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The Heckler & Koch G3 (Gewehr 3, Rifle 3) is a German Battle Rifle chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO. Introduced in 1959 as a standard rifle in the Bundeswehr, it has been and continues to be used in many other armies. The weapon has been exported to many countries over the years and has been manufactured under license in at least 15 countries, bringing the total number built to around 7 million.

The original concept of the G3 goes back to the Mauser development of the Sturmgewehr 45 for the Wehrmacht. The first prototypes of the weapon, which was initially referred to internally as the Gerät 06H, were already tested in the spring of 1942. In contrast to the Sturmgewehr 44 introduced in the Wehrmacht, the concept of the Sturmgewehr 45(M), which would later be called the Sturmgewehr 45(M), was not gas-operated but a recoil operation with a blowback. However, due to the lengthy development and testing phase, the weapon did not leave the prototype stage until shortly before the end of the war and was not mass-produced. This thus corresponded to the operating principle of the introduced MG42. According to information in the literature, only about 30 weapons were assembled from the parts still in production for test purposes under British supervision after the end of the war.

Parts of the group responsible for the development at that time under the engineer Ludwig Vorgrimler went to France in 1946 to continue the development of the rifle concept on behalf of the government. The result of this development was the rifle known as the AME 49 or Carabine Mitrailleuse 1950, which was ready for series production in 1949 but was no longer procured by the French Army for financial reasons. The group under Vorgrimler then moved on to Spain in 1950, where, at the request of the Spanish government, an assault rifle based on the moveable blowback was to be developed at the specially founded company CETME ("Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales").

During development, as in France, a weapon designed for short cartridges such as the 7.92x33mm was initially conceived. The result was a weapon initially manufactured in 7.92x40 mm CETME caliber and designated Modelo 2. After the first official contacts had been made with Germany as early as 1953, the Bundesgrenzschutz (Federal Border Guard) undertook initial tests of the new rifle starting in 1954. At the official demonstration in January 1955, however, the caliber met with rejection. German officials called for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge, which was later also introduced with the Belgian FN FAL (G1). The rifle, which was then recalibrated and designated CETME Model A, was subjected to extensive troop trials from the fall of 1956 to January 1957 with the now reconstituted Bundeswehr. The changes requested in the ergonomic design of the fore-end and buttstock led to the CETME Model B. Further changes to the sighting system and the pistol grip and the omission of the originally planned bipod finally led to a rifle similar to the later CETME Model C. This was to be used by the Bundeswehr as a rifle for the German Army. This was to be introduced to the Bundeswehr as the G3 rifle, replacing the FN FAL, which had been procured only a short time earlier, after a German license production had been rejected by the manufacturer FN. License problems with the CETME company also stood in the way of the G3, but these were solved by the Dutch company Nederlandse Wapen en Munitiefabrik (NWM) obtaining a second license in return for ammunition supply orders. This allowed the G3 to be introduced as the standard armament of the German Bundeswehr from 1959 onwards, with probably more than one million units produced.

The weapon has been constantly developed over the years. In addition to the introduction of further versions, for example with a retractable shoulder rest, there were minor and major modifications. Wooden components on the forend and buttstock were replaced by plastic ones, and the original sighting system was replaced by the typical HK drum sight. In addition, shortly before the introduction of the G36 in the Bundeswehr, two modifications were made: A case deflector was designed to deflect fired cases forward/downward away from the shooter, and a new plastic grip housing allowed the safety lever to engage better.

After nearly 40 years of use by the Bundeswehr, the G3 was replaced by the new G36 in December 1997. In the course of the conversion, a large number of the weapons, mostly older vintages, have been destroyed since 2002 to prevent unwanted proliferation in crisis regions through follow-up sales that can no longer be traced. Nevertheless, there are still several hundred thousand G3 rifles in the depots of the Bundeswehr for national defense purposes, which continue to be maintained and updated, for example by retrofitting the above-mentioned case deflector. In addition, G3 rifles are also still present and ready for use in the armories of many Bundeswehr units.

Heckler & Koch G3

Early Heckler & Koch G3 rifle with wooden furniture, later muzzle device, and drum rear sight - 7.62x51mm NATO

Specifications

(1958 - 1997)

  • Type: Battle Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO
  • Weight: 9.9 lbs (4.5 kg)
  • Length: 40.3 in (102.3 cm)
  • Barrel length: 17.7 in (45 cm)
  • Capacity: 20-round box & 50-round drum
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto / Full-Auto

The Heckler & Koch G3 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:


Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Killer Elite Hitmen 1975
Marathon Man Guards 1976
Sorcerer Venezuelan soldiers 1977
Black Hawk Down Somali Militiamen 2001
Blood Diamond RUF rebels 2006
Banklady Ken Duken Kommissar Fischer telescoping stocks 2013
Niels-Bruno Schmidt Assistent Kruse
German Police officers with Freischwinger barrels

