Talk:Heckler & Koch G36/Archive 1

National Guard
I am watching a documentary on the national guard (US) and they are training with g36s. WHAT?!? since when do we use g36s? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.193.129.99 (talk) 00:42, August 28, 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know, why don't you ask them? 122.107.178.246 (talk)

This stuff...
"Bundeswehr regulations actually prohibit weapon disassembly/assembly drills with a time limit for the G36, as it is feared the gas piston components might take damage from rough handling under time pressure." I'd like to have a source for that, please. We did disassembly/assembly drills plenty of times with the G36 when I was in the BW (2002-2003).84.152.114.159 06:55, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

"Bundeswehr regulations actually prohibit weapon disassembly/assembly drills with a time...." That´s bullshit. At my time in the german army every soldier was drilled to assembly/disassembly the G36 with a time limit. It´s not feared that the gas piston components might take damage. --DocBriggs 13:12, 11.03.2007 (CET)

Barrel Warpage?
According to forum posts on hkpro.com and ar15.com, the G36 barrel begins to sag after a single magazine at full auto, or prolonged semiautomatic fire. Dont have anything to verify that, but it should possibly be checked into.Tmaull 12:47, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Not true. This falls under the category of 'the sky is falling.' A barrel that weight will take about 500 rounds of continuous full-auto fire to begin to 'sag.'--Asams10 23:10, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * OK. Like I said I don't have anything factual to back that up. Tmaull 13:15, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * What happens is the handguard under the barrel catches on smoking and melts after 2-3 magazines of 30 rounds and the weapon's aim will remain jerked even after cooling. The US Secret Service dropped the G36 because of this very problem. This is also described in first person review, see the bottom of this talk page for the article from kalashnikov.hu 82.131.210.162 (talk) 08:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Bullshit. I've shot one 100 rd. Beta C mag. and two 30 rounders within about 2 min. The handguard went a little hot near the chamber, but you could still hold it with no problem. I gave it 15 min. to cool down and continued firing another 270 rounds, but at a much slower pace. A comrade even throw his rifle in the snow-mud to cool it down after a similar torture and it functioned as before. After that day I really had much more confidence in this rifle. Though I think the handguard will eventually start to melt at some point, but you probably won't carry that much ammo with you, to get it so far. And in what situation would somebody have to shoot all his ammo within a few minutes?


 * Early G36 deliveries lacked a thin glass-fibre sheet insert between the barrel and handguard. Without such thermal insulation the handguard can catch fire on full auto or melts. The fire event is dangerous, because the flames are not visible due to the special plastic composition, much like the invisible methanol fires in Indycar, so you only see the smoke and it is easy to get burns because of that. 82.131.210.162 (talk) 17:19, 17 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Nobody can dispute this. In fact, secret government agents are sabatoging the Nazi, uh, I mean German G36 rifles to intentionally disparage the enemy.  This entry waxes lots of conspiracy theory and paranoia.  Yes, the gun is made of plastic.  No, you can't take a lighter to it and cause it to burst in flames.  Multiple magazines simply make the handguards hot, VERY hot on earlier models but that problem has been mitigated.  You can melt an M16A1 lots easier; seen it happen. --&#39;&#39;&#39;I am Asamuel&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 10:16, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

A Question: Is there a G36E or V version with a picatinny rail? i saw this at first in the game "Battlefield 2", but i dont remember any configuration of the g36e/v with a picatinny rail, can anybody confirm (or not?) the existence?

That's the G36C. User:Superknijn

I don't want to edit this article just yet, but I've served a tour of duty with the Bundeswehr, and the "F" on the fire selector does not trigger full-auto fire, but a three-shot burst. However, it's been almost a year, and my memory may be getting spotty, so I'd prefer if someone can confirm this.

"F" means "Feuerstoß", and that means full-auto fire.

--- As the article suggests, there are multiple Trigger groups available. Besides the ones mentioned, there is also one with S,1/E,2,F often used in special forces, in a modified version, the G36K with smaller barrel. The F *always* stants for full-auto, but there is a variant which has full auto and double fire, which might cause the confusion here.

A bit of a trivia too is, that F is often called "Freedom" by german soldiers, which means that after your magazine is emptied, there is freedom. This holds for all german weapons with auto fire capabilities.


