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The thing that speaks very loudly to me about nations that issue bullpups as their standard service rifles, is when I witness what their Special Operations Forces choose to carry, when given the leeway to select weapons from a much wider pool of sources. I'll talk about Australia, and the UK as two interesting studies.
The Australian SAS, which is highly regarded among their foreign coalition SOF peers, produces a very high caliber of soldier, with a grueling selection and training program fueled by the moon surface-like terrain of the continent. The Australian Defence Forces standrad issue F88 Austeyr is a licensed manufacture Steyr AUG. The Australian SAS chooses to carry......M4A1.
British SAS: One of the original users of the Colt Model 601 AR15 back when the L1A1 was still a standard service rifle for the UK. As soon as the commando variants started becoming available, the SAS began using them, in addition to AR15's with M203's. The Diemeco variants have been in use for quite some time.
British SBS: Same story. They are particularly fond of the Colt Commando variants.
France is currently looking for a replacement for the colossal disaster known as the FAMAS. Imagine firing 5.56 without a locking mechanism, and you have the FAMAS.
I'm a big fan of the bullpup in concept, but I have yet to see all its challenges conquered, while providing common features that professional soldiers expect in an infantry shoulder-fired arm.
The Australian SAS, which is highly regarded among their foreign coalition SOF peers, produces a very high caliber of soldier, with a grueling selection and training program fueled by the moon surface-like terrain of the continent. The Australian Defence Forces standrad issue F88 Austeyr is a licensed manufacture Steyr AUG. The Australian SAS chooses to carry......M4A1.
British SAS: One of the original users of the Colt Model 601 AR15 back when the L1A1 was still a standard service rifle for the UK. As soon as the commando variants started becoming available, the SAS began using them, in addition to AR15's with M203's. The Diemeco variants have been in use for quite some time.
British SBS: Same story. They are particularly fond of the Colt Commando variants.
France is currently looking for a replacement for the colossal disaster known as the FAMAS. Imagine firing 5.56 without a locking mechanism, and you have the FAMAS.
I'm a big fan of the bullpup in concept, but I have yet to see all its challenges conquered, while providing common features that professional soldiers expect in an infantry shoulder-fired arm.
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