Peter Kemp wrote in message . ..
On 7 Jul 2004 02:46:43 -0700, (robert arndt) wrote:

"Paul J. Adam" wrote in message ...

The G11 being so incredible that it's dead as a dodo without a single
service user?

Dropped for general Heer usage due to reunification costs, still in
use by German SOFs. Also superior to anything in US Inventory... and
that gun also originated in WW2 with Niploit caseless ammunition
research!!!

Can you provide a cite for the current usage? All the photos I've seen
of German KSK troops show them with G-36 variants or MP-5s.

Peter Kemp

GSG-9 had them on hand when they were in Iraq immediately after
Baghdad was captured. GSG-9 was there to protect German business
interests and citizens.
Austria's Cobra Unit also retains the G-11 for special missions and
KSK retains them as well... even though the incredible success of the
cheaper, less-expensive G-36 means that the G-11 would only be used in
crisis situations.
I believe also that Zoll and special German SEKs have tested the G-11
out. The Heer still has a stock of them and some of them were either
sold or loaned out to foreign SOFs and HRUs. The rifle is highly
praised by all accounts.

Rob