The Germans' last hope of leaving the MG3 machine gun.

The Germans' last hope to leave the MG3 machine gun? Tactical upgrade package appears.

This is a MG3KWS machine gun jointly developed by Rheinmetall and Tactical Group.

The gun is a tactical upgrade package, which is used to modernize and upgrade the active MG3 in Germany, improve its operational performance and improve its operational efficiency. The most prominent feature of this gun is that it is equipped with several picatinny rail and Steiner military 1-5×24 sights.

All this is caused by the MG5 7.62×5 1mm machine gun that the Germans are about to equip. In 20 10, a HK 12 1 machine gun was suddenly exhibited at the "open day for infantry" held in Hammerburg. Later, the Germans took it as a formal equipment and named it MG5.

This gun is obviously related to the 5.56×45mm MG4 machine gun. Although the performance is excellent, the whole German army thinks that the MG3 machine gun which has been tested in actual combat for many years is more reliable.

MG3 machine gun was originally developed by Rheinmetall, and was equipped with the German Bundeswehr in 1960s. This gun is actually a MG42 machine gun that fires 7.62×5 1 mm NATO ammunition. The MG42 machine gun, which is famous for its "Hitler chainsaw", has a firing rate as high as 1200 rounds per minute, and its gunfire is the last sound that allied soldiers want to hear in World War II.

Such a classic machine gun has served in the German Bundeswehr for more than 50 years after changing its caliber. The excellent performance of MG3 made all the machine gunners full of praise. The Germans also equipped more than 10000 MG3 machine guns. Replacing them all with MG5 is really a big expense.

So Rheinmetall and the tactical team developed this upgrade package to upgrade the MG3 machine gun, so as to keep this classic machine gun and save the replacement cost. This is the background of the development of MG3KWS. The 50-round drum-shaped polymer chain box used by MG3KWS is the standard equipment of MG5 machine gun.

MG3KWS has added picatinny track above the case, which can be used to install various optical sights. A multifunctional handle is welded under the front guard wood, which can open the gun upwards. It can also be fixed downward, and the handle can be rotated to hold the gun body for waist shooting.

There are many improvements in the butt stock, such as adding a tripod and a steel shoulder plate, which makes it more convenient to touch the shoulder. The liftable cheek plate allows gunners to use various sights comfortably.

The MG3KWS machine gun has been tried in the German army. I hope this upgrade package can help the classic MG3 machine gun stay in the ranks of the German army.