Knowing how the press loves hyperbole, this may be blown out of proportion:
"Current testing by the army in laboratory conditions shows that the weapon doesn’t meet army standards when loaded with combat ammunition,” said the review, which was first revealed by Der Spiegel news magazine.
“The army requires an assault rifle that is sufficiently accurate under real conditions with its combat ammunition,” the report said. The defence ministry, it added, “can no longer ensure this... due to a modified contract with the weapon manufacturer”. The army’s procurement department allowed gunmaker Heckler & Koch to test the weapon using civilian ammunition, rather than the same cartridges used by the army.
Testing was also allowed to take place at room temperature rather than at extreme temperatures.
Concerns over the new weapon’s accuracy are not shared among the country’s troops, Der Spiegel reported.
Germany’s elite KSK troops are equipped with the G95A1 and have had no complaints, the magazine reported."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...5734d04c&ei=50
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