Nope. This is not about airsoft, but about a real steel story as submitted to us by Fishbone USA and makes it an interesting article to read for those who are keen on following developments in the real world, according to Army Times, the US Army removed the HK416 rifles from its Assymetic Warfare Group. The Assymetic Warfare Group was created by the US Armed Forces to assist regular units in the fight against terrorism by embedding themselves in the units and studying the environmental and sociological conditions of the location where these units operate in. These teams are somewhat similary to units implementing the Low Intensity (LIC) doctrine during the Cold War.

"The Army has stripped the Asymmetric Warfare Group of its weapon of choice — the Heckler & Koch 416 — saying that its mission requires the unique outfit to carry the standard issue M4 carbine.

The decision reverses a policy that allowed the AWG to buy 416s instead of carrying M4s when it was established three years ago to help senior Army leaders find new tactics and technologies to make soldiers more lethal in combat.

Members of the AWG have declined to comment on the issue, but sources in the community told Army Times that the unit fought to keep its several hundred 416s, arguing that they outperform the Army’s M4 and require far less maintenance..."

Read more at Army Times.

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