Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
m/963 The HK G3 was selected to equip the Portuguese Armed Forces as the new service rifle. Fábrica de Braço de Prata started in 1962 to manufacture under licence the G3, including the manufacture of its components and parts and its final assembly. Later, West Germany placed an order for 50,000 Portuguese-made G3 rifles for its own armed forces.
Note *: The effective range of a firearm is the maximum distance at which a weapon may be expected to be accurate and achieve the desired effect. [ 168 ] Note **: The horizontal range is the distance traveled by a bullet, fired from the rifle at a height of 1.6 meters and 0° elevation until the bullet hits the ground.
Building on the success of their G3 design, the company developed a family of small arms (all using the G3 operating principle and basic design concept) consisting of four types of firearms: the first type, chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO; the second, using the Soviet 7.62×39mm M43 round; the third, chambered in .223 Remington and 5.56×45mm NATO ...
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 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.
The M24 was the primary sniper rifle of the U.S. Army from 1988 until the 2010s but has been replaced by the M2010 and M110, faster-firing semi-automatic sniper rifles with greater range.
Compared to the PSG1 which is regarded as a pure sniper rifle, the MSG90 can fill the role of a designated marksman rifle. [5] [6] The PSG1 and MSG90 have different trigger packs. The MSG90 uses a modified version of the push pin trigger packs of H&K roller-delayed select-fire assault rifles.
Source(s): HK USA [3] HK USA [4] Modern Firearms, Pistol / SMG ammunition Heckler & Koch Products [5] The 4.6×30mm (designated as the 4,6 × 30 by the C.I.P. ) [ 6 ] cartridge is a small- caliber , high- velocity , smokeless powder , rebated , bottleneck , centerfire cartridge designed for personal defense weapons (PDW) developed by German ...