 * In my Bundeswehr time (back in the HK G3 days), I learned that if you select "F", take aim and press the trigger, you will get Frieden (German for peace). Maybe you get freedom with the G36, but the G3 requires intensive cleaning after that kind of fun. ;) --84.164.226.193 16:50, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Annother thing about the reflex light. It actually works well with only a bit of moonlight too, and the batteries hold about 2-3 months of usualy combat operation (Which doesnt mean I always had a spare one with me)

UK use
A bit of trivia - the police were using G36Ks and carbine G36s during a raid in London. Dan100 (Talk) 13:24, July 29, 2005 (UTC)


 * The police use the G36K (the carbine) and the G36C (the commando) i find it easier to tell by the air vent holes on the forestock, 6 for the standard, 4 for the carbine, and 2 for the commando. yerkschmerk

Added France (GIPN confirmed, GIGN unconfirmed) and Mexico (license-produces G36 under the designation FX-05, see below) to the operators. When the FX-05 gets his own article the entry should be removed.--84.152.118.28 18:45, 29 June 2006 (UTC)ClydeFrog
 * No, the FX-05 doesn't need a separate article. It is a license-produced G36 by another name.  --Asams10 17:47, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The FX-05 is not a license-produced G36 by another name. Asams, you should read the FX-05 article about the polemic regarding the design of FX-05. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.176.17.146 (talk) 16:33, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Why was France deleted? GIPN and RAID (French SWAT) definetly use the versions G36k and c. If you don't beleive me check this page for example: http://le.raid.free.fr/gipn.htm
 * If only army issue counts then you'd have to remove all but Germany, Spain and Mexico. I'll add France until someone gives me a reason why they should not be up there.--ClydeFrog 19:28, 2 July 2006

I think it's pointless to add countries not using the g36 as the standard issue rifle to the list. Why? Because any self respecting elite or CT or commando or whatever top of the line unit would add the G36 to familiarize and use to their whim. It could be added to the respective entry of said elite unit if needed be. Otherwise it is just misleading, a simple "the rifle is also used by various CT and commando units for example etc" would do. Adding countries using it for their spec ops is plain confusing.
 * I agree and disagree at the same time for the following reasons:
 * 1. It has to be official part of the armory of a country's unit to be included into that list. So just having bought a few for trial purposes doesn't count. At least I won't add any country to any list unless I know they are part of their official equipment. That's why, for example, Germany isn't a user of the AK74, although they have many of them left from NVA stocks.
 * 2. Most other firearms articles do it this way.


 * BUT...


 * 3. It's really a tad misleading to have all these countries in the list. Makes it look as if the G36 was as common as the M16 or AK, which it is clearly not.ClydeFrog 11:45, 22 October 2006 (UTC)


 * the UK has a place on the list though, not just because of the police use. but it almost seemed certain the British Army would adopt the G36, with the L85A1 being dropped from the NATO approved weapon list and H&K being british owned at the time.Also the possibility of conflicts in the wake after 9/11 put a stop on any major decisions, as an armed forces half way through replacing its main weapons system would be as good as no armed forces at all. yerkschmerk 01:23 (GMT), 24 November 2006

Revision
I went through and revised the article for accuracy, clarity, grammar, and content. I tried to preserve the facts, clarify points, and remove redundancy. There was a great deal of dead space I also removed. I think the new article is more refined.--Asams10 20:39, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Films and Games
This is getting absurd. The list of games and films is beginning to dominate the article. Is there really a need for such nonsense?--Asams10 07:56, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Nobody is objecting. I'll give it a few more days and then pull down the list of games, tv shows, and films which I feel is way out of place in this article.  If anybody would like to defend its placement here or has a better idea, please add to the discussion.--Asams10 00:23, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm adding here what I removed from the primary article.--Asams10 18:36, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Maybe theres a possibility to add an extra article about "Weapons in Computer Games and Movies" or something like that, with a list what weapon appeared in what tv-show/movie/game... i think it's very interesting for some people, including myself --85.176.45.148 13:25, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Please add "pop culture" reference to List of firearms in films or List of firearms in video games, this information generally does not belong in Wikipedia (see what wikipedia is not, WP:NOT) --Deon Steyn 06:33, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

TV

 * Cowboy Bebop in episode "Jupiter Jazz"
 * MADLAX (G36K)
 * Noir (anime)
 * Stargate SG-1 (G36K)
 * South Park (G36C)
 * 24 (G36C)
 * Firefly (G36)
 * Battlestar Galactica (G36K)
 * Doctor Who episode The Sound of Drums (G36K)

Games

 * ''Battlefield 2 (G36C, G36E with Picatinny Rail)
 * ''Battlefield 2 - Special Forces (G36K)
 * ''Combat Arms (G36E)

Trivia
German soldiers sometimes call it a "Lego rifle" because of the plastic material and its low recoil.

They call it "Plastepeng", too... Plaste = slang for plastic Peng = Bang/Boom etc.

