Here are the latest updates from the Pyramyd Airsoft Blog:
The Echo1 USA MTC 2 Airsoft AEG
The Echo1 USA MTC 2 Airsoft AEG (and the more compact, Echo1 USA MTC 1 Airsoft AEG) showed up on the scene around October/November-ish of 2011 as an answer to a pesky little lawsuit involving HK and pretty much most of the Airsoft industry at the time. Since the HK G36 was now off-limits for production by anyone else other than Umarex, who holds the license for HK products worldwide, Echo1 opted to take that design, mix it up enough to get passed the trademark/trade dress rules and voila!
The Echo1 USA MTC (Modular Tactical Carbine) Airsoft AEG was born.
BATFE Approves Umarex HK UMP GBB SMG by VFC
Elite Force announced this week on their Facebook page that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (BATFE) has approved the VFC H&K UMP Gas Blowback SMG for importation into the United States. I find this to be phenomenal news, as I have been bugging Cliff Eisenbarger & Andy Green at Elite Force to get on the ball with getting some HK-licensed VFC gas blowback airsoft guns to us here in the states. While the H&K UMP wouldn’t be my first choice among the HK line-up, it’s certainly a big step in the right direction. Obviously, the 416 series (HK416CQB, HK416C, M27 IAR, etc) along with the HK417 would be my preference. So we shall see if they are able to get the gas blowback versions into the states at some point in the future. For now, let us rejoice in the news of the HK UMP, or Heckler & Koch Universal Machine Pistol.
