eli5 Why does hand weapons dont get replaced more?

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Like the M2 Browning, G3 and Minigun, they have been around for long time and still extremely widely used in modern armies.

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Guns basically hit their apex with the AK-47, everything since then is just minor improvements. Then there’s some countries that picked a gun they liked 50 years ago and have been making their own spare parts ever since.

Of the guns you named,

* M2 Browning is near perfection, and they keep being made so that the new guns can use the same parts as the old ones.

* G3 just refuses to die, apparently.

* Minigun is a weird example because it’s a ‘mini’ version of a naval anti-aircraft gun, different countries have their own versions/equivalents.

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