H&K will be producing the Link Removed and Link Removed for the US civilian market.
The rifles will be produced at H&K's new manufacturing facility in Newington, New Hampshire.
Release date is late Q4 2009. Unknown MSRP for either rifles.
Note: The MR556 will not be compatible with standard AR lower/upper recievers.
H&K USA said:
To conform to German export regulations, certain design changes made in the MR556 prevents the rifle's upper receiver from being used on other AR-style firearms.
Why did H&K have to wait until the week before Obama takes office to release these in the U.S.? Don't they know that this is one of those scary-looking "black rifles" that antis, Obama included, want banned? And, if he and the Democratic-controlled Congress have their way, its life here in the U.S. will be a very short one indeed.