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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] The G36 was accepted into service with the Bundeswehr in 1997. [2]
G36: HK G36C (Compact), HK G36V, HK G36K (Kurz - short), HK G36KV (Kurz - short) G41: HK G41A2, HK G41KA3, HK G41TGS: G11: Machine gun (MG11) Personal defense weapon (G11 PDW) M27: Infantry Automatic Rifle XM8
Heckler & Koch was founded in 1949 by former Mauser engineers Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch, and Alex Seidel, who founded the company out of the shuttered Mauser factory in Oberndorf. [2] 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 G36 Germany: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: Used by the Special Operations Forces. [2] Heckler & Koch HK416 Germany: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: Used by the Special Operations Forces. [2] Heckler & Koch HK417 Germany: Battle rifle: 7.62×51mm NATO: Used by the Special Operations Forces. [15] Heckler & Koch G3 Germany: Battle ...
The 'G36' (company designation, Bundeswehr designation Gewehr G36) is an assault rifle designed in the early 1990s and manufactured in Germany by Heckler & Koch. It is the current service rifle of the German and the Spanish Armed Forces among others. A family of variants exists, many of which have been adopted by police or military forces.
The rifle was designed by German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K), and shares design and engineering with their G36 rifle. The XM8 design was originally part of the Objective Individual Combat Weapon program (OICW), which was developing a "smart" grenade launcher system with an underslung carbine rifle. The system was unable to meet ...
Civilian version of Heckler & Koch HK33. Heckler & Koch SL6: Semi-automatic rifle Germany 1980s-1991 Heckler & Koch SL8: Semi-automatic rifle Germany 1998–present Civilian version of Heckler & Koch G36. SIG Sauer SIG516: Semi-automatic rifle Germany 2010–present Heckler & Koch HK23E: General-purpose machine gun Germany 1980s-present
The Heckler & Koch G36 is a 5.56×45mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1990s by Heckler & Koch in Germany as a replacement for the heavier G3. It was accepted into service with the Bundeswehr in 1997, replacing the G3. [98] The G36 is gas-operated and feeds from a 30-round detachable box magazine or 100-round C-Mag drum magazine.