I figured this is the best place to ask - what is that soldier using?

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HiMyGuy123@reddit

It looks like a G11. However, there is no way in hell that that is a G11.

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MentalAlternative8@reddit

Same thinking. Looks like a fuckin gun out of Wolfenstein. What the hell is the Not™ G11?

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King_Burnside@reddit

Anti-drone jammer with a tight beam emitter. Rifle optics let you stay on target.

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There is a fun bit of history. After the iron curtain fell the German authorities found papers about backdoor deals of HK with the GDR. They wanted to sell their certified commie killer to the commies!

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martellus@reddit

Do you have a source on that?

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LeKerl1987@reddit

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch#DDR

>Notes discovered in 1992 by an officer of the GDR Ministry for State Security (MfS) revealed that the GDR had maintained covert contacts with HK representatives for years and had purchased HK weapons. According to this, the MfS offered H&K in 1989 to settle HK deliveries worth over 16 million marks with blanks. Among other things, the MfS also procured the G11, which was rejected by the Bundeswehr, and had it demonstrated to GDR armaments companies.^([111]) The foreign currency procurer Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski is said to have legally imported HK weapons supplied to Austria into the GDR in 1983. In 1988, he is said to have purchased 50 MP5 cases for special units of the MfS. The GDR imported weapons, target projectors, grenades and special ammunition from H&K via third countries. According to H&K, only 39 machine tools were delivered to the GDR. In 1991, an investigation was opened against H&K because of these GDR contacts; the company headquarters were not searched until August 1992.^([112])

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imnakedwithmykids@reddit

This is not surprising btw, same guys who sold mp7s to the combine.

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IlluminatedPickle@reddit

Heh, they got caught after the British bought H&K.

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I_Automate@reddit

Damn British intelligence services, always getting in tbe way of a good Germanic scheme

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Jack_547@reddit

They actually did get some sales to select groups in the DDR, I know the Diensteinheit IX police unit purchased MP5s and a HK33 variant known as the HK33SG/1.

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stronghammr113@reddit

God, if i could send one image back in time to 1960s H&K.

it might have stopped the Reunification of Germany, but the G11 would have been REAL

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I_Automate@reddit

Turn the cold war into the lukewarm war just to get the G11 into the hands of West German troops (and maybe even the rest of NATO)

So what if the Fulfa Gap is now uninhabitable for a century or two. Worth it.

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Propoganda_bot@reddit

I had to double take, like theoretically if they got a hold of it there would be no ammunition available right? Or did they hoard all the kraut space magic

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Donatter@reddit

It would fuckin incredible if they not only got issued g11’s, but got ammo in useable amounts, or somehow started producing new rounds for it

But unfortunately, it’s just a anti drone gun that coincidentally looks like the g11

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Worth-Sorry@reddit

So the g11 went from a caseless ammo gun to a anti-drone gun... The g-11 will soon turn into the first railgun

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DJmachine101@reddit

And will be a skin in the next halo game. 💀

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Red_Mammoth@reddit

I mean the UNSC ships already look like G-11s

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Donatter@reddit

One can hope

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South_Ad7675@reddit

It appears they hoarded kraut space magic

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202Esaias@reddit

It SERIOUSLY looks like the HK.... And with Ukrainian ingenuity, I'm sure and they'd be able to DIY the caseless ammo somehow

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BobbyWasabiMk2@reddit

Whichever wingnut in here believes that could even ever so slightly possibly be a G11 also probably rode the short bus as a kid

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OnkelMickwald@reddit

Ain't no way...

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hcpookie@reddit

Not a G11. That appears to be an anti-drone "weapon".

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acoolrocket@reddit

Damn the Stormender from MWIII isn't fictional then.

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PaladinLab@reddit

Crazy seeing what these guys are carrying all next to each other

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estolad@reddit

i continuously get a kick out of photos of papuan guerillas for this reason. one guy has a pristine cherry M4 or aug or something with all the fixins that he probably took off some special forces guy he ambushed, next to him is a guy with a grease gun that probably hasn't been cleaned since 1945, and next to him is a guy with a bow and arrow

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Independent-Soggy@reddit

It looks exacty like a G11 but they barely made any so he shouldn't have a G11 if that actually is a G11 then thats crazy

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TheMightyMeatus420@reddit

G11, my beloved.

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Dr_RedEyez69@reddit

Definitely not one of those

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sargent43@reddit

That looks like a G11, but I can't see logisticly how it could be a G11 lol.

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P-Potatovich@reddit

How practical would this be? I assume not really practical. Like you carry additional weight and you have to be able to switch from your main ak or something to this goofy rectangle really fast when the drone arrives, and the chances of hitting are probably low. What do y’all think is the most practical way to repel pr destroy a drone that is flying at you? Call me stupid, but imo, the most practical thing I can think of is a 12 gauge single shot pistol. It’s lights, easy to carry with you, easy to hide, and you basically let the drone fly relatively close to you and then pull the pistol out and try to hit the drone up close? In case the pellets don’t detonate the drone’s explosives, and actually hit the motors and disable the drone. In that case the only thing that will hurt is your wrist, instead of 20+ shrapnel wounds and a torn off leg. Carrying an anti drone weapon with you or a full size shotgun would definitely be a huge pain in the ass, while carrying a small pistol that might prove useful will def be easier. I wanna hear y’all’s thoughts

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randompantsfoto@reddit

It’s not a projectile weapon; it’s an electronic jammer that causes the drone to lose contact with the operator or drop to the ground.

Gear like this is the reason the UAF are now fielding drones with AI tech that will continue to direct a drone to home in on a target even if the signal is lost as it approaches.

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apophis-pegasus@reddit

Some exec at HK just looked at this and had a mini heart attack.

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StonewallSoyah@reddit

There's no way that's a G11.... It can't be

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Return2_Harmony@reddit

It’s totally not a G11 but it did make me go wide eyed before doing a double take lol

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Ghoulmas@reddit

Agree with everyone it is an anti-drone device and not a h&k g11. That said, it bears a superficial resemblance to another cancelled H&K product, the CAWS shotgun.

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