Heckler & Koch G3

Early Heckler & Koch G3 rifle with wooden handguard and buttstock - 7.62x51mm NATO

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The Heckler & Koch G3 (Gewehr 3, Rifle 3) is a German Battle Rifle chambered in 7.62×51 mm 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 7.92×33mm was initially conceived. The result was a weapon initially manufactured in 7.92×40 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 7.62×51mm 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.

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:

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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		2013
		German Policemen

Television

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

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Payday 2	"Gewehr 3 Rifle"			2013

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.

The most famous version was developed in 1963 which includes 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.

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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
Clear and Present Danger		Colombian Military Police		1994
Detonator II: Night Watch		A soldier		1995
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

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
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
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	G3A3	1998
Gunslinger Girl	Triela	Slimline handguard	2003
Black Lagoon	Bounty hunters		2006
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage	Rock		2006
Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail	A bounty hunter	Ep. "Angels in the Crosshairs"	2011 - 2011
Upotte!!	Jiisuri	G3A3　equipped with bipod and a large magnification 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	"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, resembles a G3A3	1999
The Sum Of All Fears	"7.62mm AR"	slimline handguard	G3A3	2002
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield				2003
Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow	"G3A3 (7.62mm)"	ACOG Scope	A3 model with wide handguard	2004
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			G3A3	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	"G3A3"			2010
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light	"High Power Assault Rifle"		A3 with wide handguard	2010
Battlefield Play4Free	"G3A4"		Wth wide handguard and optional EOTech or Sightmark Sure Shot red dot sight	2011
Battlefield 3	"G3A3"		G3A3 with wide handguard and various optional accessories	2011
Medal of Honor: Warfighter	"HK G3"		w/ various attachments	2012
Arctic Combat				2012
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly	HK G3 A3	EOTech and Aimpoint sights	G3A3 with slimline handguard	2014
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades	"G3A3"			2016
Insurgency: Sandstorm	"G3A3"		G3A3, various attachments	2018
Vigor	"Gewehr 3"		G3A3 with brown slimline handguard and wood stock and pistol grip	2018

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

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Film

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

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	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

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	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

HK51

HK51 - 7.62x51mm

Fleming HK51K - 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.

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

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Walking Dead - Season 4	Michael Cudlitz	Sgt. Abraham Ford	"Inmates" (S4E10)	2014

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Battlefield Hardline	HK51			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

Accurized G3 with a wide forearm and bipod with a sniper stock and a scope. Automatic fire 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 or 50 round drum

• Fire Modes: Safe/Semi/Auto

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Film

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

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	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

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
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades	G3SG1			2016
Vigor	"Gewehr 3 SG1"		Incorrectly holds 30 rounds in a 20 round magazine	2018

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

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Film

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

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air 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
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
Gladbeck		German police snipers		2018

Anime

Film Title	Character	Note	Date
Appleseed	ES.W.A.T. snipers		1988
Patlabor: The Movie 2	Tokyo Metro Police Sniper		1993
Mezzo DSA	Kazuto		2004
Case Closed	Chianti		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: The Raven Chaser	Chianti		2009
High School of the Dead			2010
Angel Beats!	Takamatsu		2010
Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky			2010
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

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release 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
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
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			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
Ironsight	PSG-1		Incorrectly holds 10 rounds in a 5-round magazine, wooden furniture	2018

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

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Film

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

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

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

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Film

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

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

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

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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	Note	Date
Case Closed	Calvados	Ep. 345 'Head-to-Head Match With the Black Organization; Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon'	2004
	Shuichi Akai
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom	Ein		2009

PTR rifle series

PTR 91 - 7.62x51mm NATO

PTR 91 KFM4R - 7.62x51mm NATO

PTR 32 KFM4R - 7.62x39mm

PTR 32P PDW R - 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), 8 lbs (3.6 kg) (PDW R)

• Length: 40.5 in (102.9 cm), 23.5 in (59.7 cm) (PDW R)

• Barrel length: 18 in (45.7 cm), 16 in (40.6 cm), 8.5 in (21.6 cm) (PDW R)

• Capacity: 20-round box (PTR 91), 30-round box (PTR 32)

• Fire Modes: Semi-Auto

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum			PTR 91 KFM4R and PTR 32 KFM4R; seen in armory	2019

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Date
The Blacklist - Season 4	Tate Ellington	Miles McGrath	"Miles McGrath" (No. 65); PTR 32P PDW R	2016
The Blacklist - Season 4		Johan's men	"Miles McGrath" (No. 65); PTR PDW R	2016

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Battlefield Hardline	PTR 91	Various attachments		2014