Rare H&K G41 Rifle In The Wild
The Heckler & Koch G41 rifle was H&K’s attempt at building a modern version of the HK33 (which in turn was based on the H&K G3 7.62mm battle rifle). It should not be confused with the HK41 which is an entirely different gun.
The rifle is rarely seen because Heckler & Koch sold very of them and most of their customers replaced them soon after. The one group still using them is the Turkish Gendarmerie. The below photos show soldiers training at the Jandarma Özel Harekat (JÖH) Foca Commando School. Their G41 rifles were manufactured by MKEK under license from H&K. They appear to be fitted with some type of training/simulation apparatus.
Many thanks to Ilgar for the photos.
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A pretty embarassing fate for what was a pretty ambitious (and very expensive) rifle.
Which reminds me, I recently saw a pic of a Malaysian policeman guarding a prisoner in the Jungle with an HK11 (basically an HK21 that's fed from mags instead of belts - AKA the world's heaviest G3; suck it, PSG1 ;) ) - again H&K probably didn't imagine these guns ending up in police duty.
Then again, that picture of the HK11 should probably be shown to new recruits by their drill sergeants - "oh, so you think it's unfair that you get to lug around the slightly heavier M4 with the M203 attached - well, why don't you take your complaints to this Malaysian cop, who's trudging through the jungle with a rifle that weighs 17 pounds unloaded."
These are really cool. They are heavy but work great. My G41KA3 would only work, utterly reliably with NATO spec M855. That's how tightly engineered they are. The Ks used the standard G41 carrier with a HUGE lightening cut in the side. I have lots of sweet pictures of the insides. The unusual spring-loaded carry handle, the fwd assist, the BHO like an AR which confused the hell out of everyone who shot it, because it locked open on the last round. It was worth more sold than it was sitting in the vault...so it went away. I bought more Daewoos. 2/3rd the weight and a better rifle IMO...I DIDN'T like the flimsy clip on bipod or the wide ass handguard. The 1:7 Polygonal barrel was stupidly accurate tho, and it was a fun gun to have around.