The French are adopting the FN MAG
Updated: January 9th, 2013
I have been informed that the French DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement, Armament Procurement Agency) will be adopting the FN MAG to replace the AANF1 machine guns in service.The purchase of 10-11,000 is expected to be confirmed soon.
The AANF1 machine gun (Photo from Wikipedia)
After losing a couple of contracts, this will be very good news for FNH.
[ Many thanks to Famas for the tip. ]
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You can argue over this many time we have differnt opions so lets agree to disagree your not hgoing to change my mind or Aurelian
People don't change ops on say-so, Lance... You're missing the whole point here... I am just expressing my views the best I can, the most founded I can... I like the SCAR, yes, but the whole point of my exposé is to point out the feebleness of SOCOM's so-called 'reasons' for not buying the SCAR Mk16...
Except for the budget ones, the rest of the 'excuses' are obviously flawed and paper-thin...
I know the most credible reason is that due to limited budget resources, both acknowledged by USSOCOM and FNH's through press releases and also by the project's rep Gay Bailey, and given the operational needs for the SpecOps on the field today, namely the Afghanistan conflict, they decided to shift the funds to the Mk17s, EGLMs and the Mk20 SSR... My question is 'why didn't they go with that instead of blowing off smoke to the public?'
Cheers!