Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Wikipedia:
Type Assault rifle
Place of origin West Germany
Production history
Designer Heckler & Koch
Designed 1968–1990
Variants

Assault rifle
Light machine gun (LMG11)

Specifications
Mass

3.65 kg (8.0 lb) empty, 4.3 kg (9.5 lb) loaded with 90 rounds (G11K2)

Length 750 mm (30 in)
Barrel length 540 mm (21 in) (Not including chamber, 155 mm per twist)
Cartridge

4.73×33mm caseless ammunition (DM11): G11 K2, LMG11
4.7mm, 4.3mm, 4.9mm for other G11 prototypes
4.92x34mm[1]
4.73×25mm caseless: NBW

Action Gas-operated, rotary breech (for G11 series)
Rate of fire

460 rounds/min (full auto) [2]
2100 rounds/min (3-round burst) [2]

Muzzle velocity C. 930 m/s (3,100 ft/s)
Effective firing range 400 m
Feed system 45- or 50-round detachable box magazine
Sights Integrated optical sight