I am glad to see that someone has the brains to use this serious upgrade to the the effective yet not-so-reliable M16. Besides SOCOM. I want one, too! Who will send me one to review on my blog? Anyone?
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20081105.aspx
Turkey has selected a new assault rifle, choosing one that the U.S. Army rejected, but that the U.S. Army Special Forces (and the rest of SOCOM) have adopted. The new rifle is a slightly modified version of the HK 416. This weapon is basically the U.S. M4 assault rifle, with some of the components from the U.S. Army XM8 assault rifle (also rejected by the army). The new Turkish rifle will be called the Mehmetçik-1. It's manufactured with the cooperation of the German firm Heckler & Koch (HK).