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 3 Sudanese guard 2011 - 2012

Heckler & Koch G3A3

Heckler & Koch G3A3 with slimline handguard - 7.62x51mm NATO. This example is equipped with Olive-Drab colored furniture; H&K also produced this furniture in Black and "Jungle"-Green (referred to as "Police Green" in German circles). Saudi Arabia would also produce G3A3 rifles with light tan furniture.
Heckler & Koch G3A3 with wide handguard - 7.62x51mm NATO
R2, the South African version of the Heckler & Koch G3A3 - 7.62x51mm NATO
Heckler & Koch G3A3 with Navy trigger group - 7.62x51mm NATO
Ak 4 - 7.62x51mm NATO. The Ak 4 (Automatkarbin 4) is a Swedish version of the G3A3. This variant was the main battle-rifle of the Swedish Armed Forces from the early 1960's to the mid-1980s when it was replaced by the Ak 5, a Swedish version of the FN FNC.

Further improvement of the G3A2 led in 1963 to probably the most widespread variant: the A3. These changes include drum sights with an improved sight, a muzzle brake capable of firing NATO standard rifle grenades, a fixed plastic buttstock, and a plastic handguard that does not touch the free-floating barrel. The handguard was supplied in a slim, vented version and a wide version. The latter allows the attachment of a bipod.

This variant was supplied to many other countries but also modified under license.


Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Killer Elite Hitmen 1975
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold Thugs Slimline handguard 1976
The Callup A soldier 1979
Under Fire Chadian rebels 1983
Double Trouble (Non c'è due senza quattro) Dary Reis Commander Van der Bosch 1984
The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent (La vengeance du serpent à plumes) In weapon cache 1984
Day of the Dead Ralph Marrero Pvt. Rickles 1985
The Detached Mission (Odinochnoye plavanye) Mikhail Nozhkin Major Shatokhin 1985
American soldiers
Nonstop Trouble with the Family Dieter Hallervorden Kongo-Otto G3 with slim handguard and wide handguard 1985
Firewalker San Miguel soldiers 1986
Braddock: Missing In Action 3 Chuck Norris Colonel Braddock fitted with an underslung 6 shot launcher 1988
Midnight Run Mafia sniper With brass catcher 1988
River of Death L.Q. Jones Eddie Hiller Silm handguard 1989
Norman Anstey Tracy
Aryan Guards and river pirates
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt Guards Silm handguard 1989
Laser Mission Brandon Lee Michael Gold 1989
Pierre Knoessen Mañuel
Maureen Lahoud Sgt. Roberta
Soldiers
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation Police and rebels Standard and with shorted barrels 1990
Predator 2 LAPD officers With laser sights 1990
Colombian Gang
Afghan Breakdown Muso Isoyev Adil 1991
Highlander II: The Quickening Shield Corporation guards 1991
The Democratic Terrorist German soldier 1992
RoboCop 3 Detroit Police officers 1993
The House of the Spirits Chilean soldiers 1993
Clear and Present Danger Colombian Military Police 1994
Broken Arrow An NEST team member 1996
Savior French Foreign Legion Recruits 1998
Wild Zero Yoshiyuki Morishita Toshi 1999
April Captains (Capitães de Abril) Stefano Accorsi Capt. Salgueiro Maia With sniper scope 2000
Manuel João Vieira Fonseca
Portuguese soldiers
A Man Apart Memo's guards 2003
The Bone Snatcher Patrick Shai Titus South African Version 2003
Rachel Shelley Mikki
Warrick Grier Karl
Hotel Rwanda UN Belgian Soldiers South African Version 2004
Munich German police officers G3A3ZF variant with 4x sight 2005
The Last King of Scotland Ugandan soldiers 2006
Shake Hands with the Devil UN peacekeepers and Rwandan soldiers 2007
The Hunting Party Somali government troops slimline handguards 2007
Dutch UN troops
District 9 MNU mercenary Mocked up as G3SG/1 2009
Balibo FRELITIN guerrillas 2009
Cold Prey III Arthur Berning Simen 2010
Fire of Conscience Leon Lai Detective Manfred 2010
The A-Team Mexican soldiers 2010
Nokas Bank robbers Swedish Ak 4 variant 2010
Argo Iranian Revolutionary Guards 2012
Fire with Fire A Sniper 2012
Battleground 2012
Act of Valor A Gunman With bipod and rail mount 2012
Tremors 5: Bloodlines Burt Black furniture with Wide handguard 2015
Chappie Slimline handguard 2015
Colonia Marcelo Vilaro General Pinochet 2015
7 Days in Entebbe Ugandan soldiers 2018
Tomb Raider A Trinity mercenary R2 2018
A Janitor Tetsu Watanabe Mr. Gen with SG/1 scope 2021
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Peacekeepers 2023

