But all of these weapons, the only one that has “survived” in first-rate militaries to 2019 is the G3. The FAL and M14, even in their upgraded forms, have finally been retired from the front ...

The G3 rifle was perhaps the ideal weapon for the newly established West German armed forces. Like previous German rifles, it was a no-nonsense weapon with an enviable reputation for accuracy and ...

H&K had already produced the G3 battle rifle used by the West German Army, as well as a smaller weapon, the Maschinenpistole 5, or MP5—basically the G-3 but downsized to take a 9-millimeter ...

That story was repeated with the weapon that became the G3's successor in the German military, and the gun at the center of Tuesday's trial in Stuttgart — the G36: ...