I have just read the article and found two mistakes: 1) The effective range is 500 m (stated in the manual of the Bundeswehr) 2) The range of the reflex sight is 200 m (The Paragraph "Technical Data" specifies 100 m)

Actually its not "Plastepeng", its "Plastik-Peng-Peng" or "Tupperteil" which means "Tupperware".

When I was in the Bundeswehr we used the terms "Legogewehr", "Plaste-Peng-Peng" and "Tupperteil". The term "Plastik-Peng-Peng" is less used. By the way the fun-generic term for guns and truncheons is "Meinungsverstärker", which means "Opinion Booster".

FX Oh Five
The Mexican license-built G36 looks quite different from the G36, and if not it's own article it should at least have some sort of mention with a picture of it. I'm not too educated on it, but I saw a low-resolution picture of it and it's definitely different. Looks like G36 with a splash of XM8. Joffeloff 12:57, 27 May 2006 (UTC)


 * no...? the 1st productions of G36s in mexico look pretty much the same...besides do you have a link to that pic? the 36 only got adopted around about last year i doubt that it deserves its own page, because it operates just like the G36 and looks exactly the same, besides even if it did look different , theres not enough info on it yet to be worthy of a whole page.


 * The Mexican FX-05 is NOT produced under any licence from any company. It was designed at the CIADTIM (Centro de Aplicación y Desarrollo Tecnológico de la Industria Militar) by Mexican engineers, most from the IPN (Instituto Politécnico Nacional). Its development was in charge of Chief Military Industry General Oropeza Garnica, and General Iztiga Landeros. Mexico was to build a rifle under licence from HK, with machinery from them, but due to high cost decided to design and build its own rifle. I can tell you this because I personally spoke with Generals of the Mexican Army, and went to review the factories, and met the engineers, and watched the fabrication process. However I'm almost sure it uses (by the moment, while the Mexican optics team develops its own) the same optical sight as the G-36 -- you may see it without the sight here http://worldtrends.blogspot.com/2006/09/fx-05-la-vista.html, that's why it might resemble it a little. I will delete the text stating it is built under licence from HK, and when I have some time I will start making its own article. --pptudela 20:02, 17 September 2006 (UTC)


 * AFAIK the they had the option to either build the G36 under license or buy the technology and the machinery and designed their own rifle with it. And they chose the latter. No matter how much people emphasize it's not related to the G36, every picture of the FX-05 proves them wrong: Everything is at the same exact same location as with the G36 and the magazine and flash hider are identical to the G36k. All this indicates that it is internally a G36, with a new designed receiver and charging handle. Before anyone proves me otherwise I will continue to see it as that.

H&K tried suing the Mexican government for "copying" the G36 and after actually examining an FX-05 dropped their plans as it was immediately apparent to H&K that the design was quite different. External cosmetics don't matter, internal mechanisms do, and the FX-05 is a quite different beast. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.230.63.56 (talk) 09:54, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

F=Feuerstoß
F means "Feuerstoß" German for burst fire mode!!!

indeed F means "Feuerstoß" and if you translate this literally it's "burst fire mod" BUT F stands for "full-auto"


 * or as the German soldiers dub it, F like "Frieden" (peace). ;)


 * Or, with the SEF trigger group, you have the American version
 * S-Safe
 * E-Economical (Single)
 * F-Fun! (Full)

F does not stand for "Feuerstoß", it stands for "fully automatic" or (German) "Dauerfeuer". This article is incorrect in that respect, as are the G3 and G41 articles. See the official HK homepage for proof: English version and German version Groogokk 22:10, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

F does stand for Feuerstoß. You can find this in the service regulations of the Bundeswehr. H&K uses the word "Dauerfeuer" to explain the modes of fire on their website. --83.171.161.208 00:43, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

It indeed stands for Feuerstoß, it simply is that "Dauerfeuer" makes more sense for people not into weapons. Every single HK Manual (German and English) explaining SEF calls it Feuerstoß and explains it as being full-auto mode. Many people might think of a 3-shot burt because of the word "Feuerstoß" but that doesn't matter as it officially is called that way. Not to mention that an assault rifle is not meant to operate in "Dauerfeuer" anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.177.205.70 (talk) 16:33, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

LMG36
The LMG36 is not use by the German Army. The Project was terminated ~1995. Only the bibod and Drum has left. The G36 with Drum and bibod are not a LMG. The Rifle is not equipped with a heavy Barrel and the Designation is Supporting weapon. (Unterstützungswaffe). Sorry for the english.--88.73.198.10 18:16, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Optics
I just updated the optics section to what I recall when I fired a G36 at a Bundeswehr range in Hannover. I recall the upper red dot optic being 1.5x magnification and our Bundi coaches said it was only for night time. The HK.de website lent evidence to both so I tried to make it inclusive. Any comments on this from prior Bundis? Rob - burningchrome


