Its a replacement for the full size, original M110 in mind, while completely ignoring the M110K1. The M110 had growing pains because the .mil got what it asked for ontop of a bad run of barrels and someone's monkey welding some of the original suppressors. if you compare those two, sure, the H&K is ahead. They somehow just don't want to talk about the K1.
It's kind of like basing your new girlfriend off of your ex wife, yet in the meantime youre already dating a much better girlfriend.
It's heaver, has a weird bolt (or recoil system? forget which), even weirder center of gravity/balance, a giant rail you mount the bipod 10 inches from the barrel on and does absolutely nothing better than the K1 which already has parts in inventory as well as an available 6.5CM upper. The plastic parts for 'weight savings' is also completely hilarious.
I would absolutely LOVE for someone to show me how this was a better idea, and especially cheaper, than the CSASS going to the K1. There's just no fucking way unless H&K put up some total bullshit lowball number that they then plan to 'oops' about when it comes to budget vs actuals on repair and maintenance costs.
But hey, they made that rail so fucking big, that at least it (probably) wont have the barrel start slamming into it after 30 rounds like with the G36.
The only thing they got right is the rear grip.
And for those freaking out about what gun kills scopes; its not indicitive of a certain large frame, its a 'feature' due to the dual recoil impulse a large frame semi auto puts out; it's all of them. I think somehow people just really focused on the SCAR in regards to this.