During trainings, like the corporal or sergeant course in Castelnaudary, cleaning a FAMAS the whole night with a helmet on the head and camouflage on the face was a well-known ritual. The cleaning doesn’t take hours anymore like it was with the FAMAS. The HK-416 is ergonomic, easier to assemble and dissemble, has 3 Picatinny rails which allows the operator to equip his rifle with basically whatever he wants. The bullpup system gives a good precision level to the FAMAS, but the explosion just next to my ears made me deconcentrated. I liked the FAMAS, because it’s precise, but once I fired an HK-416 I don’t want to use a FAMAS anymore. I’m not qualified enough to say a strict yes or not.
Was that a good choice? Is the HK-416 better than the FAMAS?
integrate the FELIN and simulation systemsĪfter months of real-life tests and studies of the different logistics chains offered by competing companies, the choice felt on the HK416. launch a rifle grenade and 40mm low speed grenades. fire all types of 5.56 mm NATO standard ammunition. The French government launched the researches, the Future Individual Weapon program in 2009. The latest version had already have a Picatinny rail (or even two), but it wasn’t the ultimate solution. In short, all that other assault rifles accept and which make the operator’s life much simpler (and sometimes saves it) isn’t compatible with the FAMAS. To the old version, it’s impossible to add a tactical handle, a laser designator, a recoil absorption stick, a cheek pad or even a simple rifle scope. However the FAMAS will quickly suffer from a major defect: it is hard to evolve. Why did the French Army decide to replace the FAMAS?ĭesigned to replace the good old Mle 49/56 automatic rifle, the FAMAS brought the French army into the club of assa)))ult rifle users.Īdopted at the end of the 1970s it was a gem of the gun industry precise, ambidextrous (for right- and left-handed users), bull-pup, and integrated grenade launcher. I can still remember when I touched the FAMAS first time in my life. So in a short time, each regiment and company of the French Foreign Legion is going to get the new weapon. You might have already heard that the HK-416 from Heckler and Koch is replacing the old FAMAS in the whole French Army.
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