 * Being a former German soldier: No, the red-dot doesn't magnify. And it is used for quick acquisition of immediate threats whether it's day- or nighttime. If it was only for night why would it have this cell for collecting sunlight (to project the reddot without using the battery)? ;-)84.152.95.64 10:29, 8 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I heard civilan owners can only use the battery powered night red dot function, as the material that is used to collect light for using the day red dot sight is illegal, so is only present in the army models. yerkschmerk 01:30 (GMT), 24 November 2006


 * I am pretty sure you heard wrong. What is illegal is using radioactive tritium instead of battery power for the night illumination (as some other military rifles do). -- Marcika 16:58, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Rumour in- and outside the Bundeswehr has it that one could remove the reflex sight by applying brute force and thus be able to use the open sight integrated into the handle. However, this tale can be considered an urban legend, since in most instances the procedure mentioned above will leadt to severe damage or destruction of the handle and/or other parts of the weapon. The following link (http://www.waffenhq.de/specials/g36optik.html) redirects to a page with some interesting pictures demonstrating what damages could occur when trying to remove the reflex sight (unfortunately, the explanatory notes are in German,but the pictures speak for themselves. NB: The introduction states that the weapon used was a soft-air replica, whereas the handle and the sights were real parts taken from an authentic rifle). -- 89.52.145.56 21:00, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Google translates it for you: Click here But don't take much stock in the article, this is an AirSoft toy, not a real G36. --Asams10 03:49, 9 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, thank you for your remark! You are right, of course, the weapon used was a replica, but the entire handle with the sights attached were genuine (unfortunately, Google wasn't able to translate the german compound noun "Originalteil", which means "original part"). As one can see clearly on the pictures, the attempted removal of the reflex sight resulted in severe damage to the handle, that was of no use after the afore mentioned procedure (the open sight on top of the handle is out of alignment and therefore of no use when trying to take an aimed shot). I think the fact that the weapon itself was a replica could be considered secondarily, since the main question posed was what damages could occur to the handle and the sight, which, as mentioned above, were original parts. --89.52.184.78 08:15, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Magazine similarities with SIG 550?
Do the SIG 550 mags fit with the G36 and vice versa? Ominae 08:03, 25 January 2007 (UTC)


 * AFAIK they don't.


 * they really do, because they are the same


 * No, completely different, will not work together. Koalorka (talk) 16:40, 16 December 2007 (UTC)


 * 550 magazines are held in place like AK magazines: First you have to hook the forward part into its notch in the mag well and then you push up the rear. While the G36 mags are simply pushed straight up. As already mentioned, they are definitely not interchangeable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.180.210.196 (talk) 03:36, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Who changed the picture?
The previous picture was much clearer - black gun on white background looks much better than black gun on dark green/brown background. 86.131.75.16 21:14, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah
Wouldn't it just be the Gewehr36 instead of Gewehr G36, since the "G" in G36 stands for Gewehr.


 * If that's what the Bundeswehr calls it, it stays in the article. Maybe they have a Department of Redundancy Department that named the gun? Redxiv 10:43, 19 May 2007 (UTC)


 * IF that's what the Bundeswehr calls it. Does anyone have a source for that? It's the first I've heard of it, although I'm by no means an expert. 69.88.255.239 07:16, 1 August 2007 (UTC)


 * The official page of the German Army (Heer) (http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/heer) presenting the rifle designates it as "Gewehr G36". Though strictly speaking being a tautology (because, as stated above, "G" stands as abbreviation for "Gewehr"), the given designation should be considered official, since it appears in an official document.
 * Here's the link to the precise page:
 * http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/heer/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4838wsCSYGZ7ub6kTCxoJRUfV-P_NxUfW_9AP2C3IhyR0dFRQAV1zRM/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfR182TzQ!?yw_contentURL=%2FC1256F870054206E%2FW2697DJQ943INFODE%2Fcontent.jsp
 * --89.52.131.4 09:09, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Mg36
There's not a seperate article and I found no information whatsoever whether the mg36 was perhaps less accurate, or had a different ROF than the standard g36 and other information I would be curious to read about the mg36, yet there is little information on this lmg. This page at the top even says it's an assault rifle but only when the mg36 is mentioned does it say it's an lmg. The article is listed as an assault rifle, and people searching for the mg36 only get this article, and as their first search result, not actually taken to this page. In some instinces it could make people doubt the existence of the mg36 itself. Sorry if something doesn't make sense, I'm extremely tired.

