GERMAN GUNS: These Weapons are the Backbone of the Bundeswehr Infantry | WELT Report
The Bundeswehr procured the G27 battle rifle to close the gap between the G36 assault rifle and large caliber systems. The G27 is a semi or fully automatic rifle with telescopic sight, allowing precision shots to be made at large distances of up to 600 meters. It has a theoretical rate of fire of 600 rounds a minute, which can be individually configured by the shooter. The magazine can hold either 10 or 20 rounds of 7.62 millimeter by 51 caliber ammunition. Compared to the standard issue G36 rifle, the G27 has a much higher muzzle power and range, making it much more effective against single targets. The weapon is used in co-ordination with other weapons such as the mg5 general purpose medium machine gun to engage hostile troops.
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0:09 *HK G27* battle rifle 5:04 *HK MG5* medium machine gun 9:17 *HK GRAMAWA* grenade launcher 13:29 *HK P8* pistol 17:20 *HK MP7* submachine gun
"We generally differentiate between hammer and sickle" Yeah good they learned in the last 30 years 😂
Funny that Germany just keeps bouncing between different styles of socialist iconography.
@@hieug.rection1920:Hammer and sickle, was with the Russians
I like that 7.62 as a battle rifle. Afghanistan proved the 7.62 as superior in effective distance versus the 5.56
Yea and Afghanistan was the only exception. Nearly 100 percent of modern combat has been within 300 meters where 556 shines. So comparing one conflict is kinda pointless
But you carry less ammo as a consequence though.
@@user-em1re8et6l Dude he wasnt talking about ak round he says that he like 7.62 by 51 nato
@@user-em1re8et6l Which battle rifle uses 7.62 by 39 ?(read first sentence of that dude)
@@user-em1re8et6lAmericans issued some accurized old M14’s using 7.62X51 to extend the range of their infantry. Those evolved into the M21 sniper systems. 7.62X51 NATO was definitely used in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
Germans are my favorite group of people in the world.
Where are you from, mein Freund? 😉
nothing will ever replace the mg3 in my heart
genau. und das G3!!! Dran, drauf, drüber!
We had 2x MG4 in my platoon instead of the MG3. I only ever shot the MG3 during basic, but it was a fucking beast.
@@patta8388 I’m jealous
@@HenryAusLuebeck Nee, meine Plastikkniffe war mir lieber :P
I love how they have the same style hat as previous years. Idk why but it’s just so iconic. Not for bad reasons just says German to me. Can’t wrap my head around it lol
hmmmm...Humans are soo complex yet soo simple. We need to simplify the world around us.
Unfortunately recent events in Ukraine have caused a reassessment of defence in most of Europe. The Germans had allowed their army to stagnate for decades. I hope the Bundeswehr receives the training, equipment, weapons and munitions it requires to defend Germany’s borders and those of it’s NATO allies.
Gääähn.
Ok UkraNazis supporter
@@mehe1158we are all nazi’s now because Germany should build up its militarily and defend its borders huh?? You’ll be the first on the list, they should increase their military everyone else does
@@mehe1158 Russo bot logic.
@@mehe1158 ??? what are you on bro facist russian lol
Excellent update
7.62 X 51 is coming back and it's about time.
5.56 has limited long-range effectiveness. Close up with 77 grain ammo it gets the job done. But if you start passing 600 yards you lose the velocity needed for the round to do its damage.
Let's be civil
@@lewp273 Let him play tough guy online. It's the only time he gets to.
i have no military background whatso ever but many of my military buddies often say they prefer 556 long distance. I wonder why.
600m under battle conditions is also rather utopic for expecting effective hits. Only really good marksmen can reliably hit at that distance with 5.56, the average can't.
Which is irrelevant for a land war in Europe. Might have been a big deal in Afghanistan with its vast open landscapes, but 5,56 is ideal for the European theater. Many studies have shown that firefights are won by the side that has more ammunition and 5,56 weighs a lot less than 7,62. Having an extra 400 rounds in your squad is much more important than the additional power that 7,62 would bring.
Thanks for information
I can think of no better way for Germany to bury the past than by funding and fielding a strengthened Bundeswehr to better help defend Europe.
Awsome its great to see Germany now giving its troops great weapons. Loved the MG5 dam good weapon, hope they can deter any enemy we all no whom I'm talking about attack Europe. The German bundeswehr will be ready for them.
This is a old documentary. It pre-date the recent Russia-Ukraine war.
There is another Army protecting Europe right now. And it needs more weapon.
