Ukrainian forces are increasingly equipped with advanced German firearms, particularly the HK G36 and the newer HK433 rifles, signaling a significant shift in their military capabilities.

German army to phase out G36 rifle from 2019 DPA/The Local - [email protected] Published: 8 Sep, 2015 CET.

Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday confirmed that the G36, the German army's main rifle of the past 20 years, will be phased out and replaced by a "new generation" weapon from 2019.

“We started off firing at paper targets with the P30 pistol and the G36 rifle,” said Dean ... I found out he’s a firefighter in the German Army,” said Anderson.

More than half rated their weapons as unreliable, with less than ten percent expressing confidence in their army-issued G36 rifles. The news comes as the German military prepares to deploy troops ...

Germany's military will have to find a replacement for the current G36 assault rifle, according to Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen. Special Forces troops are to receive new weapons immediately.

The German military is also hobbled by its lack of public support ... official tried to get miltiary intelligence to shut down negative media coverage of the G36 rifle. Although von der Leyen’s office ...

The G36 was by all accounts an excellent peacetime weapon, gathering relatively few complaints. After 9/11, the German Army deployed for the first time outside Europe since World War II into an ...

Anne Katrin Meister prepared to fire a Heckler & Koch G36, the standard rifle of the German military, or Bundeswehr. Dressed in fatigues, helmet and bulletproof vest, she crouched about 20 yards ...

LANDSTUHL, Germany - On a cold, rainy February afternoon, 27 Soldiers joined German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) Service Members for a chance to earn the coveted German Armed Forces Badge of ...

Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday that the government will scrap the G36, the Bundeswehr's (German army) standard rifle, following revelations about serious defects in its ...