-Tribal


 * The MG36 is basically a G36 with a heavy barrel and a bipod. The reason there isn't much info on it is because it was never adopted by anyone, because you could just take a standard G36 and put a 100 round Beta C-Mag on it and get almost the same thing. I'm gonna make a redirect page so when someone types "MG36" in the search engine it'll take them straight to this article. You can find some more info on the MG36 here. &mdash;  Dan  MP5  03:21, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

M16 magazine compatibility?
I was wondering, can any of the G36 series rifles accept metal M16 rifle magazines? I recall seeing a picture of an H&K SL8 (civilian version of the G36) that was fitted with a 30-round M16 magazine and was wondering if any other version of the G36 could do this as well? Orca1 9904 16:59, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

The magazine catches for the ar15-type magazines are not compatible with the type of catch on the G36 family of weapons. The ar15 uses a button catch with a small depression in the side of the magazine, while the G36 uses a lever-type catch, which holds the magazine in place by catching on a small hook-like protrusion on the back of the magazine. unless the magazine housing and latch were replaced with the type found on the ar15, it would not be able to use that type of magazine.Roflcoptor 19:15, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

I was under the impression that all NATO members weapons had to be compatible with M16 style magiznes. Though i dont remember if Germany is even in NATO lol. Esskater 11 02:42, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * STANAG magazine and a number of search results say that the G36 has a modular magazine well that can be readily switched with one computable with M16/STANAG mags. John Nevard (talk) 04:43, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, they are compatible. HK just makes their own magazines since they felt they could improve on Colt's magazine design. (From personal experience this is true. The translucent magazine makes it easier to gauge how much ammo is left, and the studs for clipping together magazines work quite well.) - Marcika (talk) 22:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * No, that's not true. Not wure where you came up with that.  As was said earlier, HK produces a magazine well module that replaces the standard G36 magazine well and then you can use the magazines.  In other words, you have to change an assembly on the gun for it to work. Don't bother.  G36 mags are exponentially more reliable and durable. --&#39;&#39;&#39;I am Asamuel&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 23:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Users/Operators
Do we really need both of these sections? I would suggest combining both into the Operators section and getting rid of users. Any thoughts? Nburden 04:53, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Mayby we merge the users into operators and have a short paragraph with what was in the user section. ForeverDEAD 19:45, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps the information about Sweden should go away. Information about which equipment that regiment use classified and should not be broadcasted at wikipedia although it's is well known that they use this particular weapon. /Patrik 10:48 CET 7/1 -08

The US Capitol Police use the HK 416 as their princple weapon, now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.64.152.161 (talk) 22:59, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Criticism section needed
Here is an english language report of what experienced eastern european AK-47 users think about the G-36 after one week of hard training in the field: http://www.kalasnyikov.hu/index.php?page=cikkek&story=36&episode=1

Mostly they think it is a piece of junk, which combines WWII-proven fault prone excessive german engineering with a "Made in China" plastic feel and durability (or lack thereof). The G-36 is best seen as a miserably failure, which H&K has honestly reworked into the excellent M416. 82.131.210.162 (talk) 08:21, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Alright then. Koalorka (talk) 16:37, 26 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, right. "WWII-proven fault prone excessive german engineering" - we all know it was because of their over-engineered, faulty weapons that germany lost the war. am i right, people? 84.129.174.146 (talk) 00:08, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Definately, it's why the majority of big game hunters in Norway still uses modified WW2 Mausers the germans left behind. They're just so damn fault prone! ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.108.194.141 (talk) 12:50, 1 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Uh, yeah...complex weapon systems that took too long to produce and fix and cost too much WAS a major reason Germany lost the war. Besides, I think it's hard to call a 100 year old bolt action Mauser rifle design "complex."  That's not what he was talking about.  When they say "WWII-proven fault prone excessive German engineering" they're talking about things like panzers, aircraft, and "wonder" weapons like the V-1 and V-2s.  Many of those were over engineered and if Germany had stuck with a single, simpler design the war might have turned out differently.  But instead they went in hundred different directions and tried to work out all of the kinks in the lab, before they were even tested in a real battle situation.  As we know, that's hard too do and adds to the cost and time of weapons procurement.