Meanwhile anyone here in germany laughs at our rainbow-Bunte(colored)wehr and nobody believes that circus can defend anyone. Reading german comment sections under such videos is always super hilarious. And just talking to anyone here. Our military is a barrier until the real military arrives is the saying here
@@afrobandera1221 There is another army *being annihilated and mercilessly butchered for no gain whatsoever* for Europe right now, there, I fixed the accuracy of your comment, your welcome.
Thank you for believing in us but no, at the moment we arent ready at all 😭
Can never go wrong with German engineering
They engineered the Holocaust too
Ummmm yeah... Like a Volkswagen Diesel!! To say nothing of Topfe and Sohns!!
You obviously don’t know very much about recent German weapons…
@@khaldrago911 that’s why they use the older models corn nut
@@B-G556okay boomer! 😂
It's interesting how tactics have changed over the decades. Towards the end of WW2, it was realised that most combat took place at ranges far less than the effective range of a standard service rifle. Thus the assault rifle was born with an effective range of about 200 metres. Now we are returning to ranges of pre WW2.
So going back to the G3 days. The good old debate of intermediate and full power round is back. The problem is or was the area of use. Afghanistan was predominately a long range battlefield, Europe especially in what we see in Ukraine is a close quarter, with lot's of ammo use. I believe the DMR and 5.56 combo is best for Europe.
Germans have always had very solid small arms. To say the least. Like comparing and contrasting their hardware with comparable US weapons.
@@phillipbanes5484 All clones from STG44 piston. German. ;)
@@chrisb2942 Uhm... nope. The G3 was derived from the StG45, which used blow back instead of gas operated pistons. The G36 is believed to be based upon the AR18 system. And the G95/HK416 is obviously based on the AR15.
AR's are not too shabby either. 😉
They should have done a 53 with an integral suppressor like the MP5SD. An HK53SD. That would be badass.
Pretty bad ass, I love it.
Misleading video, the G36 was replaced by the 416 which is also a 5.56 calibre.
Gotta loved the germans ingenuity.
I like the new GNG! My lord. Nice work gentleman.
Awesome video❤
Should have a 30 round magazine as well..
i don't think it would be a great idea to walk around all day with a heavier infantry rifle, sure they could supply some 30 rounder's but it's berter for them to use the 20's as standard. also they are not the first one to do so with a .308 rifle, the FN FAL comes with standard 20 round mags too, just saying they're in the army not at a range day to put a f*cking drum mag and enjoy the 5-8 seconds before emptying it on full auto. stay safe brother 💪🏼
@@MBT_EE-T1_Osorio Yeah, 7.62mm is bulky and heavy by comparison, there is a reason 30rd mags are much less common in that caliber. Also, those mags would be really long and stick out too far, that has handling implications on top of the weight concerns.
Hekler and Koch ❤
I love to use these Weapon as a Combat Medic.😊
Referring to a debate in the German Bundestag in 2019, triggered by a request from the opposition, it turned out that the Bundeswehr is only 53 percent operational. This has not changed until 2022, the inspector general of the Bundeswehr once again stated that the Bundeswehr, in its current state, is not in a position to defend the Federal Republic. For example, the Bundeswehr only has ammunition for a week should it be used. For this statement, the General Inspector of the German Armed Forces was fired by the new Minister of Defence, Pistorius. The Bundeswehr is an army for parades and maneuvers, but not for a serious confrontation. Many weapon systems are just complicated and prone to problems. The new Puma infantry fighting vehicle is still not working properly to this day. New frigates for the Federal Navy entered fleet service two years late, the electronics simply did not work. The new weapon system "Mantis" was particularly negative. It partially failed completely. The Bundeswehr doesn't even have enough warm winter clothing. Bundeswehr soldiers who are stationed in Lithuania had to feel this firsthand in the winter of 2022/23. Or the G36 assault rifle, hardly ever used by the troops, it is exchanged again. Even the German tank force has lost its myth of indestructibility. Syria, Yemen and Ukraine have shown this more than clearly. The Bundeswehr is a huge construction site and the 100 billion euros for modernization will not change anything. All secretaries of defense for the past 17 years simply had no idea of their job, they were civilians. Then there are the many civilian agencies or semi-military administrative bodies that have more decision-making powers than any Bundeswehr officer himself.
