Jim Schatz (G3Kurz) on whether the "G11 is completely dead," 2008.
https://www.hkpro.com/threads/hk-g11.79092/

>The G11 program for the most part ended in the early 1990's with the end of the US ACR (Advanced Combat Rifle) program and the reunification in Germany. The German parliment had approved it's fielding but the weapon was just never ready for prime time. While it worked extremely well in a controlled environment it was still subject to the chamber sealing problems that plague all auto-loading caseless small arms. For a few years the German govt pumped some minor funds into continued refinement of the ammo technology but with many of the key folks leaving the ammo maker Dynamit Nobel (DNAG) the effort for the most part trailed off.

>In the late 1990's the US Army decided to look at Lightweight Small Arms Technology (LSAT) and has now begun some additional work over the last 3 years on both lightweight polymer cased and caseless ammunition and weapons (LMG at this time) to fire them, both in a 5.56mm caliber. They have actually fired the poly ammo gun with success so far. They did discuss this new program with HK but HK passed on the idea having proved it could be done but not for actual field use. Not surprizingly the same DNAG "HITP" propellent is being used as is the two part expanding chamber of the failed G11/ACR which has serious sealing problems, and will again I predict. As there is only @ 5% reduction in weight from the caseless ammo compared to the poly ammo, the caseless with all it's technical problems (chamber sealing, push thru "extraction", cook-off, production issues, etc) it is hardly worth wasting time or money on, but the US is anyway (no surprize there). Plastic cased ammo is the ticket for weight savings if they have found the right kind of materials which it seems they may have.
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