 * The gist of what these guys were saying is that it's a complex rifle that doesn't really offer that much better performance than already established Western designs like M-16s. Essentially you have a more complex Stoner rifle or AK-47, without better performance.  Which is why I think H&K started working on the M416...it's pretty much a M4 and G36 combined, but less complex and better performance than a G36. 68.157.21.233 (talk) 14:31, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Actually the weapon has only one part, that is fault prone, and thats the red-dot sight. When weather is too weat, it mists up and you can barely see through, also you can still kinda shoot accurate by using your right eye to see the dot and your left eye to see the target, works up to at least 100 metres. But then the a2 version is being distributed right now, with g36ka2 allready widely spread (in units that use ks). They come with the standart 3.5 sight and a eotech holosight for the ks and a zeiss/rsa z-point for the full size versions, so thats not a problem. The mentioned pins in this report... well when you put them in from the right, of course they will stick out on the left, a thing they should not do for a right hand shooter, just switch them to the other side and you have no problems. The stuff about the broken magazines may be true, i never experienced something like this in my time, though i like stanag magazines better, because the g36 magazines are quite big, where three stanag go in, you only fit two g36 mags. When they talk about disabssembly... i get the weapon disassembled in less than 30 seconds. Talking about the complex design and writing, that you should only use the gun in non-dirty enviroment: You can use it in wichever dirt you want. As long as you get the bolt to close (which you can almost every time, because of a little catch in the front of the bolt), the weapon will fire and feed the next round. The point with the handle is something valid though, in the front part is is very thin, the stock is kinda fragile as well. I have seen both broken during combat training jumps. The other thing to critisize is the caliber, but that goes for other weapons as well. The gist of what these guys were saying is that it's a complex rifle that doesn't really offer that much better performance than already established Western designs like M-16s. Thats wrong, the weapon uses a bolt to feed back the energy and move the bolt backwards while the m16/ar15 variants use the gas directly, wich still leads to jamming, while the g36 just does not jam with live ammunition. The G-36 is best seen as a miserably failure, which H&K has honestly reworked into the excellent M416. The 416/417 was produced, because the (x)m8 was never introduced. Both rifles are just G36 mechanism with different packing, so i dont see your point here. The american army did not want to introduce a rifle produces outside of the states, so they opted for the same mechanism working also in the g36 covered with the american m4/m16 style wrapping and it being produced in the states (although in small numbers only). As a german paratrooper i did work with this weapon a lot, also weapons of other countries, so trust me on this part, i know what this thing is capable of an where there are things still to be done. 85Pando (talk) 20:03, 27 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Right, but it's cost vs. performance. And most people don't think it's worth paying for a G36 which offers marginally better performance and a M16-type. SoulBrotherKab (talk) 07:10, 3 October 2009 (UTC)


 * No it isn't. The G36 is considerably cheaper than what Colt and FN sell their M16s for to the army. I don't think you have the option of purchasing a G36 since they're not offered to civilians, so your point is redundant. This discussion is not relevant to the improvement of the article.Koalorka (talk) 16:29, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

I wonder why nobody stated the most important problem of the G36: I served with the Bundeswehr, and therefore have first-hand-experience: Everytime the weapon hits something hard, you loose your aiming point. I'm not sure how to translate that into english so i describe it: when you shoot, the bullet doesnt hit the point where you are aiming at, but lets say more downward left (or any other point). On your personal weapon you know that and can compensate by, for example aiming more to the upper right. but when the gun hits something hard, which of course happens all the time lets say you throw yourself to the ground or the gun knocks a tree, the aim gets distorted and you have to find the difference between the point you are aiming and the point the bullet hits another time. I was really annoyed by this, it makes the weapon virtually un-usable. you need several shots on a range to know in which direction you have to compensate. of course thats impossible in real battle... --84.61.150.182 (talk) 15:16, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Oh my God, I wish you wouldn`t have written this. I tell you why: what you have described is the worst rookie mistake you can make with the G36. On the shooting range,as in the manual ZDv 3/136 stated, adjusting your Rifle you have to push against the frontsided glass (sorry can`t describe it better in English)of you scope/Reflex sight everytime you have fired and the adjusted one of the both scopes because from time to time the mechanism who moves the glas of the scopes jams. The other opinion is to knock softly with a key or a little knife or something like this against the side of the scopes. The case you described a lack of manual knowledge of your NCOs and officers which is surprising me. I`m a soldier in the Ligth Infantry since the year 2000 and today a NCO and since 2000 using G 36 in every season of the year and weather. MOUT, Figth in Forest Areas, countless times mounting and dismounting from my squads APC, banging it by mistake against concrete, stone, wood etc. and my Rifle never lost its aimpoint. I just zeroed it from time to time to other ranges to try something out. Its a myth like removing the Reflexscope is possible (everyone who has a G 36 in his hands can see its impossible because of the SCREWS) and your G36 can burn in invisible flames, just not true. If I eat ham, the next day pigs fly out of my a..!?! Sorry for the bad english. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Harlekin79 (talk • contribs) 18:19, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Bot report : Found duplicate references !
In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :) DumZiBoT (talk) 16:58, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * "woźniak" :
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 * Woźniak, Ryszard. Encyklopedia najnowszej broni palnej - tom 2 G-Ł. Bellona. 2001. pp104-107.


