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The evolution of German military rifles is a history of common and diverse paths followed by the separate German states, until the mid-19th century when Prussia emerged as the dominant state within Germany and the nation was unified. This article discusses rifled shoulder arms developed in or for the military of the states that later became ...
Desert camo in use by the German Army for battle dress uniforms in desert and semi-arid regions.It was mostly deployed in Afghanistan. The colours of the camouflage are sand, brown and green. [98] Multitarn. 6-Farben-Tarndruck Germany: Flecktarn: Universal Special forces camouflage in use in the special forces of the German military. [99]
The following is a list of World War II German Firearms which includes German firearms, prototype firearms and captured foreign firearms used by the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS, Deutsches Heer, the Volkssturm and other military armed forces in World War II.
List of German military equipment of World War II [1] Cold War ... Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday.
MG 3 machine gun [4] - Modernised variant of WWII MG 42. Served as the main German Cold War machine gun from the late 1950s. Served as the main German Cold War machine gun from the late 1950s. Heckler & Koch HK21 - a general purpose machine gun developed in 1961, based on the G3 battle rifle
The Gewehr 43 or Karabiner 43 (abbreviated G43, K43, Gew 43, Kar 43) is a 7.92×57mm Mauser caliber semi-automatic rifle developed by Germany during World War II.The design was based on that of the earlier G41(W) but incorporated an improved short-stroke piston gas system similar to that of the Soviet SVT-40.
Many non-German military service rifles and carbines were derived from and/or based on the Mauser M98 bolt-action system. Some of these were German-made by various contractors other than Mauser: [42] M1902 and M1936 Mexican in 7×57mm Mauser; M1903 Turkish in 7.65×53mm Mauser; M1907 Chinese in 6.8×57mm
The Heckler & Koch G36 (Gewehr 36) is an assault rifle designed in the early 1990s by German weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch. It is chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO , and replaced the heavier G3 battle rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm . [ 1 ]