Wednesday, August 19, 2015

New Zealand Army to use LMT's AR

New Zealand Army is replacing its Steyr Aug rifles with LMT's AR. It is unclear which model won the contract, but many blogs seem to point to something similar to LMT CQB16ODGB.

New Zealand Army has been using LMT's DMR rifle.

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



The trial ran from March 2nd to June 1, 2015 and other competitors were,

Beretta New Zealand Limited
Česká zbrojovka a.s.
Colt Canada Corporation
FN HERSTAL
STEYR MANNLICHER GmbH
XTEK Limited (Sig Sauer)
Heckler & Kock GmbH


From: SoldierSystems, TheFirearm Blog