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The G3 was the service rifle of the German Bundeswehr until it was replaced by the Heckler & Koch G36 in the 1990s, and was adopted into service with numerous other countries. The G3 has been exported to over 70 countries and manufactured under license in at least 15 countries. Over 7.8 million G3s have been produced. [3]
Recoilless rifle Soviet Union: 73 mm recoilless rifle. [12] M40A1: Recoilless rifle United States: 105 mm recoilless rifle. [26] RPG-7: Rocket grenade launcher Soviet Union: 40 mm rocket-propelled grenade launcher. [27] Alcotán-100: Anti-tank rocket launcher Spain: 100 mm disposable anti-tank rocket launcher, Alcotán-AT (M2) variant in service.
Peruvian police "Los Sinchis" operative with HK33 assault rifle and HK79 Grenade Launcher at SITDEF 2023. The Heckler & Koch HK33 is a 5.56mm assault rifle developed in the 1960s by West German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K), primarily for export.
The G3 has served as the basis for a wide variety of other H&K firearms, including weapons in different calibers and various sniper rifles. The HK 33 and G41 are related firearms, and are essentially a G3 scaled down to 5.56×45mm NATO. The G3 and its variants have been used by the armed forces and police in a wide variety of countries.
An early-production G3 rifle, Heckler & Koch's first firearm, photographed by the United States Army Ordnance Corps in January 1961. With the fall of Nazi Germany and the following Allied occupation of Germany, Oberndorf came under French control, and the entire Waffenfabrik Mauser AG factory was dismantled by French occupying forces.
The Heckler & Koch HK41 is a semi-automatic version of the Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifle. [1] It was produced by Heckler & Koch for civilian sales and Bundeswehr reservist market for a rifle that could be privately owned in Germany but which would duplicate the handling of the G3 for reservists to practice with. [2]
Battle rifles; Heckler & Koch G3 Germany: 7.62×51mm NATO [54] FN FAL Belgium: FAL FAL Type 3 PARA 7.62×51mm NATO [39] [55] M14 United States: 7.62×51mm NATO [56] Designated marksman rifles; SVD [5] Soviet Union: 7.62×54mmR: Replaced by the UAR-10 and Western sniper rifles in the sniping role. [57] Sniper rifles; Fort-301 Ukraine: 7.62×51mm ...
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