Mexico's FX-05 rifle...

[Slater]

I suppose this could just be a publicity setup for the cameras, but it looks like they have soldiers actually manufacturing this rifle. Guess that's one way to get to know your weapon intimately:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joT3QWNK914

[ColtSeavers]

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[Slater]

?????

[Firefly]

It looks like a G36 with Down's Syndrome

[ColtSeavers]

?????

As in I await the field testing results of being supplied to US gang members hands and taking out Mexican Border Patrol agents before making assumptions of their worth.

[elephant]

Looks like a HK G36c that was "Hecho En Mexico"

[bad aim]

Did some reading into the rifle and looks like while the exterior is very G36 like, the guts aren't. At least that satisfied HK when they went down to Mexico and went "WTF?"

[MountainRaven]

Did some reading into the rifle and looks like while the exterior is very G36 like, the guts aren't. At least that satisfied HK when they went down to Mexico and went "WTF?"

H&K still got in hot water over it with the German government.

[SilverBullet432]

???? That rifle's been around for years....

[Moose-Knuckle]

???? That rifle's been around for years....

Yup, got an old issue of SAR featuring it on the cover when it debuted at some parade with para dudes in black berets.

[SilverBullet432]

Yup, got an old issue of SAR featuring it on the cover when it debuted at some parade with para dudes in black berets.


Probably GAFE guys


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[HardToHandle]

I suppose this could just be a publicity setup for the cameras, but it looks like they have soldiers actually manufacturing this rifle. Guess that's one way to get to know your weapon intimately:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joT3QWNK914

Uncle Sugar made his own small arms from the 1800's until 1965 or so - wartime production was farmed out, but internal manufacturing was always in the government aresenals. Add in China Lake, Crane and various marksmanship units - quasi production is still going on.

Speaking in massive generalities, the Mexican approach has been strict gun control laws. My understanding is there is only one civilian gunshop for the entire country, run by the military. That befits a nation that had 50 years of one party rule- and guys who could throw a college party that made Kent State look like a tea party. Make your own decision on the present result of that Mexican gun control policy.

[MountainRaven]

Uncle Sugar made his own small arms from the 1800's until 1965 or so - wartime production was farmed out, but internal manufacturing was always in the government aresenals. Add in China Lake, Crane and various marksmanship units - quasi production is still going on.

Speaking in massive generalities, the Mexican approach has been strict gun control laws. My understanding is there is only one civilian gunshop for the entire country, run by the military. That befits a nation that had 71 years of one party rule- and guys who could throw a college party that made Kent State look like a tea party. Make your own decision on the present result of that Mexican gun control policy.

Just remember that the present political situation in Estados Unidos Mexicanos is a direct result of over 150 years of Uncle Sugar's direct (and indirect) political and military intervention in Mexico.

Uncle Sugar wants a Mexico that is just this side of stable - that the US can tacitly threaten the stability of by simply withdrawing its support - rather than a healthy, democratic Mexico that might be capable of effectively countering US foreign policy on its Southern border.

(It might also be worth pointing out that both the Partido Revolucionario Institucional - which ruled Mexico from 1929 to 2000 and again since 2012 - and Partido de la Revolución Democrática - Mexico's second largest party - are members of the Socialist International.)

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[Bubba FAL]

I can think of two reasons why the Mexicans would do this. First, it's almost impossible to maintain a reliable workforce in Mexico, especially one with any kind of skill. Second, if they had civilian workers, there'd be enough leakage of components to equip an army of narcos. So, no big surprise that the Mexican army is building their own rifles.

[eodinert]

I can think of two reasons why the Mexicans would do this. First, it's almost impossible to maintain a reliable workforce in Mexico, especially one with any kind of skill.

Car makers seem to do it... and a lot of other manufacturers too.

[Bubba FAL]

Car makers seem to do it... and a lot of other manufacturers too.

Key word is seem. I've been in the auto industry and seen it myself. The auto plants survive through high levels of automation. My current employer has plants in Mexico and I can tell you all about operator's unreliable attendance, million dollar machines that get crashed and trashed, a multi-million dollar heat treat system that they just can't seem to get running (we have one in our plant that works quite well). Our corporate technology group is constantly in Mexico unbuggering stuff they've wrecked or broken. But hey, average pay is$150 a week, so let's just keep sending more work down there, right?