Thread: LMT MARS-L How are they working out for the NZDF?.

Originally Posted by 7.62

There’s quite a mix of comments on this thread about the steyr’s functionality; some squaddies liked them, some hated them. But if you look at many defence forces that had a bullpup as their standard issue assault rifle (NZDF, Australia, the Brits); did their elite units choose to use them? No, they would choose an M4 all day long. It seems the inherent advantages of the bullpup design have been outweighed by the negatives. NZDF made the right call.

I think alot of doctrine existed in using a conventional weapon,also a M4 variant is alot more flexible given you can change uppers for different roles.

I got to fire a SA80 a few years ago.It truely was horrid and I have never spoken to any Soldier who used one operationally and liked it.Its just a pile of wrong.