Me Likes, It looks like a mix between the HK UMP, and G36.. Kind of like a G36 Carbine!
Man, I hope they dont try to outfit everyone with those. The 20mm 'nade launcher is neat as heck, sure.. and a few dollars is nothing when a soldier's life is on the line, but the actual,"rifle" itself underneath the laucher is like an SMG, the barrel doesnt look more than 10 inches.. If you detach the launcher it wouldnt be a half bad gun inner city, and esp close quarters, but it leavers medium and long range with alot to desire.. Im really interested in seeing one of those airburst grenades in action though. If they work like Im assuming from your description, I guess that would make up the medium range.. but the US armed forces will go broke, LOL! I wonder if the US will incorporate the FN F2000 as well
http://world.guns.ru/assault/as41-e.htm
As for the FN FiveseveN, This is the killer
http://www.impactguns.com/store/818513002509.html
It has several variants, but thats the basics; It uses a 5.7mmx28mm round, so its basically a small caliber magnum pistol round. Being a smaller round it gets more..um.. push from the same length barrel that a 9mm or .45 would get; it would be similar to almost doubling the barrel length of a .45 actually. And along with the extra barrel, it has that high amount of kick behind it from the long round. Another plus of the small round is the standard magazine capacity is 20 rounds, and its made with composite materials to minimize weight..
The recoil and sound have been claimed similar to a .22lr
The 5.7mm round is currently used only in the FiveseveN pistol, and FN P90 SMG,
http://www.impactguns.com/store/fn_p90.html http://www.grohol.com/psypsych/wiki/FN_P90
Id have to agree that HK is the best source for a solid, dependable product, living up to their motto,"In a world of compromise, some dont."
But when you want the cutting edge best, FN is winning the Market. With the
FiveseveN pistol ,
P90 SMG ,
F2000 Assault Rifle ,
FNP 9 Handgun(A cost effective 9mm) ,
FN303 Less Than Lethal Launcher ,
The Extremely High powered PGM modular Rifles , and wide array of high powered, highly effective military weapons(cant link directly on site, but-
http://www.fnherstal.com/html/Index.htm)
The fill every need of the arms market. They even won the military contract to produce the US M16s in the 1990's, which was actually the cause of the invention of the M4 Carbine. Zilkha knew the civilian market hated him; without the military contract he might as well drink a gallon of diesel fuel.
Im shocked to hear you *may or may not* own firearms illegally. Are they completely outlawed in The Netherlands; or is it a matter of money, time, paperwork, and contacts?(Actually, those 4 thing can get you anything, rofl)
I like the G3 Rifles.. I like the G36 rifles even more.. Between the crappy US import laws, and the fact that HK just doesnt want to sell them to the US civvie market, we cant get them(Legally

)
My friend Otto had to serve a mandatory like 9 months to Germany; and he picked(or was made to do, I dont know the specifics) the army.. he got to play with the G36s, and said they were incredible. He even stole a few plastic magazines

among other things..
