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Forces Spéciales - 2011 French film about an SF unit rescuing a kidnapped journalist from the Taliban and escaping across the Hindu Kush. Amazingly authentic detail and very emotional too.

How hugely brave of him to attack a young lad. I can't believe nobody collared the bastard who did this; it was at the bus stop on Moseley St. at 6pm on a Saturday ffs and the guy was supposedly pissed up too, it can't be that hard to tackle someone like that surely?

Then again, the AK has the charging handle on the 'wrong' side and the mag is appalling for lying prone, whereas the M4 has the charging handle better placed and the mag is better for going prone, then again, the AK has a better fire selector design than the M4 and is less prone to jamming, so these 'classics' are not without their faults either.

Ease of mag changing with bullpups is relevant for MILSIM airsofters using realistic mags though, but not really a big deal for high cap mag users. It is simply a lot quicker to change mags on a weapon where you can release the mag with your right fingers, i.e. like on the M4 and the AK, since it drops the mag leaving your left hand free to grab a fresh one and get it in place quickly (even whilst still firing your last few rounds if necessary). Then again, the AK has the charging handle on t...

The fact that quite a few bull pups are somewhat louder for the user and (more critically) not as quick to reload affect their combat utility, which is a bit more important than personal preference. Of course other weapons have disadvantages too; bullpups are not alone in offering plusses and minuses. Some of aspects are irrelevant for airsoft; a bullpup airsoft is not going to have a higher muzzle velocity, but nor does it eject shells, so actually IS ambidextrous, although blowbacks might s...

Basically three disadvantages, 1, most of them are not ambidextrous viz the the ejection port location. 2, they are louder, because the action is nearer your ear. 3, most require more hand movements to change mags; not a good thing in a firefight. Against this are the advantages; more compact, higher muzzle velocity, better for going prone, generally modern components & design

Where airsoft is concerned however, the M4 is a better choice, not least because the mag release system of the M4 is better for rapid mag changes than the L85 (as it is in real life), and a GBB L85 will not be easily ambidextrous. There are also far more many parts available for M4s than L85s.

In terms of reliability in tough environments, the L85 is vastly better than the M4, although it took a while for this to evolve, initially the L85 in its SA80 form was a piece of crap with many flaws. The modifications to turn the SA80 into the L85 (done by H&K when it was British owned), led to the L85 being somewhat over-engineered, thus it is heavy compared to the M4, but it packs more of a punch than the M4 by some considerable margin owing to the longer barrel. Where airsoft is conc...