G3 battle rifle

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7.62×51mm NATO firearm battle rifle select-fire rifle

The G3 battle rifle is a widely used 7.62×51mm NATO select-fire rifle developed in the 1950s and adopted by numerous armed forces around the world.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
G3SG/1 2
AK4 battle rifle 1
G3 battle rifle canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 7.62×51mm NATO firearm ⓘ
battle rifle ⓘ
select-fire rifle ⓘ
action roller-delayed blowback ⓘ
barrelLength approximately 450 mm ⓘ
caliber 7.62 mm ⓘ
cartridge 7.62×51mm NATO ⓘ
category Cold War small arms ⓘ
Heckler & Koch ⓘ
surface form: Heckler & Koch rifles
countryOfOrigin West Germany ⓘ
designer Ludwig Vorgrimler NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedBy CETME ⓘ
Heckler & Koch ⓘ
effectiveFiringRange about 500 m with iron sights ⓘ
up to 800 m with optics ⓘ
feedSystem 20-round detachable box magazine ⓘ
30-round detachable box magazine ⓘ
fireModes 3-round burst (some variants) ⓘ
fully automatic ⓘ
semi-automatic ⓘ
hasVariant G3A3 ⓘ
G3A4 ⓘ
G3 battle rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: G3SG/1

HK11 ⓘ
HK21 ⓘ
introduced 1950s ⓘ
length approximately 1025 mm ⓘ
licenseProducedIn Greece ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
manufacturer Heckler & Koch ⓘ
licensed manufacturers in several countries ⓘ
mass approximately 4.4 kg unloaded ⓘ
muzzleVelocity approximately 800 m/s ⓘ
primaryUser Germany ⓘ
rateOfFire about 500–600 rounds per minute ⓘ
replacedBy Heckler & Koch G36 in German service ⓘ
serviceEntry 1959 ⓘ
sightType diopter drum rear sight ⓘ
hooded front post ⓘ
usedBy Bundeswehr ⓘ
Armed Forces of Greece ⓘ
surface form: Greek Armed Forces

Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Armed Forces

Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
Pakistan Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: Pakistani Armed Forces

Portuguese Armed Forces ⓘ
Armed Forces of Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Turkish Armed Forces

many other countries ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heckler & Koch → product → G3 battle rifle ⓘ
Swedish Army → uses → G3 battle rifle ⓘ
this entity surface form: AK4 battle rifle
HK G3 series → notableVariant → G3 battle rifle ⓘ
this entity surface form: G3SG/1
G3 battle rifle → hasVariant → G3 battle rifle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: G3SG/1