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
On Wings of Eagles Iranian soldiers Seen with bayonet 1986
Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei Various G3A3 1996 -
The X-Files - Season 7 Sniper Zombies Fitted with scopes / "Hollywood A.D." (S7E19) 2000
24 Kiefer Sutherland Jack Bauer 2001 - 2010
Ultimate Force Police SO19 snipers Heavily customised with extended skeletonised butt pad, large cheek riser, bipod handguard, heavy barrel, telescopic sight, and removed iron sights 2002 - 2006
Jamie Michie Cpl. Finn Younger
Josh Dallas Weaver
Liam Garrigan Cpl. Ed Dwyer With slimline forearm and PRR pressel
Ross Kemp SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie With slimline forearm, Aimpoint 5000 sight and PRR pressel
Ian Duncan Hector Du Preez With slimline forearm and telescopic sight
Adam Croasdell Pierre Du Preez
Lucian Msamati Blessing
Columbian soldiers and rebels With a slimline forearm
All or Nothing (Pan ili propal) Danish police officers Possibly Danish G3A5 (Gv M/66) 2004
Zero Hour (2004) Jeff Franco Emil Mătăsăreanu With wide handguard; "The North Hollywood Shootout" (S3E05) 2004-2006
Situation Critical G3A3 / "Hunting Pablo Escobar" 2007 -
Ultimate Weapons German soldier "Heavy Metal" 2009
Iris - Season 1 So-yeon Kim Kim Seon-hwa scoped and with 5 round magazine 2009
Midsomer Murders Mercenaries "A Sacred Trust" (S14E07) 2011
Munich 72 German Police snipers 2012
The Walking Dead - Season 4 Don Elmore Martinez's camp survivor "Dead Weight" (S4E07) 2013
Calvin Hoggard Forest camp survivor
Mike Wilson Martinez's camp survivor Scoped; "Too Far Gone" (S4E08)
Banshee - Season 2 Tyson Sullivan Hondo with extended magazine / Episode 10 2014
Madiba South African Army personnel 2017
Gladbeck German police snipers with scope 2018
Man in the High Castle, The - Season 3 Alexa Davalos Juliana Crain 2018

Anime

Film Title Character Note Date
Cowboy Bebop Red Dragon Syndicate Members 1998 - 1999
Spriggan Yu Ominae G3A3 1998
Gunslinger Girl Triela Slimline handguard 2003
Black Lagoon Bounty hunters 2006
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage Rock 2006
Magical Witch Punie-chan soldiers 2006-2008
Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail A bounty hunter Ep. "Angels in the Crosshairs" 2011 - 2011
Upotte!! G3 with bipod and HK21 rear sight, sometimes with Tasco Titan scope 2012
Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3 Airsoft 2013
Sword Art Online II "Uemaru" 2014
Sword Art Online: Alternative Gun Gale Online - Season 1 "Uemaru" Ep. "Fan Letter" 2018

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear 1999
They Hunger Grenade launcher Undersized 1999
The Sum Of All Fears "7.62mm AR" slimline handguard 2002
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield 2003
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre 2004
Söldner: Secret Wars "HK G3 A3" slimline handguard 2004
Battlefield 2 2005
Project Reality With optional Zeiss Z-Point red dot sight, Hensoldt Model 2 scope, bayonet, and HK79 grenade launcher 2005
Cross Fire 2007
Alliance of Valiant Arms 2007
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 2008
Fallout 3 "Assault Rifle" Chambered in 5.56 2008
7.62 High Calibre w/ various attachments 2008
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 2010
Fallout: New Vegas Not playable; appears on the "Commando" perk icon and in a storage room in Mick and Ralph's 2010
Medal of Honor 2010
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light "High Power Assault Rifle" wide handguard 2010
Battlefield Play4Free "G3A4" wide handguard and optional EOTech or Sightmark Sure Shot red dot sight 2011
Battlefield 3 wide handguard and various optional accessories 2011
Medal of Honor: Warfighter "HK G3" w/ various attachments 2012
Arctic Combat 2012
Payday 2 Gewehr 3 w/PSG-1, G3, MSG90 and Ak 4 parts added in Gage Assault Pack (2014) 2013
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly HK G3 A3 EOTech and Aimpoint sights slimline handguard 2014
Squad numerous variants 2015
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2016
Insurgency: Sandstorm various attachments 2018
Vigor "Gewehr 3" with brown slimline handguard and wood stock and pistol grip 2018
Call to Arms 2018
Battlefield 2042 G3A3 2021
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA G3A3 2022
Payday 3 "Adeling RG-5" Midwest industries MLOK handguard and Spuhr R-410 stock part of the "Chapter 2 - Boys in Blue" DLC 2023


Heckler & Koch G3A4

Heckler & Koch G3A4 - 7.62x51mm NATO

G3 with a sliding stock.

Specifications

(1974 - ????)

