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Armed officers of German special police forces walk on the roof of the Hotel Intercontinental in Berlin prior to the arrival of US Secretary of State Colin Powell at the airport on Thursday, May 15, 2003. Powell will stay for a two-day visit in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Its either a G3/SG1 or an HK33/SG1, I can't see the magazine so I can't tell if its in 5.56 or 7.62.  

The G3/SG1 is more plentiful and is the one I would use in that situation.

Its not a PSG1 because it has iron sights, which the PSG1 and MSG90 do not have.

[url]http://www.hkpro.com/psg1.htm[/url]

[url]http://www.hkpro.com/msg90.htm[/url]

[url]http://www.hkpro.com/g3sg1.htm[/url]

[url]http://www.hkpro.com/33sg1.htm[/url]

The PSG-1 is a ten thousand dollar rifle and they are pretty rare.  The G3/SG1 is no slouch in the accuracy department either, I'm sure it would do just fine.

Yeah its $10,000 no matter who you are, and frankly I'm not sure they are being made anymore.  They are pricey bastards, but then again you have to pay more because its stamped "HK" on the side. [lol]

As far as the German govt., all their GOOD snipers aren't assigned to guard foreign dignitaries, they are assigned to guard members of the German govt. from their own people who are likely pissed off at their country being flushed down the toilet!

[b]Torf[/b], in a way I agree with you, you can buy other $10,000 rifles that are more accurate, Accuracy International comes to mind, but they aren't auto-loaders.  The PSG-1 was designed in direct response to the Munich massacre of September 1972, and is IMHO the optimal rifle for when a single marksman needs to take out multiple targets with sub-MOA precision in the shortest amount of time possible.  Guess how often that happens... heh...