Kosovo Army Adopting G36
A reader from Kosovo emailed me to say that the Kosovo Security Force has adopted the G36 as their standard service rifle.
[ Many thanks to Lorenc for emailing me the link. ]
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jdun1911wrote on December 16th, 2010 at 1:28 pm Link To Comment |
I’m surprised why Kosovo adopted the G36. HK isn’t promoting the G36 as their premier rifle. That title goes to the HK416. In fact to me it seems that HK in the past years has been phasing out the G36 lines.
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Brian Lauwrote on December 16th, 2010 at 1:18 pm Link To Comment |
Very nice
Do they have the new XM8 mag release and bolt catch?
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mr_lorencowrote on December 17th, 2010 at 1:47 am Link To Comment |
@Soul town yeah thats right in both cases
@ William C. no i don`t but i have many friends there (my lifes way isnt in the military ) and the G36 KV has a barrel length of 12.5 inch and the barrel in the pic looks longer because of the modifyed handguard (its lighter than the original )
@Snmp ” plus the mag could crak & the stock is to long if you are not tall like standard german or when you wear your bodyarmor/frag”
do you have facts for that ? have you ever seen any of our soldiers in action with it ?
and why we havent bought some AK`s in 223 is ,because all balckanick countries have problems with the NATO round in the AK design
@Brian Lau they have the standard G36 bolt catch ,and the standard G36 mag release .
@ jdun 1911 we didnt adopt the HK416 because in the field tests we had the same problems with it just like the norvegian and turkish army had,extreme cold mountain enviroment is what makes an m16/416 buffer tube and selective gas system (in the case of the HK416 ) brake .Please rate this comment: 0 0 -
mr_lorencowrote on December 17th, 2010 at 1:55 am Link To Comment |
@William C sorry this is the G36V with modifyed(it is a bit shorter than the 18.9 standard barrel ) barrel sorry .
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mr_lorencowrote on December 17th, 2010 at 11:55 pm Link To Comment |
@Jusuchin (Military Otaku)
yeah its sad ,as i metioned before ,there is a reason why this stock was adopted .
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Jusuchin (Military Otaku)wrote on December 17th, 2010 at 11:08 am Link To Comment |
I always wondered if the KV stocks impede the ejection port, I thought it was designed not to do that.
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snmpwrote on December 16th, 2010 at 12:37 pm Link To Comment |
@mr_lorenco
* For unit price of 1500€ for the basic HK36E …. In plus the mag could crak & the stock is to long if you are not tall like standard german or when you wear your bodyarmor/frag.
* AK is less 300€ in 223, M4 is around 1200 USD with Rail, and FASS90/SIG550 is cheaper than G36EPlease rate this comment: 0 0 -
William C.wrote on December 16th, 2010 at 11:31 am Link To Comment |
Mr_Lorenco you serve with the Kosovo Security Force I take it?
It seems several countries have adopted this new G36KV. What barrel length does it have? I notice it is a bit longer than the standard G36K barrel.
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mr_lorencowrote on December 16th, 2010 at 7:17 am Link To Comment |
@SoulTown you know that the g36 optic is well known for loosing zero in extreme conditions ,and thats why we choose the iron sight with piccatiny rail
the only thing i personally do`n`t like ,is the stock ,as you can see you cant shoot with it while its folded ,but our soldiers arent trained to use theyr weapons with the stock folded ,our previous service rifle the zastava m70 (yugo underfolder AK ) was never fired with the stock in closed position in combat training ,they are trained to use their Sidearms in CQB situations .@Victor ,some time ago whole Europe was adopting the mauser system ,now the H&K system is becoming the new standard ,the most countries here use alredy use them or plan to use them in the future .theyr just the best weapon makers of the free world thats why we choose them instead of any other country to produce our weapons .
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Vitorwrote on December 16th, 2010 at 4:49 am Link To Comment |
Good choice by them.