  • Type: Battle Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO
  • Weight: 10.4 lbs (4.7 kg)
  • Length: 33.1 in (84 cm) Stock Collapsed, 40.4 in (102.5 cm) Stock Extended
  • Barrel length: 17.7 in (45 cm)
  • Capacity: 20-round box & 50-round drum magazine
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto / Full-Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Double Trouble (Non c'è due senza quattro) Mercenaries 1984
Braddock: Missing in Action III Chuck Norris Col. James Braddock With 6-shot underbarrel grenade launcher 1988
To Survive (Chtoby vyzhit) Sergey Veksler Nikolai 1992
The Replacement Killers Jürgen Prochnow Michael Kogan 1998
Equilibrium Resistance Fighters 2002
The Last King of Scotland Ugandan soldiers 2006
Shake Hands with the Devil UN peacekeepers 2007
Marine 2, The Ted DiBiase Jr. Joe Linwood 2009
The Viral Factor Carl Ng Ross With red-dot sight and railed handguard 2012

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Iris - Season 1 Jun-ho Jeong Jin Sa-woo with PSG-1 style grip 2009
Ultimate Force Ross Kemp SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie With slimline forearm, Aimpoint 5000 sight and PRR pressel 2002 - 2006
Colombian Army soldiers With tropical forearm
24 Kiefer Sutherland Agent Jack Bauer 2001 -

Anime

Title Characters Notes Date
Black Magic M-66 1987

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Operation Flashpoint 2001
Far Cry 2 G3KA4 w/ 30-round magazine 2008
7.62 High Calibre w/ various attachments 2008
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action G3A3 w/ 30-round magazine 2012
Medal of Honor: Warfighter HK G3 w/ various attachments 2012
State of Decay "G3" added in Lifeline DLC (2014) 2013
Squad G3A4 2015
Call to Arms 2018

Heckler & Koch G3KA4

Heckler & Koch G3KA4 - 7.62x51mm NATO

Carbine version of the G3 with a sliding stock and shorter barrel.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Firewalker A brigand 1986
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation A rebel With additional foregrip 1990

Television

Title Actor Character Note / Episode Date
Chris Ryan's Strike Back Andrew Lincoln Hugh Collinson With tactical flashlight and red dot sight 2010

Anime

Title Characters Notes Date
Black Magic M-66 Commandos, Sybel, Leakey fitted with carry handle 1987

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Rainbow Six: Vegas G3KA4 w/ optional suppressor, red dot sight, laser pointer, & ACOG holds 30+1 rounds 2006
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 G3KA4 w/ optional suppressor, red dot sight, laser pointer, & ACOG holds 30+1 rounds 2008
7.62 High Calibre w/ various attachments 2008
Medal of Honor: Warfighter HK G3 w/ various attachments 2012
Squad G3KA4 Introduced in V1.0 update 2015


HK51

HK51 - 7.62x51mm
Fleming HK51K - 7.62x51mm
MC51SD - 7.62x51mm

"HK51" is a blanket term given to a custom variant of the G3 or HK91 which has been shortened to be comparable in length to the MP5. The first factory produced variant of this type was the MC51 which was produced by FR Ordnance for British Special Forces use. It was produced in several different variants including the standard model (with fixed or retractable stock), the silenced MC51SD (with fixed or retractable stock), the shortened MC51K, and a "Tactical" model with the full auto setting replaced with a burst position and a fixed stock.

Although it was adopted by the British SAS and SBS, it was quickly replaced in part due to reliability issues and the impracticality of firing a cartridge as powerful as the 7.62x51mm NATO from such a short barrel, but also due to the fact that Heckler & Koch very soon afterwards produced the HK53 which was similar in dimensions (actually slightly smaller and lighter) but fired the much more practical 5.56x45mm NATO round. The SAS and SBS used a rare version of the weapon called the MC51SD, which had an integrally suppressed barrel like the MP5SD.

FR Ordnance contracted the gunsmith Bill Fleming to design this variant, who later marketed similarly modified versions of the G3 in the US as the "Fleming HK51", and it has since gone on to be produced by several different companies.

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Marked for Death Steven Seagal DEA Agent John Hatcher HK51K with suppressor and extended magazine 1990
Tom Wright Charles HK51K with suppressor
Erkan & Stefan GSG 9 officer 2000
New Police Story Jackie Chan Inspector Chan Scoped 2004
In Her Line of Fire Lee Tuson Logan 2006
Colombiana FBI officer 2011
Kill the Messenger The leader of the men at the airstrip 2014
Blackhat Henchman 2015
Bumblebee John Cena Jack Burns 2018

Television

Title Actor Character Note / Episode Date
The Walking Dead - Season 4 Michael Cudlitz Sgt. Abraham Ford "Inmates" (S4E10), "Claimed" (S4E11), "Us" (S4E15) 2014
Steven Yeun Glenn Rhee "Claimed" (S4E11)

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Battlefield Hardline HK51 2015
Squad HK51 Introduced in V1.0 update 2015
Phantom Forces MC51SD MC51SD version 2015
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades "H51A1" With MP5A1 buttcap 2016
"H51A2" With MP5A2 fixed stock
"H51A3" With MP5A3 rectractable stock
"H51K" With MP5K length barrel and foregrip

Heckler & Koch G3SG/1

Heckler & Koch G3SG/1 - 7.62x51mm NATO
Heckler & Koch G3SG/1 - 7.62x51mm NATO

The G3SG/1 is an accurized G3 with a wide forearm, bipod, sniper stock, and a scope. Its automatic fire mode is retained.

