The G3 is a 7.62×51mm NATO battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CETME (Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales).
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length (km)
1.025
weight (kg)
4100.0
origin
West Germany
type
Battle rifle
used in war
Iran–Iraq War, Six-Day War, The Troubles, Salvadoran Civil War, Yugoslav Wars, Ethiopian Civil War, Rhodesian Bush War, Kurdish–Turkish conflict, War in North-West Pakistan, Carnation Revolution, Portuguese Colonial War, Sierra Leone Civil War, Iraq War, Syrian Civil War, Gulf War, International Security Assistance Force, Iranian Revolution, South African Border War, Mexican Drug War
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