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Originally Posted by beren
Is the new Thales Lithgow F90 in service now with the army ? Read that it had
interchangeable barrels {16-20inch}, would the longer barrel help with the effective range of the 5.56 nato round ?
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Once you go past 16 inches, a longer barrel only very marginally affects the range. Too small to be noticeable. It does make the muzzle flash and noise level smaller though.
I believe there is a 7.62 version of the Steyr available. Haven't seen one though.