Talk:Vektor R4

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Photo needed

We could use an image here. Koalorka (talk) 04:26, 18 June 2008 (UTC) Well, I did find........System Failure, sorry for the inconvenience. To contact Wikipedia about this problem email them at solocolo2@yahoo.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.225.21.8 (talk) 20:45, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

South African flag error

Please note the flag listed in this article is an old south african flag, and not south africas current flag. I dont know how to fixt it, but it should be. Its wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.210.164.72 (talk) 06:43, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I too am offended by the use of the old flag, at least for consistency's sake change it please (I too don't know how. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.245.48.137 (talk) 14:31, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The rifle was developed in that era. The flag stays. Koalorka (talk) 15:00, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Under that logic, shouldn't the US flag on the M-1 page have 48 stars? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.161.160.10 (talk) 20:42, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, it's the wrong flag. Changed. Socrates2008 (Talk) 12:25, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, it is a period-correct flag, it stays. I don't care how you feel about the past regime. Koalorka (talk) 20:16, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion would probably be assisted if people explained why x flag instead of y flag would make the article better. ManicParroT (talk) 10:25, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edit warrring

Repeatedly reverting referenced information without comment or discussion is a fast track to a ban. Kindly discuss here if you have any points or concerns to raise about the designer of this weapon. Socrates2008 (Talk) 09:56, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Service introduction was 1981 or before

As a national serice conscript at an Infantry batallion (4 SAI) I was issued with a brand new R4 in July 1981. I have no quotable reference for this, only my personal experience, so I have not modified the main article.

Same here - I was in 5 SAI in 1981 and was also issued with a new R4 in July.

I did my National Service in 1979-1980. We were issued with the R4 in late 1980, probably around September. We had problems with it, though. There was nothing wrong with it, but all our training had been on the R1, and we simply weren't used to it, and were facing immediate further operational duties. We handed them back in and were re-issued with R1s for the rest of the service. It was obvious, though, that the next year's intake would be issued with them, as most of the instructors were already using them. Kmasters0 (talk) 15:34, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox photo

The photo in the Infobox should be of the standard military issue R4. The LM5 photo can be used in the Variants section. Roger (talk) 09:55, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]