New British Army Rifle KS-1

[markj1]

The "gun" or THE gun is an absolute showstopper in both the light role and even more so in the SF tripod role.

It's 80% of your sections firepower right there.

It's the benchmark in belt fed man portable automatic weapons.

I say that because now and again a bright spark tries to get unwilling victims to man pack the HMG ,noooo thanks

It is also doing well in remotely operated applications (electric trigger system). It still needs to fed, obviously, but it's reliable enough to not need an operator on top of it at all times, ready to clear jams.

 

[alberta boy]

14lbs isn't bad. Hell, I carried an M-249 SAW (FN made belt fed .223). That weighed 15.5 lbs, and that didn't include the 600rds (3 drums) of ammo we were supposed to carry as a "combat load" (which means you carried more than that, just in your pack, instead of the drum pouches on each hip). It also didn't include the spare barrel, bag and asbestos glove.

<shrug> It weighs what it weighs. When you're young you just adapt to it. It's part of being young; your muscles tend to adapt quickly.

I remember taking off my body armor, after having had it on for several weeks continuously (yeah, we were pretty ripe by that time, without any means to shower). I was amazed at how it felt as if I floated across the ground, no longer carrying (easily) 30 lbs of kit continuously strapped to your body. <shrug> When you're young, it is what it is, and you adapt. Not like you have much of a choice....

I had the misfortune of carrying a much lighter weapon . It was a C2A1 , the squad auto version of the C1A1 . It was light , that's about the only thing it had going for it . When Canada adopted the FAL , they were the first to do so and were the first to convert the Metric FAL to Imperial measurements , not the RSAF Enfield Lock , they dumped the Bren and adopted the C2 . It was junk . It wasn't reliable and was extremely difficult to control . They should have stuck with the Bren IMHO . As to combat load , whenever those above issued us lighter kit of one form or another , they always found something else for us to pack around that would negate any weight savings . It nice to see the tradition continues lol .

AB