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    The G3A3 battle rifle is a 7.62mm NATO selective fire rifle adopted by Germany in 1959. Key features include a roller-delayed blowback action, 20 round magazine capacity, and an overall length of 1023mm with a 450mm barrel. The G3 was widely adopted by over 50 countries due to its reliability, effectiveness in battle, and lower cost of production compared to other 7.62mm rifles like the FN FAL and M14. Variants include the G3A4 with a retractable stock and the shorter barrelled G3KA4. The G3 served as Germany's standard issue rifle from 1959 until 1995.

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    The G3A3 battle rifle is a 7.62mm NATO selective fire rifle adopted by Germany in 1959. Key features include a roller-delayed blowback action, 20 round magazine capacity, and an overall length of 1023mm with a 450mm barrel. The G3 was widely adopted by over 50 countries due to its reliability, effectiveness in battle, and lower cost of production compared to other 7.62mm rifles like the FN FAL and M14. Variants include the G3A4 with a retractable stock and the shorter barrelled G3KA4. The G3 served as Germany's standard issue rifle from 1959 until 1995.

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    The G3A3 battle rifle is a 7.62mm NATO selective fire rifle adopted by Germany in 1959. Key features include a roller-delayed blowback action, 20 round magazine capacity, and an overall length of 1023mm with a 450mm barrel. The G3 was widely adopted by over 50 countries due to its reliability, effectiveness in battle, and lower cost of production compared to other 7.62mm rifles like the FN FAL and M14. Variants include the G3A4 with a retractable stock and the shorter barrelled G3KA4. The G3 served as Germany's standard issue rifle from 1959 until 1995.

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    G3A3 Battle Rifle

    Caliber: 7.62mm NATO (.308 win) 
    Action: Roller­delayed blowback 
    Weight: 4.5kg 
    Overall length: 1023 mm 
    Barrel length: 450 mm (315 mm on G3KA4 model) 
    Magazine capacity: 20 rounds 

    During the early­ to mid­1950s West Germany, like the other NATO countries, faced the 
    need for rearming its army for the newest common 7.62x51mm NATO caliber small arms. 
    Initially Germans preferred the Belgian FN FAL rifle, and adopted it circa 1956 under the 
    designation of G1. Due to obvious reasons Germany wanted to manufacture its military 
    rifles, and attempted to buy a manufacturing license for FAL, but Belgium rejected the 
    deal. So, Germany turned to the another design, available from Spanish company 
    CETME, and known as the CETME mod. A rifle. Germany bought the manufacturing 
    license for CETME rifle and transferred it to the Heckler und Koch (HK) company, 
    located in Oberndorf. HK slightly modified the CETME design, and in 1959 the 
    Bundeswehr (W.Germany Army) finally adopted the CETME / Heckler ­ Koch rifle as G3 
    (Gewehr 3 ­ Rifle, [model] 3). Since that time and until the 1995 the G3 in various 
    modifications served as a general issue shoulder weapon not only for German Armed 
    forces, but also for many other countries. Those include Greece, Iran, Mexico, Norway, 
    Pakistan, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey and many other countries. Total of more than 50 
    countries during the last 40 years issued the G3 to its forces. The G3 was or still is 
    manufactured in countries like the Greece, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Portugal and others. 
    The key reason of high popularity of the G3 is that it is much simpler and cheaper to 
    manufacture, than its major contemporary rivals ­ Belgian FN FAL and US M14. To the 
    best of my knowledge, the HK itself continued to produce and offer the G3 until the year 
    2000 or 2001, when it finally disappeared from HK catalogs and web­sites. However, the 
    HK still manufactures a wide variety of firearms, based on the G3 design but of different 
    purposes and calibers, like 9mm MP­5 submachine guns, 5.56mm HK 33 assault rifles, 
    5.56mm and 7.62mm HK 23 and HK 21 machine guns, PSG1 sniper rifles etc. In 
    general, the HK G3 rifle can be described as one of the best 7.62mm NATO battle / 
    assault rifles ­ reliable, versatile, controllable, non­expensive and, finally, very popular. 
    For the civilian markets, HK produced the semi­automatic only versions of the G3, 
    initially known as HK 41 and later ­ as HK 91. 
    The G3 rifle is a selective fire, magazine fed rifle, built using delayed blowback action, 
    developed by German engineers at Mauser Werke late in the 2nd World War and refined 
    in Spain, at the CETME company. Initial models of the G3 rifle were quite similar to 
    CETME rifles, and even had "CETME" markings on the receivers (until 1961 or so). The 
    roller­delayed blowback action is described under the CETME Rifles, so I will not repeat 
    it here. The G3 is built using as many stamped parts as possible. The receiver is 
    stamped from sheet steel. The trigger unit housing along with pistol handle frame, also 
    are stamped from steel and hinged to the receiver using the cross­pin in the front of the 
    trigger unit, just behind the magazine housing. Earliest G3 rifles also featured stamped 
    handguards and CETME­type flip­up rear diopter sights. In the mid­1960s the initial 
    design was upgraded to the G3A3 and G3A4 configurations. These rifles had ventilated 
    plastic handguards and a drum­type rear diopter sights, marked from 100 to 400 meters. 
    The G3A3 was a fixed butt version, with buttstock made from plastic, and the G3A4 was 
    a telescope butt version, with retractable metallic buttstock with rubber buttplate. Late 
    German production G3A3 and G3A4 models were built using new trigger units, integral 
    with restyled pistol grip and triggerguard, made from plastic. The shortest version of the 
    G3 was the G3KA4, similar to G3A4 but with shortened barrel. Every G3 rifle can be 
    equipped with detachable bipods, claw­type detachable scope mounts. Long­barreled 
    versions can be fitted with bayonet or used to launch rifle grenades from the barrel. 
    Folding cocking handle is located on the special tube above the barrel, at the left side, 
    and does not reciprocate when gun is fired. The safety / fire selector is located above the 
    triggerguard on the left side of the trigger group housing and usually is marked "S ­ E ­ 
    F" (Safe ­ Single shots ­ Full auto). Latest models could have selectors marked with 
    colored icons. 

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