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03-26-2022, 08:55 AM
CG Steve
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CapBritain, thanks for the mention of the STANAG magazine. As a non gun expert, I had never heard of it. I just looked it up, and it would solve a lot of problems. It is a very versatile unit, but it seems to have some issues. Do you know if they have improved the design in the last 10 years? The articles I read were that old.
The standard aluminum "STANAG" magazine has not changed much in construction, however there have been aftermarket "no tilt" followers (a part of the magazine) made I would say more than ten years ago that eliminated or reduced misfeeds. The mag body itself was still weak and easily damaged.
M16/M4/AR mags on the non standard military issue/civilian/law enforcement side have greatly improved since the standard aluminum STANAG mag though starting with I think the PMAG made by Magpul which offer greater durability in construction, and a small host of creature comforts. I don't believe they fit into all mag wells of other firearms that take STANAG magazines though.
This being said, nowadays any unit of a high pedigree regardless of nation would likely be using an M4 from their inventories with only personal variations. Even if that nation introduced and issues their own "national" system for standard/conventional forces. Sounds totally boring for a fiction, but that's how it is in reality.
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