The G11 was on the verge of being issued wholesale to the German military, in fact it had been issued in small scale to certain NATO QRF units and some Airborne units again in very small numbers,the rifle was ready to go but was killed by politics and the fact West Germany would have to deal with unification at a national level including the Military. It's no wonder the G36 uses a modified AK74 bayonet,as they inherited thousands of AK74 (MPi-AK-74N, MPi-AKS-74N, MPi-AKS-74NK) from the former East germany.
This has nothing to do with the ACR,which while a it had a brilliant design and near perfect marking strategy,is destined to become the HAC-7 of our time. I am sure the fine folks at Magpul are wishing they hadn't handed this concept over to the incompetent boobs at Bushmaster, but they also stood to make a killing on this rifle as well by providing all the furniture so no tears here.
Had the product been delivered on time perhaps a higher price would have been justified, but 3 years too late and the rifle being a shadow of it's advertised potential (non AR Barrel, non chrome lined, short rail,and fixed stock). I was looking forward to this as a new toy, now these funds will go elsewhere (no not an XCR..never and XCR).
The SCAR is not without it's issues as well although FN has been very proactive in sorting them out as reports from the field come in, I doubt Bushmaster could react so fast in sorting the ACR out,time will tell but yes I can see it achieving it's potential in another few years.
