Even if this doesn’t happen it looks like Glock is seriously toying with rifles now
https://www.spartanat.com/2021/05/es-kommt-das-glock-sturmgewehr/
if true, it’s about time but keep breathing boys
Does it take Glock mags?
What part will be serialized…
Ar18 and AK47 had a bastard child that wants to be an LMT MRP?
‘Lever’ delayed operating system?
I didn’t follow the links, but that sounds similar to the FAMAS.
I really want someone to break out something interesting instead of another g36/xm8/scar/ACR
German link. Figure 4 , the second one with a,b,c,d; actually I thought the lever was to delay the bolt, but it is already too far. It looks like a lever to hit a case ejector.
According to English article, it’s a gas system. I’m not sure what they mean by “mid-stroke” system; so, not based on the AR-18 or the AK I’m guessing. Maybe something close to the FAL, where the piston is not attached to the bolt carrier but still travels back a significantly longer distance compared to the tappet short stroke systems.
Makes me wonder with WW3 (4/5?) heating up, if GLOCK is looking at mass production for them sweet government contracts. I’m not as hip to the industry side of production as many here are, so of course I could be misplacing some conspiratorialism.
What kind of production do they have in the US and in Austria? Assuming a US patent would mean US production…
If it hits US dealers it will sell like hot cakes provided no future gun bans.
It’d have to be mostly US parts to get around 922R.
Could possibly be a dead end also, or superseded by something different. I guess time will tell.
I wonder what kind of fire control system it would have? Since it is Glock, my guess would be some kind of striker fire system in order to keep with their brand.
It’s a Johnson type rotating multi-lug bolt with what appears to be an integral cam lug. It has dual gas ports and a piston that encircles the barrel, with dual op rods to impinge on the carrier. It has a QC barrel that makes reference to the Steyr stg77 and has similar locking lugs at the barrel trunion interface. The “lever” is actually the swinging anvil that strikes the firing pin after the hammer (or striker) hits the anvil.
Look at the parent diagrams. They give a pretty good idea of what this design is.
It’s funky. It has none of the Glock simplicity I would expect.
Huh??
The rifle I want is the Rheinmetall Steyr RS556.
I’ll buy one.
Based upon the drawings I believe the original poster is correct when he stated that the anvil hits the rear of the ejector to eject the round. The drawings shot the bolt unlocking, and the anvil sticking something at the rear of its movement resulting in a case being ejected.
If that was the finished product, I’d say leave this complicated contraption back in the 1930s where it belongs. It’ll flop massively, and rightfully so.
But, my thought is that it’s likely more in the proof of concept stage.
Like in a DShKM?
That is a good looking rifle