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The cost is not for the bare rifle, there are lot of ancillary costs. Spare parts, optics, RMRs, magazines, training aids / material, cleaning kits, slings etc.

Some of the comments on that article are painful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF23Y6Mj65A

Shooter Looking at several British soldiers' CQB experience in Afghanistan, I'd advocate retaining bayonets.

I don't think the Aussies would care what rifle we had as long as it fires 5.56x45mm.

I'm up for correction here but my understanding is that select-fire weapons that are imported have to be rendered as semi-auto prior to their arrival in NZ in order to be registered as E category?...

I guess the silver lining is that they found about the G36's shortcomings now rather than in large scale conflict.

The following companies were selected for the Individual Weapon trials phase:

Beretta New Zealand Limited
Česká zbrojovka a.s.
Colt Canada Corporation
FN HERSTAL
STEYR MANNLICHER GmbH ...