Thread: Some Steyrs coming up For Sale??

They never wanted the Steyr ,what they recommended was the C9 (Canadian M16) but where told that they really wanted the Steyr (an "Aww yeah thats right, siily me ,I meant Steyr").
As for the SLR they where the L1A1 with the automatic action and could be converted to Full Auto with a file (or grinder if in a hurry) .And as for selling off the Steyrs think End User certificates/UN Arms rules and good old fashioned politics.
Then the change of calibre is not something which is going to happen soon because of Politics/Current Economic downturn .And the use of FMJ projectiles is so that a Soldier is wounded but not killed somehow making it a more "Humane" alternative (that one is buried in the turn of the 19th century) to reduce the bloodshed.
But as it has been said to fiqure out just what weapon they will get all you have to do is look to Australia!!!!.

Originally Posted by Tankd

They never wanted the Steyr ,what they recommended was the C9 (Canadian M16) but where told that they really wanted the Steyr (an "Aww yeah thats right, siily me ,I meant Steyr").!!.

Might want to check this. The LSW C9 was a 5.56 machine gun similar to the m249. It was in use until last year where we replaced them with a 7.62 veriant.

Originally Posted by Eion

Might want to check this. The LSW C9 was a 5.56 machine gun similar to the m240. It was in use until last year where we replaced them with a 7.62 veriant.

It was the Canadian version of the M16 which was a C??.

Originally Posted by Tankd

It was the Canadian version of the M16 which was a C??.

C is the Canadian designation but the C9 is a light machine gun.
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