Barn Owl Lover
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Just has how the SA80 became a HK project when they took over RSAF Nottingham/Royal Ordinance, the became responsible for up keep and new manufacture of the L7A2 GPMG, which is the FN MAG as built in Britain. This lead HK to develop their own version of the MAG for possible offer to the German Army and French Army known as the HK221. France with the actual FN MAG and Germany adopted the HK MG5. But the HK221 gave it's buttstock and heatsheild design to the MG5 and the L7 flash hider was used on the G28 sniper rifle from HK.
HK 221 - Modern Firearms
Caliber 7,62х51NATO Weight, empty 11,7 kg Length 1185 mm Barrel length 547 mm Rate of fire 600 – 800 rounds per minute Feed belt The HK 221 machine gun was developed in around 2007-2008 by famous German arms-making company Heckler und Koch for participation in new general purpose machine gun...
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