POTD: SAR-21 Service Rifle with Round Corner Firing Module

@mig1nc You really don't want or need the SAR-21. I've been trained on both the SAR and M-16/M-4 and frankly there isn't much of a difference.

The SAR is meant to be a generic rifle given out in the tens of thousands in case of a war, so in practical terms it isn't spectacular. It's not a total failure like some pessimists claim but it isn't outstanding either. It's just meant to be reliable and compact. The only outstanding point would be the inbuilt optics but that has been overtaken by advances in p-rail installed optics where you can mix and match now. It was designed in the 90s, so it was a bit before the p-rail fad.

In short, don't expect too much of the SAR-21, it's not meant to be spectacular, it's meant to be our version of the AK-47, a weapon given out en-mass to people who would be lucky to hit the broad side of a battleship, much less a barn.

Now the Ultimax, that's a different story. Long in the tooth and way overdue for an upgrade but the focus on controllability paid off in spades. I've had shooters in the range that got so bored shooting the targets that they started doing stupid things like trying to saw (pun not intended) the targets in half and trying to chop down the wooden supports (this was before the automated range when wooden supports were still being used) rather than the targets themselves. And annoyingly enough, a few of them tend to succeed. If you want to wish a weapon over there, go for the Ultimax. It's spindly, looks fragile but it's tougher than it looks and frankly it's a weapon that would be limited if forced into existing SOP. It's outstanding enough to actually have a new SOP written for it and I sure as hell do not ever want to be on the receiving end of a pair of them. On full auto, suppressing a squad would be no problem. It's one of the very few weapons where I won't chuck a spent shell at the helmet of the guy holding down the trigger. A small talk later about ammo conservation yes but full auto is actually valid on the Ultimax.