"Recruits" - Irish Army Documentary

[par avion]

a quick google says that they found it was difficult to identify targets and hit them at >200m (with their 1.5x sight).

as I said we got a 4.5x sight

As did the Australians

Fair enough. Good answer to the qustion I asked. The Kiwi's seem happy with their new rifle though.

 

[CutLunchCommando]

Wiki tells me SUSAT is 4x and I always thought I'd like a little more for competition shooting so 4.5 seems good. What is the Field of View like?

 

[Stovepipe]

I was in long enough to transition from the FN to the Steyr and it was a pleasure as it is considerably lighter and it's piss easy to fire and the sight made target acquisition easy and instinctive and it appeared to be set up for 300m from the off,so that there were no elevation marks on the reticle (I stand to be corrected...it's a long time ago) but it's a real point and shoot rifle. You noticed "Steyr wobble" immediately as people sought the target thru the sight but it was real easy to transition to. There were some issues about durability of some of the plastic parts and people had to be educated about care of the sight as it's integration into the reciever meant that it would require the intervention of an armourer if you did any kind of damage. It also gave the drill lovers something to play with, as we went from FN arms drill to a short weapon drill, with no banging the weapon off the ground, so beloved of square-bashers.

 

[Lardbeast]

So a particularly thick Unionist doesn't confuse them with Italians (again) ?

Or Cote d'Ivoire.

 

[SignalFire]

a quick google says that they found it was difficult to identify targets and hit them at >200m (with their 1.5x sight).

as I said we got a 4.5x sight

As did the Australians

When are the rest of the Defence force getting A3s? Currently only the Ranger Wing uses it

 

[irlsgt]

When are the rest of the Defence force getting A3s? Currently only the Ranger Wing uses it

ARW Mainly use HK416

 

[CptDanjou]

I couldn't resist re posting this The Irish Army

 

[irlsgt]

Newest DF recruitment ad, premiered last night

 

[cruisedub]

A short video on the selection process they used to select the Steyr. It was up up against some well known competitors, including the SA80:

Weapons Testing For Irish Army

The Irish army is carrying out tests on a number of new weapons at the Curragh in county Kildare to decide which become chosen assault rifle.

www.rte.ie

 

[cruisedub]

Rumor had it at the time that the Irish army preferred the Swiss rifle but were over ruled by civil servants and the Steyr was chosen because a deal was done to offset cost by Austria buying butter from Ireland.