British Ministry of Defense Signs £90 Million Contract for New Assault Rifle

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Its because the military keeps shortening the carbine barrels (and lessening performance) to the point where there is instant hearing damage from the blast if you are not wearing earplugs. Ironically with the added "muzzle signature reduction system" the OAL is likely the same as the original 20 inch barrels. Just go back to the original 20 inch barrel and be happy with the noise reduction, gained velocity, and increased muzzle energy.

This can be done for a lot less than 11k a rifle. An even better option for them is to reintroduce the FN FAL. It would be refreshing to see an army shoot a rifle that has some balls again.

Going forward you can expect suppressors are just going to be standard equipment on any rifle and belt fed machine gun.

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