In related actual news, the German army is looking for a replacement for the HK G 36, which is set to be phased out beginning in 2020.
It was announced today that ALL initial submissions failed preliminary testing.
For legal reasons, the Ministry of Defense apparently can’t publish participants and details at this point of the process.
But scuttlebutt seems to agree that besides HK with the HK 433, Steyr and SIG were initially bidders; no word on others. SIG reportedly dropped out amid complaints that the process was rigged toward HK.
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