Aren't the Yankees using HK 417 or smth like that too?
Also what is everyone rambling about with all the personal weapons? I remember that they were already unhappy about them when i was in kindergarten.
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I think that's a bit of a tangent, as the British rifle above is not the same caliber as the HK417, and it doesn't use the HK designed piston system. The KS1/L403A1 is a traditional Stoner operating system in 5.56mm.
The US Army and US Air Force did buy about 8,000 HK417 based M110A1 rifles. A niche rifle, and now with the XM7 being adopted by the Army, I'm not sure how much of a DMR program using 7.62 is really going to be pursued outside of specialized units.
The marines are using the HK416
The original comment compared the KS-1 to a HK417, and I pointed out the difference in both caliber and operating system between those two. The HK416 is an irrelevant tangent.
At least they got rid of the requirement for the insanely designed charging handles like the L119s had out the box.