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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]
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 ...
Semi-automatic, based on the Heckler & Koch G3 rifle. POF PSR-90: 7.62×51mm NATO Pakistan [11] Used by Special Service Group. Semi-automatic, based on the Heckler & Koch PSG1. Steyr SSG 69.308 Winchester Austria [12] Bolt-action Accuracy International Arctic Warfare.308 Winchester.338 Lapua Magnum United Kingdom: Used by Special Service Group ...
Heckler & Koch G3: Heckler & Koch MKEK: 7.62×51mm NATO: Select fire: West Germany 1955 Heckler & Koch HK417: Heckler & Koch: 7.62×51mm NATO: Select fire: Germany 2005 Howa Type 64: Howa: 7.62×51mm NATO: Select fire: Japan 1964 IWI ACE 52: Israel Weapon Industries: 7.62×51mm NATO: Select fire: Israel 2008 L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle: Royal Small ...
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 ...
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]
Heckler & Koch G3. The 'Heckler & Koch G3 (Gewehr 3) is a roller-delayed blowback operating system rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K) in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CETME (Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales), firing 7.62×51mm NATO ...
Heckler & Koch HK21: Heckler & Koch: 7.62×51mm NATO West Germany: General-purpose machine gun: 1961 Heckler & Koch HK33: Heckler & Koch: 5.56×45mm NATO West Germany: Assault rifle: 1968 Heckler & Koch MP5: Heckler & Koch: 9×19mm Parabellum Germany Submachine gun: 1964 Heckler & Koch P9: Heckler & Koch: 9×19mm Parabellum.45 ACP 7.65×21mm ...