H&K HK417 Family

Introduction

The H&K HK416HK417 is a select fire assaultbattle rifle designed and manufactured by Heckler & Koch, it fires 5.56x457.62x51 NATO. Although its designIt is based on the AR-15, specifically the Colt M4 Carbine, it uses a proprietarylarger short-strokecaliber gasupscaled piston system identical to thateversion of the G36HK416. Family.It Thanksfeatures toa thislower systemrate the HK416 is better suited to sustainedof fire and moresmaller reliablemagazines thanin comparison to the M4/M165.56 DirectHK416 Impingement system. It is the standard issue service rifle for the Norweigan Armed Forces, the French Armed Forces and was the weapon used to schwack Osama Bin Laden. Variant.

The Commonwealth Joint Task Force inheritedhas received a large number of HK416HK417 Rifles of various varietiesrifles from itsthe member units such as Malaysian PASKAL, Singaporean SOFUKSF and the Australian Special Operations Command.Army. 

H&K HK416HK417 D1020" with atan Tan pcamo paint,furniture, held by a member of CJTF in Afghanistan.

Variants

The HK416HK417 ishas a widelynumber usedof different barrel lengths available ranging from 12 inches to 20 inches. The 12" and popular13" weaponvariants systemare andconsidered battle rifles by the Commonwealth Joint Task Force as such athey largeare varietyallowed ofto variantsbe used by Riflemen, while the 16.5 and 20" are allowed to be used by Marksmen.

Similar to the HK416 the shorter or longer barrels have beenan createdeffect to meeton the manyaccuracy requirementsand of various nations. A majorityvelocity of the variantsround. consist of furniture changes and a longer/shorter barrel. The number in D10 (HK416 CQB for SMA), D14.5, D16.5 & D20 denotes the length of the barrel in inches. The longer the barrel the more inherantly accurate the rifle will be. With ACE specific barrel lengths work better with specific types of ammuniton as well, getting better or worse ballistics based off of the ammunition and barrel length used.

For example the Mk262 AmmunitionMk316 is optimised for use with longer20" barrels gettingwhile a round such as the mostMk319 velocityMod and accuracy with the longer barrel i.e. D16.5 & D20. The Mk3180 is better optimised for shorter barrels i.e. D10 & D14.5.barrels.

There are two additional variants of the HK416 meant for dedicated roles, the M27 IAR (Infantry Automatic Rifle) and the HK416N. The M27 IAR is an automatic rifle variant of the HK416 designed for the USMC meant for sustained automatic fire, it has a heavy 16.5" Barrel which helps slow down the gain of heat during automatic fire with ACE enabled. The HK416N is a DMR variant of the HK416 designed designed specifically for the Norweigan Armed Forces, it is a further accurised version of the D16.5.