seen it with an EOTech red dot, which seems to be the choice of the Special Forces.
It is said that the French Army will re-use the nationally made Scrome J4 optic, which is a 4× magnification scope, but I haven’t seen any pictures of this configuration yet.
Meanwhile…there are reports from France saying that the FAMAS rifles are having a hard time accepting their replacement. We received this top secret picture of a FAMAS trying to mate another FAMAS in an attempt to propagate. Apparently the the only remedy is to sterelize the FAMAS by removing the firing pin!
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/07/06/famas-hk-416f-morph/
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French Soldiers with German Rifles. Time change does it not.
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Well before the HK416,the French Army wanted to make the HK33 its standard rifle,it was even manufactured under license in France. However it was rejected for political reasons by the Defense Minister of then,Michel Debré also clearly saying he "never wanted a German weapon in French army barracks".
Nowadays,German weapons have totally invaded France.
From the special forces....
to the regular forces....
From the Police special forces...
to the regular Police...
And even to custom agents.
Total invasion. @SMS Derfflinger
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What is your Police and Army opinion on HK G36 because Germans now hate this Rifle and have shifted to HK 416 they basically say it's a total disaster in hot environments@Zarvan
Well before the HK416,the French Army wanted to make the HK36 its standard rifle,it was even manufactured under license in France. However it was rejected for political reasons by the Defense Minister of then,Michel Debré also clearly saying he "never wanted a German weapon in French army barracks".
Nowadays,German weapons have totally invaded France.
From the special forces....
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to the regular forces....
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From the Police special forces...
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to the regular Police...
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And even to custom agents.
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Total invasion. @SMS Derfflinger
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You mean G36 ? It's been a long time I didn't see it used by the army,maybe they switched to the HK416s.
The ones Police received are different from those used by the German Army in Afghanistan,and France and Afghanistan are totally different environments. + there's little to non chances that the weapon will be used in prolonged full auto fire in very hot environments. The Police ones (at least regular Police) are only in semi automatic and burst fire.
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YES G36
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Sincerely hope they practice safe-sex!Meanwhile…there are reports from France saying that the FAMAS rifles are having a hard time accepting their replacement. We received this top secret picture of a FAMAS trying to mate another FAMAS in an attempt to propagate. Apparently the the only remedy is to sterelize the FAMAS by removing the firing pin!
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/07/06/famas-hk-416f-morph/
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Finally some pictures with optics. For now,the soldiers are simply re-using their eotechs on the HK416F.
However,the army is looking for new sights and the Aimpoint CompM5 is among the one being tested.
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However,the army is looking for new sights and the Aimpoint CompM5 is among the one being tested.
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Using EoTech?
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The HK416F continues to arrive in the units ! And it was revealed that the deliveries will be accelerated. (93K delivered by 2025 instead of 60K.)
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Nice choice indeed, TNI had using them in tropical climate, swamp and mountain area in hostile situation and HK 416 answer all of them nicely
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