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Germany to replace G36 service rifle - IHS Jane's 360
Germany to replace G36 service rifle
Sebastian Schulte, Bonn and Nicholas de Larrinaga, London -
IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
08 September 2015
Germany has decided to entirely replace the recently troubled Heckler & Koch (HK) G36 as the country's service rifle, Katrin Suder, German State Secretary for Defence Procurement, told the defence committee of the German parliament on 8 September.
The German Army will now look to replace the Heckler & Koch G36 assault rifle by 2019. (Bundeswehr)
Suder told the committee that the decision to fully replace the rifle was based on the fact that "the G36 was procured with a service life of 20 years in mind, which will be reached in 2016. Furthermore, the current forces' requirements by far exceed the potential of modifications that could be made to the G36".
IHS Jane's understands that, with the decision to replace the G36 taken, the German Ministry of Defence (MoD) is planning to introduce a new service rifle by 2019.
Germany to replace G36 service rifle
Sebastian Schulte, Bonn and Nicholas de Larrinaga, London -
IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
08 September 2015
Germany has decided to entirely replace the recently troubled Heckler & Koch (HK) G36 as the country's service rifle, Katrin Suder, German State Secretary for Defence Procurement, told the defence committee of the German parliament on 8 September.
Suder told the committee that the decision to fully replace the rifle was based on the fact that "the G36 was procured with a service life of 20 years in mind, which will be reached in 2016. Furthermore, the current forces' requirements by far exceed the potential of modifications that could be made to the G36".
IHS Jane's understands that, with the decision to replace the G36 taken, the German Ministry of Defence (MoD) is planning to introduce a new service rifle by 2019.
