Tag: micro-caliber

Modern Historical Intermediate Calibers 024: The 4.6x36mm HK/CETME

Posted September 26, 2016 in Ammunition, Daily News, Guns & Gear, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 6 Comments

Today we’ll be looking at a round with one of the strangest-looking projectiles ever designed for a military weapon: The joint Heckler & Koch-CETME 4.6x36mm round designed for the HK36 en-bloc clip fed assault rifle. The rifle was, as the name suggests, [Read More…]

H&K’s Other 4.6: The 4.6x36mm HK36

Posted April 13, 2015 in Ammunition, AR-15, Guns & Gear, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 32 Comments

Hognose tackles one of the most confusingly designated of all Heckler and Koch weapons, the HK36 (distinct from the G36) and its 4.6x36mm round (itself distinct from H&K’s 4.6x30mm PDW round): Around 1970, Heckler & Koch was doing well, but their restless [Read More…]