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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - HK36 Assault Rifle

Posted: 9/21/2013 8:09:20 AM EDT

Heckler & Koch HK36

HK36 Assault Rifle, caliber 4.6x36mm. January 1971 stage of development. HK Oberndorf document. This is not the G36, in any way, it is a proprietary caliber and rifle that HK was working on. Courtesy Royal Armouries Library, Leeds, UK

Heckler & Koch 36 4.6x36mm 3.67 Kg 30 & 90 Rounds Before Heckler & Koch delved into the decade long project on the caseless G-11 rifle in the 1980's they had an earlier design which has seen little coverage to this day. The HK 36 (not to be confused with the modern G36 assault rifle) was designed in 1972 as an attempt to find an alternative to the 5.56 NATO cartridge. The 4.6x36mm cartridge was designed with a tungsten-carbine core to allow for greater armor penetration, this was to make it comparable with the 7.62 NATO rifles in service at that period. Unique to the rifle is that the magazine is affixed to the weapon, it is not capable of being removed. Instead, a lever is pulled on the bottom of the "magazine" which allows the user to feed ammunition (kept in light alloy boxes holding 30 rounds) into the magazine. The weapon came with a optical reflex sight built into the carrying handle of the weapon for quicker sight acquisition. Interestingly enough the weapon was designed with a selective rate of fire which allowed the user to shoot off 2, 3, 4 or 5 round bursts. However the design was retained by the German Armed Forces and soon the firm of Heckler & Koch was working on their G-11 project.

http://www.hkpro.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105:hk36&catid=11:rare-prototypes&Itemid=5

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - HK36 Assault Rifle

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