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Lancewrote on December 16th, 2010 at 8:05 am Link To Comment |
Kosovo goes NATO while Serbia stays with 7.62mm AKs.
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mr_lorencowrote on December 16th, 2010 at 8:30 am Link To Comment |
Lance ,thanks man thats a good one to tell them ! lol
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SoulTownwrote on December 16th, 2010 at 10:28 am Link To Comment |
@mr_lorenco As long as the stock is telescopic, it’s a good start IMO. By the way, I remember reading that G36 optic was very unpopular with German soldiers and wondering why.
Then I saw this.
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3420/g36llm1rear7er.jpg
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SoulTownwrote on December 15th, 2010 at 9:16 pm Link To Comment |
Good thing they went with the ironsights and not the terrible default optic.
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@Jusuchin (Military Otaku)
yeah its sad ,as i metioned before ,there is a reason why this stock was adopted .
I always wondered if the KV stocks impede the ejection port, I thought it was designed not to do that.
@William C sorry this is the G36V with modifyed(it is a bit shorter than the 18.9 standard barrel ) barrel sorry .
@Soul town yeah thats right in both cases
@ William C. no i don`t but i have many friends there (my lifes way isnt in the military ) and the G36 KV has a barrel length of 12.5 inch and the barrel in the pic looks longer because of the modifyed handguard (its lighter than the original )
@Snmp ” plus the mag could crak & the stock is to long if you are not tall like standard german or when you wear your bodyarmor/frag”
do you have facts for that ? have you ever seen any of our soldiers in action with it ?
and why we havent bought some AK`s in 223 is ,because all balckanick countries have problems with the NATO round in the AK design
@Brian Lau they have the standard G36 bolt catch ,and the standard G36 mag release .
@ jdun 1911 we didnt adopt the HK416 because in the field tests we had the same problems with it just like the norvegian and turkish army had,extreme cold mountain enviroment is what makes an m16/416 buffer tube and selective gas system (in the case of the HK416 ) brake .
I’m surprised why Kosovo adopted the G36. HK isn’t promoting the G36 as their premier rifle. That title goes to the HK416. In fact to me it seems that HK in the past years has been phasing out the G36 lines.
Very nice
Do they have the new XM8 mag release and bolt catch?
@mr_lorenco
* For unit price of 1500€ for the basic HK36E …. In plus the mag could crak & the stock is to long if you are not tall like standard german or when you wear your bodyarmor/frag.
* AK is less 300€ in 223, M4 is around 1200 USD with Rail, and FASS90/SIG550 is cheaper than G36E
Mr_Lorenco you serve with the Kosovo Security Force I take it?
It seems several countries have adopted this new G36KV. What barrel length does it have? I notice it is a bit longer than the standard G36K barrel.
@mr_lorenco As long as the stock is telescopic, it’s a good start IMO. By the way, I remember reading that G36 optic was very unpopular with German soldiers and wondering why.
Then I saw this.
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3420/g36llm1rear7er.jpg
Lance ,thanks man thats a good one to tell them ! lol
Kosovo goes NATO while Serbia stays with 7.62mm AKs.
@SoulTown you know that the g36 optic is well known for loosing zero in extreme conditions ,and thats why we choose the iron sight with piccatiny rail
the only thing i personally do`n`t like ,is the stock ,as you can see you cant shoot with it while its folded ,but our soldiers arent trained to use theyr weapons with the stock folded ,our previous service rifle the zastava m70 (yugo underfolder AK ) was never fired with the stock in closed position in combat training ,they are trained to use their Sidearms in CQB situations .
@Victor ,some time ago whole Europe was adopting the mauser system ,now the H&K system is becoming the new standard ,the most countries here use alredy use them or plan to use them in the future .theyr just the best weapon makers of the free world thats why we choose them instead of any other country to produce our weapons .
Good choice by them.
Good thing they went with the ironsights and not the terrible default optic.