Specifications

(1972 – ????)

  • Type: Sniper Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO
  • Weight: 12.2 lbs (5.5 kg)
  • Length: 40.4 in (102.5 cm)
  • Barrel length: 17.7 in (45 cm)
  • Capacity: 20-round box magazine or 50-round drum magazine
  • Fire Modes: Safe/Semi/Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Cat (Die Katze) German police 1988
Romeo + Juliet Verona Beach Police sniper 1996
A Life Less Ordinary Holly Hunter O'Reilly 1997
Shiri Yoon-jin Kim Bang-Hee 1999
New Police Story Daniel Wu Joe Kwan 2004
The Baader Meinhof Complex Police sniper 2008
The Sniper Hong Kong SDU Sniper team 2009
Angels & Demons Police Sharpshooter 2009
Inception Dream snipers 2010
Four Lions Police snipers 2010
The Heineken Kidnapping Dutch SWAT team 2011
Hunt Hyeong-gook Im suppressed and unsuppressed 2022

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
Lady Cop (Die Kommissarin) - Season 1 Michael Roll Holger Hellwig "Zwerg Nase" (S01E01) 1994
Lady Cop (Die Kommissarin) - Season 2 Günther Maria Halmer Karl Rehmann "Totentanz" (S02E08) 1995
Lady Cop (Die Kommissarin) German police 1994 - 2006
Stargate: SG1 Richard Dean Anderson Colonel Jack O'Neill 1997 - 2007
The Pretenders (Los Simuladores) Jorge Prado Officer Vargas "Fuera de Calculo" (S1E07) 2002-2004
Gladbeck A German police sniper 2018

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Tomb Raider: Chronicles Used by enemies 2000
Enter the Matrix 33SG 2003
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero D3/AU-1 2004
Counter Strike: Source D3/AU-1 2004
Project Reality With Hensoldt Model 2 or Hensoldt ZF6x42PSG1 scope 2005
Counter-Strike Online D3/AU-1 2007
7.62 High Calibre HK G3SG/1 bayonet, laser & flashlight modules, Aimpoint Comp ML XD red dot sight or Hensoldt ZF telescopic sight option of 5 or 20-round magazine and has a built-in bipod 2008
Max Payne 3 FMP G3S 2012
Left 4 Dead 2 Military Sniper Rifle With weaponlight and optional laser sight mounted under the handguard
30 rounds
Fitted with AK-74 muzzle brake and MSG90's stock and trigger group 2009
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive G3SG1 2012
Survarium 2013
Squad HK51 Introduced in V1.0 update 2015
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades G3SG1 2016
Vigor "Gewehr 3 SG1" Incorrectly holds 30 rounds in a 20 round magazine 2018
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA G3SG/1 2022

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Cat Planet Cuties 2010

Heckler & Koch PSG-1

Heckler & Koch PSG-1 - 7.62x51mm NATO
Heckler & Koch PSG-1 with 20-round magazine - 7.62x51mm NATO
Heckler & Koch PSG 1 A1 - 7.62x51mm NATO

The PSG-1 is a heavily modified G3 rifle with semi-auto only functions. Most claim it to be the most accurate semi-automatic rifle in the world, however it is quite expensive. The current price to law enforcement today is about $10,000 per unit. Since no more rifles are being imported for civilian sales, those original German guns that are currently in the country have risen to about $15,000 per unit for a pristine example.

Specifications

(1972 – 2014)

  • Type: Sniper Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO
  • Weight: 17.9 lbs (8.1 kg)
  • Length: 48.4 in (123 cm)
  • Barrel length: 25.6 in (65 cm)
  • Capacity: 5, 10 or 20-round box or 50-round drum
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto


The Heckler & Koch PSG-1 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:


Film

Title Actor Character Notes Date
Lethal Weapon Mel Gibson Detective Martin Riggs With folding bipod and 20-round magazine 1987
Entrapment Special Operations Command (Malaysian SWAT) With 20-round magazine 1999
Kill Bill Vol. 1 O-Ren Ishii animated segment 2003
Cube Zero Converted into tranquilizer gun 2004
Dragon Squad Maggie Q Yuet a fake 'build up' PSG1 , 20 round magazine 2005
Largo Winch Steven Waddington Stephan Marcus 2008
Vantage Point Automated Platform 2008
Tokyo Gore Police Itsuji Itao Key Man's father replica 2008
The Sniper Edison Chen Hong Kong SDU Sniper team a fake 'build up' PSG1 , 20 round magazine 2009
Elephant White with folding bipod, in weapons cache 2010
London Has Fallen Metropolitan Police Service officer with folding bipod 2016
Angel Has Fallen United States Secret Service snipers 2019
Gunpowder Milkshake Karen Gillan Samantha w/suppressor, rangefinder, flashlight and bipods 2021

