Originally Posted by Spitzer

Also I never claimed that US is incapable of precision manufacturing, however they couldn't manage to build the Rheinmetall gun to same degree of precision for the same amount of money as the Germans, to attempt do so would cost way too much according to US studies. So the US simplified the design to use fewer & less complex parts, the M256 was the result.

The US today is perfectly capable of precision engineering, as can be seen in many products.

And please there's no reason to take offense as I sense you are, I'm not trying to slam the Americans if thats what you think. Remember it's just a debate.