Germany Government is creating lot of problems for HK and other companies when they sell weapons to Muslim countries that is why they were avoided
HK said that they will no longer sell weapons to non NATO nations! I suppose they can make enough income from NATO nations
in the early 2000's there was talk and rumours of changing caliber to 556. But that thought never materalised as COIN ops began and the cartridge that delivered the punch in knocking down terrorist was x39. It did the job extremely well as the doctrine in Pak army is shoot to kill not maim. so both 7.62 calibers are the standards now.
We are opting for two rifles one for 7.62 X 39 caliber and one for 7.62 X 51 caliber so one has been selected and talks for other one are taking place and we may hear about the winner soon.
it's also because it's slightly based of of the Kalashnikov design
this isn't the
Not elite units but every one. Pakistan Army solider these days use two rifles G3 and Type 56 and both will be replaced. CZ 807 will replace Type 56 and talks are on for G3 replacement and for that Berreta ARX 200 and FN SCAR H are competing
I think this will be the most likely course of action as well.
Yes i think this may be true and 7.62x51 option may be MPT-76 too.
Yes, it seems like the CZ-806 BREN 2 and CZ-807 (7.62x39) are in fact different sub-families of the CZ-805 BREN. But from what I remember, the CZ-807 predates the CZ-806, it came around the time of the CZ-805A2 in 2013 and was made for India's rifle trials. So it doesn't benefit from the CZ-806's improvements in recoil and weight (unless the 806 was made from the 807).It was reported by all sources that PA was testing CZ 806 BREN 2 just like most of them were reporting Zastava M21 was under trials instead of the M77. But, pictures of BREN 2 were different from the rifle PA was offered (See Page 1 of this thread). The one seen in Pakistan uses a curved magazine (like AK-47) and I am glad Mr. Martin Šanda has confirmed that it was the 7.62x39mm CZ 807 which was trialed 'successfully' by PA.
I believe both FN and Beretta have already lost the tender. While the rifles offered by FN (x51 and x39) are very expensive, the ARX-160 (x39) offered by Beretta will be a 'downgrade' of the army units using the Chinese AK-47s.
From ARMÁDNÍ NOVINY article:
"..............CZ BREN 2 is very well thought out platform family of multirážové assault rifles in three calibers 5.56 × 45 NATO / 7.62 x 39 / 7.62 x 51. From the shortest 8 "special, to the rifle for precision shooters. All while maintaining the same shooting habits, control, ergonomics and sustainability of weapons in combat deployment, " said Šanda explaining a major shift from CZ 805 to CZ BREN 2.
You can now speculate what is coming as a replacement for G3.
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