To be fair, letting an officer decide which systems to buy might not be the best idea, I bet everyone has a weapon he likes better than others or has gripes with a certain weapon system. It's not going to be objective; Trials are needed to objectively figure out what works. The main issues are twofold: - Manufacturers get broad requests from the armed forces and are tasked with developing a system that does all the various jobs, instead of being specialized on one thing. The result is mediocrity in all things in order to not have several different systems - streamlining supply lines at the cost of effectiveness - Manufacturers also have too much leeway in the contracts; if a system doesn't work or takes too long to enter service, there are barely any consequences. As a result, you get a lot of half-baked systems at massive delay and cost overruns. Those two points obviously are connected; if we were to get specialized systems for individual jobs, it should be possible to also put the screws to the manufacturers, because we take away the excuse of "complexity" while giving the engineers a clear focus. Yes, troops will need to learn more diverse systems, but if each one works reliably and you can bring the right tool for the job every time you will also get better results overall. Since we moved away from conscription, any soldier signing up is a valuable resource so we should invest more into training anyway to make sure they are as capable as possible.
Is the G27 the same as the M27 IAR the US Marines have? Only in a larger caliber?
Seems like the same idea, full auto, magazine-fed, slightly heavier Barrel. except they call it a "light support weapon." LSW's are a fairly rare class in modern war, similar to the automatic rifle. Forgotten weapons has a great series of videos on what makes each class of small arm distinct from the next.
Sadly The Mp7 Has a a bit of an Callange whit State of the Art Rifle Ratet Armour what most Militarys issue. But i think it still is one of the best Smgs out there.
The modern stuff, probably. But I'm not sure many countries have fully replaced existing body armor in the armories, I bet if you looked at Ukraine right now you would see a lot of frontline troops on both sides who won't have modern armor the MP7 couldn't handle and I'm almost certain it's gonna be a similar story in other armed forces.
I think the best military rifle will be the Sig Sauer Spear with the 6.8m x 51. The Us Army accepted Sigs rifle. That bullet comes out extremely fast and at great distance The German military has a high quality weapons.
my goodness and what kind of bloody round is that? Not a gun connoisseur, today is the first time im hearing such an ammunition exists. It really must be a big improvement over the 763x39, 556x45 and 762x51?
@@lonewulfmo9128it’s a new round developed for the US Army to bridge the gap of intermediate and full powered rifle round. Slightly smaller bullet but much higher pressure. Casing is a brass body with a steel rimmed bottom.
@@RyanTomScott cool.
Great weapons
My mind was blown when I saw the MP7's pins weren't captured...
I believe I've seen MP7s with captive pins but those might be aftermarket parts.
Reinventing the CETME/G3 60 years later...
"its even possible to fit a silencer".....no sh!it lol. overall neat, I haven't heard much about the MG5 before ,mostly just the MG3. would love to see more on the optics they're using.
Is MG5 based on Mag 58 / M240?
Seems everyone's going for an AR type rifle.
This rifle look so good. But it is very expensive. Very expensive!!!
My son is in this help guys am😢
"Hammer and sickle" they couldn't come up with something better?
So modern armies are looking for a modernized ver. of weapons like G3. Firepower and range with a trade-off lightweight and ammo carrying capacity like the M3 carbine.
"..it has a telescopic sight with four times magnification an a red dot can be switched on" BRUH
like the good old days
"the magazine can hold either 10 or 20 rounds of 7.62" what????
100 or 200 probably
The G27 fires 7.62X51 NATO. He states that in the narration.
The narrator says ,"the magazine can hold either 10 or 20 rounds of 7.62" hink hard about that statement and then ull get what i mean @@Chiller11
for the ppl who dont understand the confusion, if u got a 20 rd magazine you can load it from 1 to 20 rounds, you arent stuck with a set ammount like 10 or 20, no inbetweens here. Thats what i meant. @@MicMc539
@@darktrojan00no need to clarify. Germany is a NATO member and will use nato standard ammo. Quite obvious what 7,62 means then.
Gibt nix geileres als Heckler & Koch
price of the weapon
What optics are being used on those guns?
Hendsoldt Zoi
Elcan
criminal sideeye from the G3 and the MG21
This limtation are mostly becouse obsolite catridge, so we just will adopt new rifle with same ammo.
Fast and furious German firepower? Like Blitzkrieg?
Wow 👍👋👋
this is why we need MG42
Ya send them to Ukraine to fight evil Putin regime.
Awesome weapon
Still have MG3, what's your point ?
Interesting...
H&K is big brothers favorite arms manufacturer and oppressor.
How are you supposed to attain 600 rounds per minute with 20 round magazines?
That's the theoretical rate. An m-16a1 can accomplish up to 1100 rpm. Wildly impractical in practice, but you can dump a mag into a group in short order.
