Heckler & Koch HK G11 assault rifle
G11 Rifle Heckler serves as an individual rifle weapons soldier of the Bundeswehr and is designed to defeat enemy personnel.
G11 rifle Heckler - the development of West German designers, which replaced the G3 rifle. In the middle of the twentieth century 60, the concept of armament of motorized infantry units of NATO armies began to change, including and units of the Bundeswehr. According to NATO analysts, the main shock "self-defense forces" as the businessmen from the arms race liked to call themselves, are not armed with a light assault rifle that meets the requirements of modern times.
Development of new weapons
G11 - this name was given to a new assault rifle, which was taken into development by the German company Heckler and Koch at the end of the 1960s. The German government approved this project and commissioned in the shortest possible time to produce the required type of weapons.
In the course of design and exploration work, the designers stopped at the option of a light, small-caliber and small-sized rifle in the “bullap” version with great accuracy of destruction. In this case, the holder is structurally attached above the barrel, the cartridges in it are defined in diameter to the barrel bore. The effectiveness of hitting the target was achieved by hitting several shots into it, so the designers chose the use of the sleeveless cartridge of the 43 mm caliber in the new weapon (hereinafter they chose the 47mm caliber). The updated rifle could fire single shots and automatic firing in both long and short bursts of 3 shots. According to the developed concept, the company Heckler-Koch was entrusted with the creation of a new G11, and Dynamite-Nobel was responsible for creating a new shot without a shell.
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Design features of G11
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The automatic weapon scheme operates at the expense of the kinetic energy of the powder gases, which are discharged after a shot and a short stroke of the barrel part. The original placement of cartridges in the holder above the barrel bullets down. The G11 rifle is equipped with a special rotating chamber-breech, where the cartridge goes vertically down before the start of the fire. After that, the breech rolls at a right angle, and when the cartridge is aligned with the barrel line, a shot is fired, and the cartridge is not fed directly into the barrel. Because the cartridge without a shell (the cap burns out when fired), then the operation of the automation is simple: there is no need for the mechanism to throw out the spent cartridge. After the shot has been fired, the breech chamber turns back to receive the next ammunition. In the event of a misfire, a defective cartridge is thrown down under the influence of the force supplying the next ammunition. The mechanism becomes on a platoon with the help of a rotary knob located on the left. When firing, the pen does not move.
Barrel part, USM (except for the safety flag and trigger), rotating breech with mechanisms and clip are assembled on one base, which moves forward inside the body of the weapon. When firing with single shots or with automatic non-fixed firing, the mechanism completes the entire firing cycle, while the recoil becomes less. With automatic firing in fixed bursts, after every third shot, the mobile system comes to the rearmost position, while the recoil force acts on it after the end of the shooting, which achieves a greater accuracy of fire (by analogy with the domestic AN-94 "Abakan" assault rifle).
The first modifications of the G11 were equipped with a fixed single-sight optical sight, also used when carrying a rifle.
Ammunition
For standard use, cartridges without a shell, with dimensions of 4,73x33 mm, manufactured by Dynamit Nobel AG, have been developed. The prototype of the Heckler & Koch G11 ammunition had a square-shaped powder charge covered with a moisture-proof varnish, a primer-igniter in the bottom and a bullet recessed into the powder charge. Next, they created a modified version of the ammunition for Heckler & Koch G11, where the bullet and powder charge are completely encapsulated together with a primer - an igniter in the bottom part and a cover in the upper part of the capsule.
Modifications
The Bundeswehr is armed with two types of such weapons:
-Rifle Heckler Heckler & Koch G11K2 - an updated version of the G11. The body is shortened, a bayonet mount and a 45-shot clip have been developed. The sight is a removable weapon handle; instead, it is possible to install standardized sighting devices adopted by the NATO troops.
