[Tailback]

I believe the Germans have a 7.62 version of the G-36. If so, then that is the best rifle ever made. The M-14 is up there with the best, that's for sure. Now if HK would make a .260 Remington version (6.5/08)of the G-36 with a flattop like the M16A4 then that would be the best assault rifle ever made.

[Euro-American Scum]

I believe the Germans have a 7.62 version of the G-36. If so, then that is the best rifle ever made.

Word is HK is opening a manufacturing plant in Georgia for domestic U.S. sales. Not just a distribution and customer service center like Glock in Smyrna GA, but manufacturing as well.

Could it be that HK has an inside track when bids come up to replace the M16 with a new and improved weapons system for the U.S. military?

[El Gato]

I believe the Germans have a 7.62 version of the G-36. That was the G-3, which came in several variants and was based on the CETME, designed in Spain by German engineers, who then took the design to H&K (legally). It foremd the basis for many H&K weapons, such as the MP-5, for example.

I have a "parts" gun contructed on a new receiver that was once (mostly) a Portuguese G-3, (although some interal parts do say H&K on them.

That said, many think the various versions of the FAL were better than the G-3. All three are good guns, (M-14, G-3, FAL).