Television

Title Actor Character Notes / Episode Date
Red Cap German SEK 2003 - 2004
The Unit Max Martini Sergeant Max Gerhardt S1E02 / "Stress"/ 2006
E-Ring Mexican cartel sniper S1E21/ "Isolation"/ 2006
Boss Manami Konishi Nishiyama Nanami 2009
Deadliest Warrior GSG-9 sniper 2009-???
Iris - Season 1 Lee Byung-hun Kim Hyun-jun 2009
Luther CO19 sniper 2010
Gladbeck German police snipers 2018

Anime

Title Character Notes Date
Appleseed ES.W.A.T. snipers 1988
Patlabor: The Movie 2 Tokyo Metro Police Sniper 1993
Mezzo DSA Kazuto 2004
Case Closed - Season 14 Chianti Ep. "Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out!" 2005 - 2006
Hellsing Ultimate A Brazilian police sniper team 2006 - 2012
You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle File #4 "Bokuto Station Snake Panic" ("Snake Panic at Bokuto Station"); AEG 2007 - 2008
Case Closed - Season 17 Chianti Ep. "The Clash of Red and Black" 2008 - 2009
Case Closed: The Raven Chaser Chianti 2009
High School of the Dead 2010
Angel Beats! Takamatsu 2010
Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky 2010
Case Closed - Season 19 Chianti Ep. "The Suggestion of Black Thirteen" and "The Red Shaking Target" 2010 - 2011
Blue Exorcist Vatican Armory 2011
Suisei no Gargantia Sailor 2013
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom Ein 2013
Randy Weber
Terror in Resonance A U.S. airforce sniper 2014
Stella Women's Academy, High School Division Class C3 Airsoft, Hanging in the background 2013
Case Closed: The Darkest Nightmare Chianti 2016
Case Closed - Season 26 Chianti OP sequence "Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru" 2016 - 2017

Video Games

Title Appears as Mods Notes Date
Metal Gear Solid 1998
Urban Terror 1998
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear HK PSG-1 1999
Delta Force: Land Warrior w/ suppressor 2000
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Also featured as "PSG1-T" tranquilizer rifle 2001
Ghost Recon "7.62mm Sniper" 2001
Conflict: Desert Storm 2002
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger w/ suppressor 2002
The Sum Of All Fears "7.62mm SR" 2002
Conflict: Desert Storm II 2003
Project IGI 2: Covert Strike Available with and without suppressor 2003
Ghost Squad "SPR3" Fitted with Knight's Armament RIS and vertical foregrip 2004
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes Also featured as "PSG1-T" tranquilizer rifle 2004
Söldner: Secret Wars 2004
Time Crisis: Crisis Zone With general G3 frames Unusable 2004
Area-51 SR-125 "Wraith" 2005
Reservoir Dogs 2006
Rainbow Six: Vegas With 6x, 12x, or variable-magnification scopes 2006
Scarface: The World is Yours Sniper Rifle 2006
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2006
Code of Honor 2007
Little Busters! 2007
Cross Fire "PSG-1" 2007
7.62 High Calibre "HK PSG-1" bipod option of 5 or 20-round magazine has a built-in Hensoldt 6x42 Telescopic Sight 2008
Grand Theft Auto IV 2008
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 2008
Resident Evil 5 2009
Call of Duty: Black Ops "PSG1" Anachronism 2010
The 3rd Birthday 2010
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D 2011
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action KH PSG 1 2012
Resident Evil: Revelations 2012
Counter-Strike Online "PSG1A1" 2013
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly HK PSG1 bipods 2014
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades PSG-1 2016
Ironsight PSG-1 Incorrectly holds 10 rounds in a 5-round magazine, wooden furniture 2018
Gun Club VR 2018

Animation

Title Character Notes Date
Archer - Season 1 Conway Stern S01E03/ "Diversity Hire" 2010
Archer - Season 2 Several characters S02E07/ "Movie Star 2011
Archer - Season 5 Yakuza sniper S05E03/ "A Debt of Honour" 2014
Love, Death & Robots - Season 3 seen in armory; "Kill Team Kill" (S3E05) 2022


Heckler & Koch HK91

Heckler & Koch HK91A2 with fixed stock (Note lack of third position for automatic fire) - 7.62x51mm NATO
Heckler & Koch HK91A3 with factory telescoping stock - 7.62x51mm NATO

Specifications

(1964 - 1976)

