Type - Battle rifle
Place of origin = West Germany
Service history
In service = 1959–present
Wars
Portuguese Colonial War
Rhodesian Bush War
Six Day War
Carnation Revolution
Iran–Iraq War
Salvadoran Civil War
Northern Ireland Troubles
Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Croatian War of Independence
Sierra Leone Civil War
Ethiopian Civil War
War in North-West Pakistan
Operation Enduring Freedom/ISAF – Afghanistan
Second Gulf War
Mexican Drug War
Syrian civil war
Designer = Mauser, CETME, Heckler & Koch
Designed = 1950s
Weight 4.1 kg (9.04 lb) (G3A3)
4.7 kg (10 lb) (G3A4)
5.54 kg (12.2 lb) with optic (G3SG/1)
4.1 kg (9.0 lb) (G3K)
Length 1,025 mm (40.4 in) (G3A3)
1,025 mm (40.4 in) stock extended / 840 mm (33.1 in) stock collapsed (G3A4)
1,025 mm (40.4 in) (G3SG/1)
895 mm (35.2 in) stock extended / 711 mm (28.0 in) stock collapsed (G3K)
Barrel length 450 mm (17.7 in)
315 mm (12.4 in) (G3K)
Cartridge 7.62×51mm NATO
Action Roller-delayed blowback
Rate of fire 500–600 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity 800 m/s (2,625 ft/s)
Effective range 500 metres (550 yd), 100–400 m sight adjustments
Feed system 20-round detachable box and 50-round drum magazine
Sights Rear: rotary diopter; front: hooded post
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