 * I wouldnt give so much on a site thats name is "kalaschnikow.hu". Doesnt seem very objective.--88.64.121.30 (talk) 21:42, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Users of G36.
I think the author of this article should edit the users of G36. Its also used in Estonia, by "Luurepataljon" (Reconnaissance Battalion).

Here is a picture of two members of the "Luurepataljon", during the "Erna Raid 2006" in Estonia. http://www.postimees.ee/101005/gfx/21546434a713f9bc2e.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.196.216.216 (talk) 01:13, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Swedish Special Forces use
I'd like to see the source of that claim. Considering the secrecy surrounding SSG and SIG, I find it hard to believe that someone has found a reliable source stating the use of a G36. 217.210.234.137 (talk) 22:56, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Irish army Rangers use
Absolutley no proof of this, The HK33 is in limited(CT) use and can be seen in offical www.military.ie photographs. The G36 usage rumour was started years ago on www.irishmilitaryonline.com. I'm going to remove the reference again. Whatever spastic airsofter that keeps adding it so he can justify his "Ranger loadout" should stop. It is a fact that it is not in use. There is a few G36's held by the ordinance corps for evaluation that would occasionally be in Ranger hands for cross training. The Steyr AUGA3 is the only assault rifle in use. 213.220.201.211 (talk) 20:20, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Ammo speed rumour
There are rumours in germany, that H&K had to re-engineer the g36 because it shot too fast, thus causing shell shock, prohibited by international laws. should this (unfounded) rumour incorporated into the article? 84.129.174.146 (talk) 00:08, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * That sounds absolutely ridiculous. Koalorka (talk) 00:11, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * yes, and it is, like i wrote. but the rumour is going round, so maybe it should be incorporated (and debunked) in the post? 84.129.174.146 (talk) 00:41, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * addendum: i just read up on shell shock and noticed that it is something dfferent than i remembered/translated. the german rumour/myth says that a projectile of sufficient speed can cause a trauma/shock in the flesh (the german wiki has a page about gewebeschock (roughly: tissue shock)), so that the victim dies without having major organs affected. even a grazing shot would kill you. yes, i know it is not true, but it has been making the round. anyone in the english speaking world heard of that rumour? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.129.174.146 (talk) 00:46, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Possible Troll or uninformed editor. At any rate, you might be referring to hydrostatic shock. This has nothing specifically to do with the G36 and, no, nobody redesigned anything with regards to the G36.  Though, the SS109 cartridge was developed to develop less of a tendancy to yaw and fragment than the M193. --Nukes4Tots (talk) 00:51, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Spanish Armed Forces
I google searched the official websites for all branches of the Spanish Armed Forces prior to reverting editor 84.126.10.233's changes. Those websites do not contain text supporting any of those changes. See Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you want to add the text, you (Caden and 84.126.10.233) are obliged to find a source. I am not insisting on adding the text, so I am not obliged to find a source. ROG5728 (talk) 21:18, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I've tagged the lead since one single sentence just doesn't cut it for a lead intro.  Caden  cool  16:31, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Canadian Use
Please note that as of late, many police departments in Western Canada have been adopting the G36c as their patrol carbine. For some unspecified reason they were quite unhappy with the almost new AR-15 variants they just received within the last year or two. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.252.70.107 (talk) 01:55, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Sig magazine comparison
The comparision is none-sense. Both magazines are translucent and have these knobs. Similarities out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.252.192.78 (talk) 21:50, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

More on the Libyan guns
http://www.n-tv.de/politik/Regierung-sieht-keine-Fehler-article4191501.html According to unnamed eyewitness, the G36 were in Libya at least since mid-2005. The reported markings (Annex 2 p.4 lowest "Eagle" and "staghorn" stamps here) suggest that the guns were federally certified before sale (i.e. they are not "black" but "grey" as illict arms trage goes). The source apparently tried to research BND involvement in the sale but found no evidence.

http://www.n-tv.de/politik/Heckler-Koch-schickt-Ermittler-article4213886.html reports that a HK research team is investigating the matter in Tripoli, that the weapons were apparently from a lot produced in 2003, but that the serial numbers have been removed and replaced by bogus ones.

