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The G3 Cal. 7.62 x 51 NATO

The CETME Prototype Rifle in 7.92mm.  The further paternal lineage is easy to see.

Standard G3A3, G3A3Z, G3A4.

The G3KA4 with 12.4 inch barrel, smallest 7.62 x 51 caliber rifle that HK actually manufactures

 

The G3 "Die Ersten"

The G3 Automatic Rifle, standard bearer of the Deutsche Bundeswehr since Germany was again allowed to arm.  It is truly the firearm that put the fledgling arms maker on the map.  Just up the hill from famed gun maker, Mauser, the former Mauser engineers worked as a team to come up with a design that would supercede the G1, essentially an FN FAL rifle, since Fabrique Nationale in Belgium would not license Germany to produce it.  The wounds of World War II were still deep and open at the time, only five years after the end of the war.

Developmental History:

In the latter years of WWII, Mauser had been developing a selective fire assault rifle known as the StG.45(M).  Sturmgewehr is German for "Assault Rifle." The 'M' stood for Mauser, and the 45 indicated the year 1945, the year production was intended to start.  Only a few prototypes were available by then, and serious development did not continue until about 1950.

The G3 Automatic Rifle, standard bearer of the Deutsche Bundeswehr since Germany was again allowed to arm.  It is truly the firearm that put the fledgling arms maker on the map.  Just up the hill from famed gun maker, Mauser, the former Mauser engineers worked as a team to come up with a design that would supercede the G1, essentially an FN FAL rifle, since Fabrique Nationale in Belgium would not license Germany to produce it.  The wounds of World War II were still deep and open at the time, only five years after the end of the war.
 
  
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