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Well, G36s are pretty common for British police, and Royal Ordnance did own H&K for a period of time, so I would imagine there would be no shortage of G36s in the UK.  I believe the British even considered using G36 to replace SA-80 at one time before H&K come up with SA-80A2.  But yeah, the regular British Army should be using SA-80s.
Well, G36s are pretty common for British police, and Royal Ordnance did own H&K for a period of time, so I would imagine there would be no shortage of G36s in the UK.  I believe the British even considered using G36 to replace SA-80 at one time before H&K come up with SA-80A2.  But yeah, the regular British Army should be using SA-80s.
:You can't always rationalize things like this in films. In all likeliness the G36 was chosen just because it was A> What was available and or B> because it looks cool --[[User:AdAstra2009|AdAstra2009]] 19:44, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

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I'll try to rent and screencap this eventually. -GM


It seems strange that the army uses G36Cs in this movie, as they are in Britain, and the rifle of the British Army is the SA-80. Any thoughts on this? -Dannysaysnoo

Well, G36s are pretty common for British police, and Royal Ordnance did own H&K for a period of time, so I would imagine there would be no shortage of G36s in the UK. I believe the British even considered using G36 to replace SA-80 at one time before H&K come up with SA-80A2. But yeah, the regular British Army should be using SA-80s.

You can't always rationalize things like this in films. In all likeliness the G36 was chosen just because it was A> What was available and or B> because it looks cool --AdAstra2009 19:44, 31 December 2009 (UTC)