Umarex has chosen a new company to make the g36.

[Seahawk]

First they choose Ares, now they choose some Chinese maker named S&T?

Come on Umarex.

http://www.youtube.com/user/eHobbyAsiaC ... Fl8yTtN2Vo[/youtube]

Edit: upon further digging i have read conflicting view on this company, some being that they make or rebrand Ares weapons and some like this post from arniesairsoft.....

Originally posted by The Saint on arnies.
"S&T is not ARES, both S&T and ARES would probably be quite insulted at the notion that they're related.

S&T used to exclusively wholesale, that's a fact, and they were ARES' former exclusive distributor. The relationship between two apparently crashed and burnt last year, there used to be a termination of agreement letter on the ARES website (dunno if it's still there).

I would not be surprised if S&T feels cheated by ARES or something, and it's clear that S&T claims ownership to ARES (formerly STAR) designs. So they've set up their own factory (or contracted one, more likely, i.e. A&K) to continue to produce ARES design under the S&T brand, as a direct competition to ARES (yeay~!). And apparently the original G36 trademark agreement was between S&T and Umarex, since ARES is said to be removing the Umarex and H&K trades from future production runs.

I suppose the thing that really matters is that the competition between ARES and S&T will benefit consumers. Being that I'm quite fond of some ARES designs, like the M4 (quick spring change, realistic buffer tube) and the G36 (everything), I think we're all winners here. Already, if one look at the G36s, one can see that the S&T price is dramatically lower than the ARES price."

other discussions.
http://www.red-alliance.net/forum/index ... ic=17055.0
http://www.arniesairsoft.co.uk/forums/i ... y-gearbox/

and here is their website.
http://smartteamhk.com/index.php?main_page=about_us

My opinion is that this is a bad time for G36 users in airsoft.

[Minerva]

Yep they are actually the ones who rebranded the PPSH if IIRC..