Looks like the UK just modernized their LMT's..
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog...nes-adopt-6-5cm-lmt-l129a2-ft-huxwrx-leupold/
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog...nes-adopt-6-5cm-lmt-l129a2-ft-huxwrx-leupold/
- Thread starter GUNNER10
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now they need to adopt lmt for the main service rifle
The UK has been making some impressive decisions lately. They have had LMTs in 308 for years, and now LMTs in 6.5 and KACs in 556.
They lack size. UK took the peace dividend and disbanded a significant amount of the military. What remains may be very good but become inconsequential in a near peer event
You ready to put your bona fides to the test of comparing against the authors?
Go ahead tell us how many tacos can you eat and you better have a vid if you want to be believed.
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I think it’s sad actually.
Kind of shows the loss of Britains creative capability.
They used to make some good stuff on their own and pride would have kept them from departing from domestic production.
Granted if the great tool is there and you can’t come up with better than run with it but let’s see some of that “It may be a right cock up but take pride in the fact it’s a truly British cock up! God save the King!” sense of Patriotism.
I say, those colonists are really up to something with these “AR-15” rifles!
How many infantry brigades can they field simultaneously? Better yet, how many divisions?
If you can’t beat ‘em. Join em.
Russia can field plenty and look how well they are doing.
How many Brigades are currently fielded by Ukraine? Per to peer or near peer still takes numbers. Great Britain cannot field enough force to be significant
I think the SA80 debacle took all the winds out of their sails for small arms production. They had to hire the Krauss (hk) to come in and unfuck that piece of shit and anyone in the MOD who is anyone was carrying a m16 variant for the last 20 years or so anyway.
They also have no domestic sales so there is little incentive for anyone to innovate at the small chance of getting a award for a dwindling military that is a joke in the modern world.
Domestically, I think our overall procurement system is about 50/50 in choosing the best peace of gear at the time and I think part of this is downstream effect of who writes the requirement and the project officer the manages the solicitation/evaluations. In the past two decades we have been able to get some really good gear but we have also made some questionable decisions.
At approximately the same time as USASOC was adopting the USG-I the USMC elected to go with the M27 which was really something that was developed in 2005/2006 and evaluated in 2007 and selected in 2008. Not taking anything away from the M27, but a lot has changed in small arms development in that time frame, and a lot has changed from 2018 till today.
looking at the issue in a vacuum, one organization was able to get a much more modern peace of gear as they were better able to navigate the process.
Comically, the USMC did adopt a very modern Sniper rifle in 2022 when they chose the Mk22, 10 months prior to disbanding scout sniper platoons in the infantry. So all organization in the DoD have the ability to get new, modern gear, they just have to do the leg work. There is no reason why the USMC could not have gone with the HK416A5 with modern optic and low back pressure suppressor.
Western Europe aka NATO effectively disbanded their militaries and pocketed the peace dividends. Bottom line Europe’s defense almost completely depends on the US and the US taxpayers.
They picked a great looking rifle. I’d love to shoot one just to see what it feels like.
LMT has a rich history of releasing contract clone rifles for the commercial market. Sometimes with a hideous SHARPSHOOTER laser engraving, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
