The German police and the special unit KSK recently purchased the rifle in the HK437 version, which is chambered for 7.62x35 mm /.300 Blackout ammunition. Now, an unknown version has reached Ukraine.

Ukrainian forces are increasingly equipped with advanced German firearms, particularly the HK G36 and the newer HK433 rifles, signaling a significant shift in their military capabilities.

German army to phase out G36 rifle from 2019 DPA/The Local - [email protected] Published: 8 Sep, 2015 CET.

In 1996 Germany conducted a short trial between the Austrian Steyr AUG assault rifle and a new Heckler and Koch design. The Bundeswehr adopted the new design as the G36 assault rifle. Unlike ...

The G36's inconsistency was down to a plastic channel that support the barrel would become soft when the gun heats in a quick succession of firing. The fault was first discovered when German ...

ILLESHEIM, Germany — Over 100 Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, supporting the 4th Infantry Division, joined the the German Armed Forces — known as the Bundeswehr — for a ...

The German Ministry of Defense convened a military leadership council recently to obtain a rapid military technical assessment of a preliminary report on the G36 rifle, which has been in service ...

More than half rated their weapons as unreliable, with less than ten percent expressing confidence in their army-issued G36 rifles. The news comes as the German military prepares to deploy troops ...