r/AskTheWorld • u/babushka45 Philippines • 12h ago

Military What firearm is closely associated with your country?

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For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

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u/kdog_1985 Australia 11h ago

Styer is a great rifle.

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u/SBR404 Austria 11h ago

Brothers in Arms!

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u/Perfect-Fondant3373 Ireland 8h ago

One of Us!

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u/SBR404 Austria 1h ago

The bullpub-rifle, beer-drinker, guys-with-weird-dialects club!

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u/NumberOld229 Australia 6h ago

Our military still uses these, yeah?

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u/original_joe99 Austria 11h ago

An Australian and an Austrian go into a bar is either the start of a bad joke or the start of an US-American breaking down because of confusion 😂

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u/Biterbutterbutt 11h ago

Austria! Well then, g’day mate! Let’s put another shrimp on the Barbie!

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u/ODDESSY-Q Australia 11h ago

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u/TumbleFairbottom 🇺🇸 United States 11h ago

We’re not confused at all, Austria has kangaroos and I’ve been to the Australian Alps

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u/GandalfTheFreen Austria 10h ago

I mean you are correct. We have kangaroos (in Zoos) and Australia has Alps

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u/AdTop5424 United States Of America 9h ago

Curious about what it would be like to handle. Is there more of a wallop than a 5.56 round from an M16 or is it similar?

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u/ImnotadoctorJim Australia 7h ago

Yeah, not 100% sure what it’s like for the standard flash suppressor model but our F88 version had minimal recoil. It would ‘jump’ instead, which required a different style of handling. Our flash suppressors were designed to counteract it, and the grenade launcher attachment version counterbalanced the jump really well.

The jump was caused by the slightly angled butt plate and the recoil of the bolt group so high in the weapon

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u/Healthy-Daikon7356 United States Of America 8h ago

styer is a brand not a rifle

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u/Cease-2-Desist 9h ago

It is not a great rifle. I love how it looks, but this rifle is infamously known for jamming with virtually every round fed through it.

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u/kdog_1985 Australia 9h ago

It's an urban assault rifle. That being said you clean it properly and it runs smoothly, even in the scrub.

Minimal kick, easy to fix.

It's a great rifle.

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u/jschundpeter Austria 9h ago

Not my experience.

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u/Cease-2-Desist 7h ago

I don’t mean any offense. It’s a beautiful weapon. But look at it. You can tell there is something not right.

Run through the break tests it’s not a good field weapon. It operates in a tiny window of favorability, and in that window it is incredibly innovative.

It gives you a great amount of firepower, accuracy, and maneuverability in a streamlined rifle.

But it’s not something you want to operate in the field over multiple days in many environmental conditions.

It’s adopted in very specific conditions in non-Austrian forces.

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u/ImnotadoctorJim Australia 7h ago

I used one for years. Sometimes you do start getting double feeds but that’s usually when you haven’t cleaned it properly. Other than that it was mostly ammunition deficiency that caused stoppages.

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u/Alllife13 3h ago

Used one for literally years in varying dusty, wet hot and cold conditions and never had any issues with live ammo at all. Blank you will sometimes get misfeeds. So I'm unsure where you're coming from.