No Future for the G36

The G36 assault rifle by Heckler & Koch was the Bundeswehr’s standard rifle. In 2015 a report commissioned by the Defense Ministry found that its accuracy dropped sharply when it overheated or faced large swings in temperature. On April 22, 2015, Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen told the budget committee of the Bundestag: Dieses G36, wie es heute konstruiert ist, hat keine Zukunft mehr bei der Bundeswehr. This G36, as it is designed today, has no future in the Bundeswehr. On September 2, 2016, the Regional Court of Koblenz ruled for Heckler & Koch. The Bundeswehr’s warranty claims had no sufficient legal basis. The court expressly did not decide whether the rifle shoots accurately enough.

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