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G3: Original model based on the CETME Model 58 introduced in 1959 and approved in 1960. It had a wooden stock and handguard. G3A1: G3 approved in 1963 with a single-position, retractable stock sliding in grooves pressed in the sides of the body, locked by a catch under the special bodycap. This design was chosen after earlier experimentation ...
HK VP70M, HK VP70Z HK P9: HK P9S, HK P9K: HK P7: HK PSP, HK P7M8, HK P7M13, HK P7M10, HK P7K3, HK P7M7, HK P7PT8: HK USP (Universal Self-loading Pistol) HK USP Standard, HK USP Compact, HK USP Tactical, HK USP Expert, HK USP Elite, HK USP Match, HK P8: HK Mark 23 (also known as Mark 23 Mod 0 or HK SOCOM) HK P2000: HK P2000SK: HK P30: P30L ...
The company initially produced machine tool and metal parts until 1956 when, in response to a Bundeswehr contract for a new service rifle, HK developed the Heckler & Koch G3. The success of the G3 rifle prompted HK to transition to the defense industry. HK was owned by Royal Ordnance from 1991 to 2002, and is currently part of the Heckler ...
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]
The ability to use G3 or STANAG (for HK23E) box or drum magazines is available with an optional feed module kit that consists of the bolt, recoil spring and belt feed module or magazine well. When employed in the belt-fed medium machine gun (fire support) role the HK21E provides a cook-off rate in excess of 1,000 rounds fired in quick succession.
The weapon is based on the Heckler & Koch G3 and HK91 design, which itself is a variant of the Spanish-made CETME rifle.The United States Federal Assault Weapons Ban enacted in 1994, by President Bill Clinton, prohibited certain cosmetic features of the HK91, which meant that the HK91 and its variants could no longer be manufactured and sold to the US civilian market in their original ...
HK G3 [1] 7.62×51mm West Germany: G3A3, G3A4, G3KA4 FN FNC: 5.56×45mm Belgium: Versions used: Standard" Model 2000 and Short" Model 7000, used by the Salvadoran Military Police and Paratrooper Battalion. M4: 5.56×45mm United States: M4 Carbine, Colt M4A1, Colt M4 (original 1993 version), M4 (Colt Model 933), Colt M4 (M162 sights, burst and ...
The HK43 was created in 1974 as a semi-automatic version of the HK33 (which itself was a scaled down version of the Heckler & Koch G3, but chambered for 5.56×45mm NATO). [1] According to H&K's numbering nomenclature, the "4" indicates that the weapon is a paramilitary rifle, and the "3" indicates that the caliber is 5.56 mm.