  • Type: Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO
  • Weight: 10.9 lbs (4.9 kg)
  • Length: 42.5 in (108 cm)
  • Barrel length: 17.7 in (45 cm)
  • Capacity: 5 or 20 round box or 50 round drum
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum German Police 1975
Deal of the Century Chevy Chase Eddie Muntz Factory Bipod 1983
The Terminator Human resistance fighters HK91A3 With G3 proprietary bipod 1984
The Annihilators Christopher Stone Bill Ecker With bipod 1985
Commando Arnold Schwarzenegger John Matrix HK91A2 1985
Dragnet L.A.P.D. SWAT w/ Scope 1987
The Last of the Finest Jeff Fahey Det. Rodriguez 1990
The Last of the Finest Joe Pantoliano Det. Wayne Gross 1990
Tremors Michael Gross Burt Gummer 1990
Hard to Kill L.A.P.D. SWAT 1990
The Fugitive Chicago P.D. SWAT Sniper w/ Scope 1993
Cyber Tracker HK91A2 with sniper scope and Cobray CM203 UBGL, Seen in armory 1994
The Way to Dusty Death German police 1995
Heat Val Kilmer Chris Shiherlis Factory Bipod 1995
The Long Kiss Goodnight Henchman 1996
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Peter Stormare Dieter Stark HK91A2, Scope and Tactical Flashlight 1997
K-911 Wade Williams Devon Lang Visually modified as Heckler & Koch SR9 1999
Spider-Man Armored Van Robbers 2002
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout Andrew Bryniarski Larry Eugene Phillips Jr. HK91A3 - Converted to full-automatic 2003
In Her Line of Fire Mariel Hemingway SGM. Lynn Delaney w/Scope 2006
Miami Vice (2006) John Ortiz Yero HK91A3 model 2006
Miami Vice (2006) Yero's henchmen HK91A2 models 2006
The Kingdom Jamie Foxx Ronald Fleury 2007
Resident Evil: Afterlife Sergio Peris-Mencheta Angel Ortiz HK91A2 with fitted railed handguard 2010
Act of Valor Enemy soldier HK91-A2 model, fitted with a MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rail 2012
Hold the Dark Policeman 2018

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
The A-Team Various 1983 - 1987
Alien Nation - The Series Gary Graham Matthew Sikes 1989 - 1990
Bergerac With slim handguard; seen in Hapgood's gun collection; "The Assassin" (S09E09) 1991
The X-Files - Season 4 Cult members HK91A2 / "The Field Where I Died" (S4E05) 1996
Supernatural - Season 6 Jensen Ackles Dean Winchester With telescopic sight, cheek riser, bipod and 10 round magazine / "All Dogs Go to Heaven" (S06E08) 2010
Fargo - Season 2 Bokeem Woodbine Mike Milligan 2015

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare G3 HK91A3 with bipod handguard, fires fully-automatic in singleplayer 2007
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Lachmann-762 Select-fire trigger group HK91A2 2022


Heckler & Koch SR9

Heckler & Koch SR9(T). This is a 'faux' SR9(T) movie gun converted from an HK91, with an SG/1 style buttstock (instead of the correct MSG90 style) and PSG trigger pack - 7.62x51mm
H&K SR9(TC) rifle with tropical forearm and bipod - 7.62x51mm. The TC version has the PSG buttstock as well as the trigger pack.

NOTE: Due to the relatively low number of SR9Ts and SR9TCs imported to the United States, most of the SR9 variants appearing in Hollywood movies are actually conversions of HK91s done by Hollywood's armorers. The images here on IMFDB of SR9s are images of actual movie "SR9s".

Specifications

(1990 - Present)

  • Type: Sniper Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO
  • Weight: 10.9 lbs (4.9 kg)
  • Length: 42.5 in (108 cm)
  • Barrel length: 19.7 in (50 cm)
  • Capacity: 5 or 20 round box magazine
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Sniper Billy Zane Richard Miller SR9(TC) 1993
Stargate John Diehl Lt. Kawalsky SR9(TC) 1994
Midnight Man Lorenzo Lamas John Kang Suppressed 1995
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Afifi Alaouie Fatima SR9(TC) 1995
Top Dog San Diego SWAT 1995
Heat Police Sniper SR9(T) 1995
The Jackal Daniel Dae Kim Akashi SR9(TC) 1997
The Jackal Richard Gere Declan Mulqueen SR9(TC) 1997
G.I. Jane Viggo Mortensen Master Chief Urgayle SR9(T) 1997
U.S. Marshals Kentucky State Police officer SR9(T), 20-round magazine 1998
Point Blank Werner Schreyer Billy SR9(TC) 1998
The Replacement Killers Til Schweiger Ryker SR9(T) 1998
End of Days SR9(TC) 1999
Dog Soldiers Leslie Simpson Private Terry Milburn SR9(T), scope removed, 20-round magazine 2002
Dog Soldiers Darren Morfitt Private "Spoon" Witherspoon SR9(T), scope removed, 20-round magazine 2002

