DGA French Defense Procurement Agency receives 1000 additional HK416F assault rifles.

The DGA tweeted on May 3 that it has received 1,000 additional HK416F assault rifles for the three Army services, out of the 12,000 planned for 2022. In total, 117,000 will be delivered to the armed forces by 2028, including 93,000 by 2025.
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HK616F. In total, 117,000 will be delivered to the French armed forces by 2028, including 93,000 by 2025. (Picture source: Wikipedia)

The HK416 is an assault rifle chambered for the 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge. It is designed and manufactured by the German company Heckler & Koch. Although the design is based on the AR-15 class of firearm (specifically the Colt M4 carbine family issued to the U.S. military), it uses a proprietary short-stroke, gas piston system from Heckler & Koch's earlier G36 family of rifles.

The HK 416 in its F version, proposed by Heckler and Koch, is the new assault rifle of the Army replacing the assault rifle of the Saint-Etienne arms factory (FAMAS). Between 2017 and 2028, the Army will be equipped with 93,080 HK416Fs, this figure taking into account the land operational force (FOT) of 77,000 men, the "non-FOT" and the reservists.

The fighter carries 10 magazines of 30 cartridges. This rifle integrates all the existing devices and in particular the aiming aids. It is equipped in this with 4 Picatinny rails allowing the attachment of accessories such as the bayonet on the standard version or the 40 mm grenade launcher usable on both versions.

HK616F (Picture source: Twitter account of the DGA)