Remember the H&K G11?

Nicholas C
by Nicholas C

I remember seeing it in the movie Demolition Man, being wielded by Wesley Snipes. The real thing is just as fantastic as the movie portrayed.

Remember Metal Storm? The G11 was there first. H&K developed caseless ammo for the G11. Their primary focus was to get a three round burst to be accurate. They surmised that the problem of accurate burst is due to the recoil of the weapon. So they developed this system to fire a three round burst all in a single cycle of recoil.

Similar to the FNH P90, the H&K G11 was the predecessor. The magazine had ammo oriented 90 degrees vertical rather than horizontal like in the P90. The round would be chambered and rotated 90 degrees to be fired.

It was chambered in 4.73mm x 33

The Germans even went as far as to design a pistol for their caseless 4.73mm x 33

Sadly the project was shelved and never put into mass production.

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  • Ryan Ryan on Apr 01, 2014

    What about the LMG version of the G11? I never see much information on that project

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    • Daniel E. Watters Daniel E. Watters on Jun 13, 2014

      @Mazryonh The loading procedure of the LMG variant is demonstrated in the photo. HK Pro has factory drawings of the feed system on their webpage. The rounds were turned and fed into a three-chamber cylinder. The goal was to be able to fire all 300 rounds without a cook-off.

  • 1amont_cranston 1amont_cranston on Jun 14, 2014

    Pepperidge Farms remembers

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