Never having been in combat with any rifle I can't comment with any authority. But in my opinion target like accuracy is all very well and good but somewhat overrated frankly. By far the most important thing in a battle rifle is reliability. You only need to be able to hit a man sized target at about 300 yards or less. And you don't need to be able to hit his nose either, only somewhere on his body.

I have shot both the FN FALand the Galil when I was doing my military training back in South Africa. The FN FAL was a more comfortable rifle to shoot, (and to march with for that matter) but it was superceded in SA by the Galil because it was regarded as a crap combat rifle in the bush. Being subject in some ways to the same kind of reliability/maintenance problems as the US experienced with the M16 in Nam. It wasn't quite as bad but it became obvious during the length of the "bush war" as it was called during the 70's and 80's that the AK47 was a far superior battle rifle to the FN FAL

The ability to hit a target at 500 meters doesn't mean dick when you cant see your opposition further than 100 meters away because the bush is so thick and they are busy hosing you down with lead from 50 meters distance.

SA also had G3's. Not as many and they were seldom used in combat so I can't relate much about them except to say that they didn't require as much detailed maintenance as the FAL-'s did so they are probably a better battle rifle all round.

Much as I love the fine craftsmanship of the Swiss rifles, if I were in combat with a bolt gun it would be a K98 every time and in modern times, likely some kind of AK or maybe a G3 type.

- Peter.

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