Most Mexican troops carry rather tired looking HK G3s. Some officers and special units may carry M16/M4 carbines.
Most of the guys you see on the streets, usually in groups of six, with the helmets with PM on them are municipal paramilitary police - think SWAT team without the training. Who knows what they’re packing.
HK G-3s probably made with a Spanish license.
They are all over Latin America...Bogota, Quito, La Paz, Santiago.
they may look old but that 7.62 will still light yer ass up.
I was in Bogota during one of M-19s hiccups over the National Justice Bldg.
G-3s got plenty of use that weekend.....they have a report similar to an FN-LAR or SLR
I’ve seen a lot of G3s, but also some very old lookin M-16A1s, as well.
Now they’ve got their plasticky Xoatacult (or whatever it’s called, Anaconda, or something in Spanish) to boot.
And don’t get me started on their “tactical” vehicles.
They look like a reconstituted company of day laborers headed for a drywall site.