Nothing new here. We had the G3 with identical calibre in the 60s
modularity
7.62mm Ammunition In my day we {Australia) carried SLR & M60's in the 1980's, we {Australia) changed the ammunition & weapons away from 7.62 to 5.56mm to be inline with NATO & the United States. Now 40yrs on the world is discovering the 5.56mm has not enough kick, so countries are changing back to 7.62mm - It makes me shake my head 🙄
The G27 better be in the new MW3. Looks amazing!
เยอรมัน คือต้น กำเนิดหลายอย่าง เช่น เครื่องจักร รถยนต์ /เคมี / (องการนาซ่า ของusa ต้นกำเนิดก็ ชาวเยอรมัน )
German engineers are the best
In Ireland 🇮🇪 the armed police use the MP7
In the Middle East, Jordanian Special Forces use MP7.
The best assault rifle in the world
1:08 I knew he was talking sht when he said silencer lmao. 5:09 I never heard a GPMMG haha
"General Purpose Medium Machine Gun" isn't that weird, it's rather descriptive for what you'Re looking at.
The G95 will be a great replacement for the G36.
Fast and furious my arse.
The Germans went with the m27 aye :P
Its an HK417 and an German rifle. In the German army its called G27 and in the longer marksman version G28
Im aware. But its annoying that many americans keep saying m27@@phillipbanes5484
Its not that deep. It just literally is an HK417, in Germany nobody calls its by its army name either it just gets confusing. Also it indeed is an German gun, its not just German made, the whole gun system is improved and by that more reliable and accurate in many situations then the orginal platform . Thats why many including many US units change to the HK416 or HK417. But I dont care im not even German, im an Croatian living in Germany who just was in the army haha@@phillipbanes5484
Is anyone else getting foreign adds as you watch this😂
No 416?
Budweiser Infantry?
My son hoooo😢😢😢
5.56 mm and now back to 7.62 mm
The German use signals like Hammer and Sickle =))))))
From Russia. I am against the war. Every building that you try to penetrate will be heavily mined, so doors and windows are not that safe. Don't be confused by SWAT team breaks in some CIVIL building. They can use doors and windows, military should not.
Glad to hear the hammer and sickle call signs are still a thing makes me happy to see the Soviet union being integrated as a cultural significance
THAT A 7.62 -416
Dribble! just moved back to 7.62mm
57/8 Mm mause mg 34-42 that OK
Germn military always have light arms to fight pirates and terrorist but not heavy and WMD to fight modern warfare against formidable enemies...
A: germany is still occupied B: germans dont want to be involved in War even in their government wants to change that
By “always” I’m assuming you mean the past 78 years.
We have small arms manufacturing, and we used to have a lot of tanks. It was dropped due to cost considerations after the soviet union broke down and the cold war was considered over. Lots of heavy weapons and WMDs were shunned because there is now a stigma against a militarized Germany because of WW2, and we still haven't fully overcome that notion that Germany must never be able to go to war again.
Looks a little like my AR-15 ,, Totally awesome 👌🏻 but mine is American 🇺🇸💪🏻
Smith & Wesson, Bushmaster or DPMS ?
@@carltarrant1080 Rugar AR556
@@adriannarobeson4758 Cool
There is another Army protecting Europe right now. And it needs more weapon.
That would be the Russian Army protecting Europe form American Insanity. 27 genders anyone? P.S. The Russian Army has all the weapons it needs.
308 is such a love-hate with Western militaries. It's not the best at all... but it's also not replaceable.
Пластиковый пулемет...а при какой температуре пластик становится мягким??😂😅🎉
The troops can discuss among themselves to determine who gets to hump the housing versus the tripod for the HK Gramawa.🤣
your comment is irrelevant
so is yours@@Kinyua6
@@Kinyua6no, its funny if you ever had to hump that thing around
M110?
A1 variant, the original M110 is SR-25
Wonder where they got the idea for that gun. Looks like a 416. 416 looks like an M16. They should just stick with an HK53 with the solid stock. The collapsible stock looks g@y as f. Same for the MP5. The MP5SD and the HK53 w/ solid stock are the sexiest guns HK ever built.
I will bet the Bundeswehr will very much like the German designed US Army's SIG M7 assault rifle, SIG suppressor and Vortex sight system and the M250 light machine gun, both firing the 6.8 x 51 cartridge which is much more effective than the 7.62 x 51 current NATO cartridge. Also the .338 Norma magnum medium machine gun may be adopted by NATO. SIG is on a ROLL!
I wonder where the comments from Americans that they can't buy this in the US are...usually that is the main complaint with any H&K military weapon.
