[xm177e2]

The Galil is reliable, but it's HEAVY. If you're going to be out in the desert for a long time without reinforcements or air superiority, it's a good choice. But that's just not the situation Israel is in.

For urban combat, the M16 is a much better choice.

For storming a building, I would assume a short bullpup would be the best choice.

[Travis McGee]

The training is 100 times more important than the particular weapon selected, given basic accuracy and reliablity.

100 well trained and highly motivated troops with M1 carbines will kick the ass of 200 trashy troops with the latest high speed gear every time, and will quickly inherit their gear if they so choose.

These threads always get hung up on what is essentially trivia.

[griffin]

"For urban combat, the M16 is a much better choice.

For storming a building, I would assume a short bullpup would be the best choice."

What is the difference? For the most part I thought urban combat WAS storming buildings.

[lavaroise]

Short is good for storming buildings, but if you cannot go from the left handed to right handed aim with a bull pup in a house where walls alternate left and rigth, it becomes dangerous. Unless they can find a way to eject the shells elsewhere, like ahead with a sort of cusp, the bull pup design is inherently problematic.