H&K G36: Germany Adopts the Cartridge

Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! When the G11 program was cancelled and German reunified, the West German military was still using the G3 rifle, while the East German forces had AK-74 variants. Neither of these were suitable for a new unified German NATO-member Bundeswehr - a rifle in NATO was needed. Heckler & Koch had been working on just such a weapon, designated internally as the HK50. The rifle is f