Engaged in the Indochina War and being the second NATO contributor, France canceled the adoption of these new weapons for financial reasons.ĬETME A2b 7.92×40mm CETME M53 developmental prototype Löffler's design, designated Carabine Mitrailleuse Modèle 1950, was retained for trials among 12 different prototypes designed by CEAM, MAC, and MAS. A 7.5×38 mm cartridge using a partial aluminium bullet was abandoned in 1947. 30 Carbine, 7.92×33 mm Kurz, and the experimental 7.65×35 mm French short cartridge developed by Cartoucherie de Valence in 1948. The StG 45(M) mechanism was modified by Ludwig Vorgrimler and Theodor Löffler at the Mulhouse facility between 19. The German technicians involved in developing the StG 45(M) were taken to work in France at Centre d'Etudes et d'Armement de Mulhouse (CEAM). The resultant weapon, Gerät 06H (the 'H' suffix is an abbreviation for halbverriegelt - 'half-locked') was assigned the designation StG 45(M) ( Sturmgewehr 45(M), assault rifle 45) but was not produced in significant numbers and the war ended before the first production rifles were completed. With careful attention to the mechanical ratios, the gas system could be omitted.

The origin of the G3 can be traced back to the final years of World War II when Mauser engineers at the Light Weapon Development Group ( Abteilung 37) at Oberndorf am Neckar designed the Maschinenkarabiner Gerät 06 (MKb Gerät 06, 'machine carbine device 06') prototype assault rifle chambered for the intermediate 7.92×33mm Kurz cartridge, first with the Gerät 06 model using a roller-locked short recoil mechanism originally adapted from the MG 42 machine gun but with a fixed barrel and conventional gas-actuated piston rod. The early Mauser Gerät 06H prototype assault rifle and The CEAM Modèle 1950, a French effort to put the StG 45(M) concept into mass production. The G3 was the service rifle of the armed forces of Germany until it was replaced by the G36 in the 1990s. The modular designed G3 has over the years been exported to over 70 countries and manufactured under licence in at least 15 countries, bringing the total number built to around 7,800,000.

The Heckler & Koch G3 ( Gewehr 3) is a 7.62×51mm NATO, select-fire battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch (HK) in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales ( CETME). The AG-3, Norwegian made G3A5 variant of the G3ĥ-, 10-, 20-, 30-, or 40-round detachable box, and 50-round and 100-round drum magazine

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