- Heckler Heckler & Koch LMG11 - light machine gun based on the Heckler & Koch G11
Caliber: mm 4.7x33, cartridge without shell
Automatics: gas outlet, with rotating breech
Length: 0,750 m
Barrel length: 0,540 m
Weight: kg without 3.6
Clip: 50 (45) shots
G11 rifle Heckler - the development of West German designers, which replaced the G3 rifle. In the middle of the twentieth century 60, the concept of armament of motorized infantry units of NATO armies began to change, including and units of the Bundeswehr. According to NATO analysts, the main shock "self-defense forces" as the businessmen from the arms race liked to call themselves, are not armed with a light assault rifle that meets the requirements of modern times.
Development of new weapons
G11 - this name was given to a new assault rifle, which was taken into development by the German company Heckler and Koch at the end of the 1960s. The German government approved this project and commissioned in the shortest possible time to produce the required type of weapons.
In the course of design and exploration work, the designers stopped at the option of a light, small-caliber and small-sized rifle in the “bullap” version with great accuracy of destruction. In this case, the holder is structurally attached above the barrel, the cartridges in it are defined in diameter to the barrel bore. The effectiveness of hitting the target was achieved by hitting several shots into it, so the designers chose the use of the sleeveless cartridge of the 43 mm caliber in the new weapon (hereinafter they chose the 47mm caliber). The updated rifle could fire single shots and automatic firing in both long and short bursts of 3 shots. According to the developed concept, the company Heckler-Koch was entrusted with the creation of a new G11, and Dynamite-Nobel was responsible for creating a new shot without a shell.
.
Design features of G11
.
The automatic weapon scheme operates at the expense of the kinetic energy of the powder gases, which are discharged after a shot and a short stroke of the barrel part. The original placement of cartridges in the holder above the barrel bullets down. The G11 rifle is equipped with a special rotating chamber-breech, where the cartridge goes vertically down before the start of the fire. After that, the breech rolls at a right angle, and when the cartridge is aligned with the barrel line, a shot is fired, and the cartridge is not fed directly into the barrel. Because the cartridge without a shell (the cap burns out when fired), then the operation of the automation is simple: there is no need for the mechanism to throw out the spent cartridge. After the shot has been fired, the breech chamber turns back to receive the next ammunition. In the event of a misfire, a defective cartridge is thrown down under the influence of the force supplying the next ammunition. The mechanism becomes on a platoon with the help of a rotary knob located on the left. When firing, the pen does not move.
Barrel part, USM (except for the safety flag and trigger), rotating breech with mechanisms and clip are assembled on one base, which moves forward inside the body of the weapon. When firing with single shots or with automatic non-fixed firing, the mechanism completes the entire firing cycle, while the recoil becomes less. With automatic firing in fixed bursts, after every third shot, the mobile system comes to the rearmost position, while the recoil force acts on it after the end of the shooting, which achieves a greater accuracy of fire (by analogy with the domestic AN-94 "Abakan" assault rifle).
The first modifications of the G11 were equipped with a fixed single-sight optical sight, also used when carrying a rifle.
Ammunition
For standard use, cartridges without a shell, with dimensions of 4,73x33 mm, manufactured by Dynamit Nobel AG, have been developed. The prototype of the Heckler & Koch G11 ammunition had a square-shaped powder charge covered with a moisture-proof varnish, a primer-igniter in the bottom and a bullet recessed into the powder charge. Next, they created a modified version of the ammunition for Heckler & Koch G11, where the bullet and powder charge are completely encapsulated together with a primer - an igniter in the bottom part and a cover in the upper part of the capsule.
Modifications
The Bundeswehr is armed with two types of such weapons:
-Rifle Heckler Heckler & Koch G11K2 - an updated version of the G11. The body is shortened, a bayonet mount and a 45-shot clip have been developed. The sight is a removable weapon handle; instead, it is possible to install standardized sighting devices adopted by the NATO troops.
- Heckler Heckler & Koch LMG11 - light machine gun based on the Heckler & Koch G11
Caliber: mm 4.7x33, cartridge without shell
Automatics: gas outlet, with rotating breech
Length: 0,750 m
Barrel length: 0,540 m
Weight: kg without 3.6
Clip: 50 (45) shots
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