"Australian army buys more Thames Australia EF88 assault" Topic
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Tango01  | 15 Jul 2020 9:19 p.m. PST |
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"The Australian Government will buy 8,500 Enhanced F88 (EF88) assault rifles. The Australian-made weapon will add to the 30,000 units that will be delivered by Thales Australia to the Australian Defence Force. Australia is procuring these systems under the Soldier Modernisation Program's lethality element…"
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| Uparmored | 16 Jul 2020 3:23 a.m. PST |
My buddy who is an Australian Army ex scout hated the Austyre. Said that setting the sites was a pain and impractical in combat. He preferred the Minimi but still that gun was a bitch to carry. |
| Shagnasty | 16 Jul 2020 8:57 a.m. PST |
All well and good but where do you attach the bayonet? |
| Tango01 | 16 Jul 2020 12:35 p.m. PST |
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| Stoppage | 16 Jul 2020 12:50 p.m. PST |
Cool looking piece – straight out of Blakes Seven – except for the fore-grip/handle – looks like it got robbed-off a power tool. |
| Tango01 | 17 Jul 2020 12:40 p.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend!. Amicalement
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| Uparmored | 18 Jul 2020 2:52 a.m. PST |
Can fix but never seen any image of Australian Army soldiers actually with Austeyers and fixed baoyets. Think they woulda learned from Long Tan? |
| arealdeadone | 13 Aug 2020 7:13 p.m. PST |
Uparmoured, Given most Aussie missions overseas are training/security/reconstruction/aid with very little combat, there's not much point to having bayonets attached. SAS and Commando units did most of the fighting in Afghanistan and their main rifles were M4s and HK416s. |
| chironex | 09 Sep 2020 6:15 a.m. PST |
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