Description

The Gewehr 36, known more simply as the G36, is a gas-operated select-fire 5.56x45mm rifle developed by German arms manufacturer Heckler and Koch. It was designed as a replacement for the venerable G3 battle rifle, which had served West Germany throughout the Cold War. The G36 entered service with the German Bundeswehr in 1997, and has served as the main standard-issue rifle of the Bundeswehr for the entirety of the 21st century thus far. In 2021, it was decided that the G36 rifle would be replaced as the Bundeswehr's main rifle by a variant of the HK416