I have added the refs accordingly. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 01:10, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

German?
From the drawing board to it's manufacture the G36 the company was owned by the Brits.....Twobells (talk) 16:27, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

H&K wasn't owned by the Brits, it was owned by BAE whose biggest shareholder is the "French" AXA. To which country a company belongs is determined by its registration and legal form. H&K is a GmbH and registered at Amtsgericht Stuttgart. Would you call Rolls Royce and Bentley German? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.221.49.80 (talk) 13:23, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Greece
From what I know the Greek contract was signed in 2005 and it is frozen since 2006 ,without any prospects of continuing. The Greek Army still uses the G3 and will continue to do so for a long time, especially the Army is not convinced about the abilities of the 5.56x45mm NATO caliber — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.190.64.224 (talk) 15:01, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Overheating
Seems there wasn't any actual problems and the whole thing was a newspaper duck:
 * http://www.guns.com/2012/05/09/heckler-koch-hak-hk-responds-to-g36-rifle-useless-allegations/
 * http://www.heckler-koch.com/en/military/company/news/detail/article/communique-current-media-reports-regarding-the-g36-assault-rifle.html
 * BP OMowe (talk) 00:50, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Plastic AR-18
Why no mention that the design is little more than that of the AR-18, made in plastic rather than stamped steel?

Even a cursory comparison of the piston and bolt carrier group show the obvious derivation from Armalite's design of the 1960s, and this is widely acknowledged in the firearms press. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.152.57.175 (talk) 00:36, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Variants
The amount of mentions of other G36 variants (G36E, G36V) in the rest of the article leads me to believe that the section should be expanded to discuss and describe these other variants. 122.107.178.246 (talk)

With apologies to longtime contributors, I don't have the time or background to properly address this issue or how to create the right subheading, so I'll put the following reference here for the experts to consider:

http://strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20141226.aspx

Further details on the overheating problem seem to be addressed at the reference, such as softening polymer components that then disproportionately affect accuracy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.74.227.58 (talk) 18:14, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Features section
The latter two paragraphs in that section aren't verified, but are very specific, eg. the weapon can be stripped without tools, The barrel is produced using a cold hammer forging process and features a chrome-lined bore with 6 right-hand grooves and a 1 in 178 mm (1:7 in) rifling twist rate. things that clearly can be cited but aren't. CR055H41RZ (talk) 23:40, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

G36C
Does anyone know the muzzle velocity of the G36C?

The muzzle velocity of the HK G36c is 3018 ft/s Thurain7712 (talk) 06:48, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

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G36 is being phased out
I've heard that the G36 is being phased out and is being replaced by another HK in the 4xx series.Digitallymade (talk) 12:34, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

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Greek G36
I have seen and aquired some pictures where the Hellenic special forces use the gun, yet I don't have source only pictures  El Greco 45 (talk) 18:31, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Kurdistan?
Kurd peshmerge is terrorist. Türkoğlu1927 (talk) 22:36, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Cyprus
Ok so, im gonna keep this as short as I can why is it that when its do with Cyprus, it is taken off even though you can clearly see a G36 in multiple photos and videos (You would know if you actually looked at the video even skimmed), but then there are multiple countries with no sources or even photos nor videos if there is such a problem that you cant accept Cyprus even though there is clear photo and video proof then fair enough, but if you see Heckler & Koch G36, albania, Argentina, Mauritius, Slovakia, Slovenia, some Police Forces in the United Kingdom both United Nations departments and Uraguay are also not referenced in any way (Or have failed verification) yet they're allowed to remain. Im not questioning if these departments don't have the weapon but surely if they can go unreferenced, you can let Cyprus slide when the proof is actually there. 92.28.111.95 (talk) 14:07, 30 January 2021 (UTC)


 * As I mentioned in the edit summary, you are engaging in original research, which is against one of Wikipedia's policies. As you may have noticed, this article (and most other firearm articles) has a comment telling people not to add uncited entries to the user list, but people do so nonetheless. If you want to find a reliable source for the uncited entries or remove them, then that's perfectly fine, but adding more uncited entries doesn't help anyone. Loafiewa (talk) 15:13, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Since you're refusing to answer my question I'm going to remove all unreferenced country materials then because it would be unfair to remove 1 country which clearly has the weapon with proof and keep other, completely unreferenced material. Besides your argument is that its OR however it literally says on the gun "G36", what more do you want from it? Its quite literally inscribed so again, your issue is still baffling to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.28.111.95 (talk) 20:09, 30 January 2021 (UTC)