New Assault Rifle from ST Kinetics
This week ST Kinetics (a subsidiary of ST Engineering), makers of the bullpup SAR-21 rifle, have been displaying a new conventional assault rifle at the Singapore Air Show 2012. The rifles looks a lot like the current generation of FN SCAR / Beretta ARX / Remington ACR rifles. The below photo is taken from the show magazine.
The ST Kinetics SAR-21A, a modernized version of the SAR-21, was supposed to have gone into production last year.
[ Many thanks to Nigel for emailing us the photo. ]
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@Philip: "The SAR-21 is a functional and competent design only to those whom have not used anything better. Even the old M16 is a more functional and competent design. Because Singapore citizens are not allowed to carry arms, most of us don’t know any better, and fail to realize the inadequacies of ST Kinetics designs. And don’t forget that our own SOF carries the M4 and M249, not the SAR-21and Ultimax 100."
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I belong to the class of those Singaporeans you mentioned "who don't know any better".
Since you obviously don't belong in this category, please tell us your experience with having used - in a military context, of course - "better" weapons compared to the SAR-21 and Ultimax 100.
And then elaborate how the SAR-21 and Ultimax 100 is not "a functional and competent design" compared to these weapons. For example, you mentioned the M16 being a "more functional and competent design". I don't agree or disagree, but please elaborate why you think so?
I finished my military service with the M16S1 and the Ultimax before the SAR-21 was introduced. So I am very keen to hear your reply.
I am another Singaporean that has used the m4, m16 and sar-21. I can clearly say that the sar-21 is superior and that is despite me having to shoot the sar-21 with my right hand although I am left handed... Phillip you just sound like one of those guys who loves to diss things that come from Singapore...