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
CSI: Miami David Caruso Lt. Horatio Caine "Going, Going, Gone", (SR9(T)) 2002 -
Space: Above and Beyond Rodney Rowland Cooper Hawkes (SR9(T)) 1995 - 1996
Lost Terry O'Quinn John Locke "Everybody Hates Hugo", (SR9(T) w/ 20-round mag) 2006

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City "PSG1" / ".308 Sniper" Laser magnifying scope and nonfunctional suppressor SR9(T) 2002
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas SR9(T), unusable 2004
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories "Laser Sighted Sniper Rifle" Laser magnifying scope SR9(T) 2005
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II "LM-S" w/ various attachments SR9(TC) 2022


Heckler & Koch MSG90

Heckler & Koch MSG90 - 7.62x51mm NATO
Heckler & Koch MSG90A1 - 7.62x51mm NATO

A much more common G3 variant than its predecessor, the PSG-1. The MSG-90 is made to withstand more harsh conditions without sacrificing capability, and coincidentally is a little bit cheaper than the PSG-1.

Specifications

(1972 – Present)

  • Type: Sniper Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO
  • Weight: 14.1 lbs (6.4 kg)
  • Length: 45.9 in (116.5 cm)
  • Barrel length: 23.6 in (60 cm)
  • Capacity: 5, 10, or 20-round box magazines or 50 round drum magazine
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
The World Is Not Enough "Deutsche SA90" 2000
Fallout Tactics "DKS-501 Sniper rifle" holds only 6 rounds 2001
Soldier of Fortune II - Double Helix "MSG90A1" 2002
Shadow Force: Razor Unit "M25" 2002
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror "SR 90" holds only 5 rounds 2002
Combat Arms "MSG-90" 2004
Alliance of Valiant Arms As the "MSG90A1" 2007
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 "MSG-90" 2007
Cross Fire "MSG90" without bipods 2007
7.62 High Calibre HK MSG-90A1 bipod, laser & flashlight modules, Hensoldt ZF telescopic sight option of 5 or 20-round magazine 2008
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light "Fast Action Rifle" 2010
Sniper: Ghost Warrior "MSG 90" 2010
Spec Ops: The Line "MSG 90" 2012
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault "SEO90" w/ various attachments Added via a Supply Drop update - Incorrectly has 10 rounds in a 5 round magazine, extended magazine will incorrectly give it 15 rounds in a 10 round magazine 2015

Anime

Title Character Notes Date
Case Closed - Season 12 Calvados Ep. "Head-to-Head Match With the Black Organization; Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon" 2003 - 2004
Shuichi Akai
Case Closed - Season 17 Shuichi Akai Ep. "The Clash of Red and Black (Killed in the Line of Duty)"; flashback 2008 - 2009
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom Ein 2009


PTR rifle series

PTR 91 F - 7.62x51mm NATO
PTR 32 KFR - 7.62x39mm
PTR PDWR - 7.62x51mm NATO
PTR 32P PDWR - 7.62x39mm

These are American clones of the G3 made by PTR Industries.

Specifications

(2000 – Present)

  • Type: Rifle, Battle Rifle, Carbine
  • Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO, 7.62x39mm
  • Weight: 9.5 lbs (4.3 kg) (91 F), 8.1 lbs (3.7 kg) (PDWR)
  • Length: 40.5 in (102.9 cm) (91 F), 23.5 in (59.7 cm) (PDWR)
  • Barrel length:
    • 18 in (45.7 cm) (PTR 91)
    • 16 in (40.6 cm) (PTR 32, 91 K, 91 SC, TXR)
    • 8.5 in (21.6 cm) (PDWR)
    • 12.5 in (31.8 cm) (K3P, 32K)
    • 20 in (50.8 cm) (MSG 91 SS)
  • Capacity: 10 or 20 rounds (PTR 91), 10 or 30 rounds (PTR 32)
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum PDWR and 32P PDWR; seen in armory 2019

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Date
The Blacklist - Season 4 Tate Ellington Miles McGrath "Miles McGrath" (No. 65) (S4E03); 32P PDWR 2016
Kevin McCormick Janowski "Miles McGrath" (No. 65) (S4E03); PDWR
The Blacklist: Redemption HA tac team "Independence, U.S.A." (S1E03); 32P PDWR 2017
Blindspot - Season 2 Sandstorm mercenary "Lepers Repel" (S2E22); PDWR 2017
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 9 Daniela Ruah Kensi Blye "Goodbye, Vietnam" (S9E14); PDWR 2018
L.L. Cool J Sam Hanna
Law & Order: Organized Crime - Season 3 Ukrainian soldier "Gimme Shelter, Part 1" (S3E01); PDWR 2022

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Notation Release Date
Battlefield Hardline "PTR-91" Various attachments 91 F 2015
Dirty Bomb "KEK-10 " 32P PDWR 2015


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