How much better is it than the original G3?
The G3 is a dinosaur of the cold war, altough it is precise the action is quite crude and it has violent felt recoil and there is no good mounting for scopes. Spuhr modernized the swedish G3`s. But it makes just more sense to get a HK417 which checks all the boxes of a modern rifle - less recoil, mounting rails, hight accuracy and AR-like modularity etc. The G36 in my mind is just a plastic-AK in 556 with built in shitty reddot and shitty scope.
@@dortywings7217agreed on the g36 optics. They were high end at the time. Now they are not nearly up to date anymore.
@@busch_ii7450 the basic optic-concept was ahead of its time. But the scope and dot were still bad back then, I bet it was a budget decision. People were not open to 2000$ optics, the rifle was only 1500$.... They should rather have concentrated on the reddot, and got some nice German glass for one of the G36 in the squad.
@@dortywings7217 man that makes it even worse frick
@@busch_ii7450 At the time we still had conscription, so the army had a lot more personell to equip and train, and handing really expensive rifles to new conscripts would likely have cost too much. Can't have nice Zeiss optics on guns which will get dropped at least once by a new guy. Stuff got much more sturdy and reliable since then, and there's a reason the "built-in" optics are no longer a requirement for the next generation of service rifles.
Rail is too heavy on this rifle. Giessele makes one that is 1lb lighter.
It's a machinegun
It's a HK417
Sure, but in the german army is it named G27.
@@phillipbanes5484 ok, keep your flag and let the people prefer what they want. I prefer only german made. Btw, i only wrote what they were named for the german military and made by HK.
The G27 is nothing more than an AR10 designed by Armalite who also invented the M16 / AR15 5.56 x 45 rifles used by the US for decades.. Great rifles though! They should go to an intermediate cartridge though such as the 6.8 mm like the US is doing with Sig Saur rifles.. The intermediate cartridge still has the same range basically, and can penetrate bullet proof vests of our enemies and has more so called "Knock Down" power.. Mass X Velocity is KP. It's interesting that the German Army uses the same caliber "7.62 X 51 for their G27 and G5 and yet they replaced the G3 in the same caliber with the G36 which is the 5.56 X 45 Nato round because of the US and Nato. The old G3 was a great rifle. I've shot a few of them. So was the MP5 as we in the US call it.. I'm not sure what Germans call the 9mm sub gun. I'm sure they've replaced it by now. The older G3 used a delayed roller block action that worked great.. In ww2 the Germans learned about Urban warfare at the battle of Stalingrad.. Sadly, many never made it home. 😞 Germans make great weapons..! Too bad they can't own them..
@@phillipbanes5484 The Army is. They've already won the contract. SIG saur that is. I just read that one division will get the rifle soon, but I can't remember which division. The Marines are sticking with the 5.56 AR by H&K I believe. At least for now.
YES SIR ABSOLUTELY PERFECT STEPS .... WATCHING FROM INDIA SIR
Hammer and scicle huh😑
The G27 DMR Repetition Fire only and the select fire Assault Rifle version should be sent to Ukraine where it's up against Russian versions SVDM Baryshev AV.B 7.62x54R. MG 5 Germany given to Ukrainian Army = Russian Army PKP Pecheneg HK GMG AGL = AGS-30 and Balkan AGL Russian Army. Between German H&K and Russian Izhmash Kalashnikov Degtyarov and Tula Arms plants
Give them your own stuff
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti If we had enough to fully equip ourselves already, I's be all for it. As it stands, we need to actually get stuff into our own armories first, so we can then take the old surplus to send off first. Which is still going to be on par with russian stuff because it's from the same era. Although, sending some fancy really new items over for actual battlefield testing (now that the unfortunate situation exists) might be worth it.
Please quit calling them silencers. Anti gun people use that word to make firearms sound scarier.
Actually, the original patent was for a "Silencer". We were all taught- nothing is Silent - it Suppresses sound and flash. Both terms are now synonymous. We call it a Can anyway
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I find it amusing, the German Army is gradually realising that they have a marshmallow force.
3:52 americans if you see this please be kind since hes a gefreiter (private in american terms, just finished BT and not SOI) xDD
nvm that dudes got a silver band, he be a future infantry officer :(
German Army are very efficient !
Mereka MENCOBA MERAMPOK .. DENGAN ALIH ALIH KHOTBAH CERAMAH, DI HADANG P.C ,SMARTSZ ATOM AGAAINTZZZZ😂 MEREKA WHOZS THEYDH .
G-36 are preetier