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Re: Acronym Overload

From: KH.Ranitzsch@t...
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 18:12:06 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Re: Acronym Overload

John Atkinson schrieb:
> AKA FN-FAL AKA C1 AKA 

> wasn't there a Spanish knockoff?
> AKA looks a lot like a G3 but who am I criticizing?

No, the Spanish rifle is from an independent chain of development.

Originally a WWII German design (Mauser, IIRC) that was too late for
the war. Developed in Spain as the CETME rifle (the exterior design
changed quite a bit) and used by their army and a few others. The very
similar German G3 rifle, in turn, was developed from the CETME rifle by
Heckler & Koch. Again, a lot of H&K weapons use similar mechanisms to
the G3.

Greetings


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