Quote Originally Posted by kaur View Post
The British Army is already providing an immediate
response by redeploying 7.62 mm L96 sniper
rifles (made surplus by the arrival of the L115
.338 rifles) and 7.62 mm L7 General Purpose
Machine Guns (GPMGs) down to section level,
carried by foot patrols. This is good, but not
ideal; the manually-loaded L96 is slow-firing,
the GPMG very heavy.
GPMG very heavy? Really? Compared to what? A Javelin Round? Sorry but the article referenced is trying to say that something that is not actually a problem, is problem.

GPMGs into the platoon, some sniper weapons, and light mortars solves 90% of the problems. Giving every man an HK-417 just makes the old problem worse and the platoon less effective per kg of carried weight. The UK could solve the problem. It chooses not to.