And it's a big family indeed. We get to see the family in a report from Janes that Fabryka Broni fully unveiled the whole family of MSBS-5.56 during the MSPO 2015 or the 23rd International Defence Industry Exhibition 2015 in Kielce, Poland that ended yesterday. The MSBS-5.56 rifle is presently on order from the Polish Armed Forces and seen as a replacement of the SKS rifles  and the kbs wz.96 Beryl.

At first glance, it looks similar to the ACR and can easily take in the Magpul PMAGs, but it is an indigenous rifle developed by the Radom Arms Factory in Fabryka Broni Łucznik where the Beryl also comes from. With Poland going full steam ahead in their military modernization efforts, the MSBS-5.56 is going to the rifle for the 21st Century Polish Warfighter.

MSBS-5.56 Standard Rifle Configurations

Chambered in 5.56x45mm and equipped release barrel, you will also notice that apart from the classic rifle look, it also has bullpup rifle models. Both standard and bullpup configurations share a common upper receiver, making the rifle family a unique one. Also both configurations have 5 five variants each that have interchangeable parts. This is a good design choice in terms of logistical concerns as a soldier can take parts from a variant to repair another rifle, lessening the need to worry about spare parts when supplies have a hard time reaching the frontlines.

MSBS-5.56 Bullpup Rifle Configurations

Furthermore in the Janes report, the Polish Armed Forces are in the midst of testing the standard rifle configuration of the MSBS-5.56 which is said to have already passed all qualification tests and ready for production. In 2014, the Polish Armed Forces ordered 14,000 MSBS rifles its Tytan Advanced Individual Battle System programme.

Looking at both standard and bullpup rifle configurations, any airsoft manufacturer that gets to licence will have a field day that with just one weapon platform, can produce 10 types of rifles which hopefully can have interchangeable parts too like the real MSBS-5.56. For Polish airsoft players, that's 10 airsoft rifles that they can collect to that they can proudly claim to be Polish.