The 10:th Special Forces Workshop 2018 in Güstrow (Germany) was organized by the Baltic Shooters
The event is by many considered as the best military and law enforcement events in Germany
As could be expected, there are not many pictures or details available from the various Workshops, but thanks to JPW_FIDES on Twitter and his JPW STRATEGIE & TECHNIK Blog
You can also check last year’s event for some cool images
Below: Live firing the Heckler & Koch HK416 A7
with a Schmidt & Bender 1-8×24 PMII ShortDot Dual CC at the 10th Special Forces Workshop in Guestrow
Certainly a “luxury” firearm in terms of specifications and price
It is interesting to note the similarities between the Heckler & Koch HK417 and the Haenel CR308
This Haenel CR308 comes with a Schmidt & Bender PMII scope and Aimpoint red dot (T-2 most likely) and a Spuhr mount
TFB were among the first, if not the first, to report about the Haenel CR308 as it was released this spring. You can check our story here
I would recommend to use the Spuhr Aimpoint mount on the 2-3 o´-clock position instead
Below: Live firing the SIG MCX “Rattler” at the 10th Special Forces Workshop in Guestrow
For more details on the MCX check the SIG Sauser LE page
Below: Rheinmetal VTAL and Lumenator
Rheinmetal also showed some 40 mm Special Purpose Ammo (not in pictures)
There are apparently more options than Surefire around
Rheinmetal are to supply Laser Light Package for the new Bundeswehr’s Special Forces Assault Rifle, called the G95. You can check TFB’s story here
With the Laser Light Package from Rheinmetal
The rifle is a Schmeisser AR15 and Optix NVG
Below: UF PRO Striker Uniform with boots from Meindl. The camouflage is PhantomLeaf
Below: “Tools of the trade!” For the personal protection teams in Germany – the Heckler & Koch G36
Sources: JPW_FIDES on Twitter and JPW STRATEGIE & TECHNIK Blog
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That aimpoint piggybacking the S&B is on top because when shooting from around cover and awkward positions where you may struggle to get perfect eye relief/eyebox you can see the red dot without issue, ambidextrously.
Having the dot at 2' or 3' or on a similar angled mount is useful in competition where you are not crammed behind a car or other forms of cover, and are standing upright with the luxury of having good eye relief and are purely looking for speed, but not in the kind of situations someone in a two way range is likely to be in.
That CR308 actually looks like it eliminates two of the most recognizable (and problematic) things about the 417: the larger BCG/buffertube and the huge proprietary mags.
The CR308 looks like a better German take on a piston AR10, with a smaller frame, to boot.
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There were some minor crashes from European champion Emil Saifudtinov
Krzyszof Kasprzak and Przemyslaw Pawlicki without any injuries
as well as one tape touching from Italian rider Covatti.Two riders crossed the inner line with two wheels: Hans Andersen and Nicki Pedersen and they got both a disqualification for this action.6500 spectators watched a brilliant and close race with lot of overtakings
Most of the times till the last lap it was not clear who would win this heat
During some track gradings there had were light showers
but during races it always was dry.Unfortunately after heat 20 heavy rain started: the Last Chance was run
the race was stoped after heat 21 and awarded with European championship points after heat 20
The winner after heat 20 was Martin Vaculik with 12 Points
The runner up was Krzyszof Kasprzak with 11 points and the third position went to the wild card Kai Huckenbeck with 9 points
Janusz Kolodziej was 4th with 9 points as well
Full results on FIM Europe website: www.fim-europe.eu/events/239