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== Heckler & Koch MG36 ==  
== Heckler & Koch MG36 ==  


[[Image:MG36.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Heckler & Koch MG36, 5.56x45mm with Beta C-Mag drum magazine and Bundeswehr double sights]]
[[Image:MG36.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Heckler & Koch MG36, 5.56x45mm with Beta C-Mag drum magazine and Bundeswehr double sights]]


=== Video Games ===
=== Video Games ===
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==Heckler & Koch SL8==
==Heckler & Koch SL8==
[[Image:HK-SL8.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|Factory Heckler & Koch SL8 Target Match Rifle - 5.56x45mm /.223 Remington]]
[[Image:HK-SL8.jpg‎|thumb|right|500px|Factory Heckler & Koch SL8 Target Match Rifle - 5.56x45mm /.223 Remington]]
[[Image:H&KSL8Tactical.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|Heckler & Koch SL8 Tactical Match Rifle -  5.56x45mm.  This was the first aftermarket conversion of the SL8 rifle in the late 1990s with a custom "re-black" of the synthetic stock, custom cut for the ventilation holes in the forearm.]]
[[Image:H&KSL8Tactical.jpg‎|thumb|right|500px|Heckler & Koch SL8 Tactical Match Rifle -  5.56x45mm.  This was the first aftermarket conversion of the SL8 rifle in the late 1990s with a custom "re-black" of the synthetic stock, custom cut for the ventilation holes in the forearm.]]
[[Image:H&KSL8BlackTacticalMod.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Heckler & Koch SL8 Tactical Sniper Rifle, Aftermarket "re-black" of the grey synthetic body of the SL8 and upgraded with G36 high capacity magazine well and G36 bipod  -  5.56x45mm.  However, most snipers use the 10 round magazines when they fire from the prone position.]]
[[Image:H&KSL8BlackTacticalMod.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Heckler & Koch SL8 Tactical Sniper Rifle, Aftermarket "re-black" of the grey synthetic body of the SL8 and upgraded with G36 high capacity magazine well and G36 bipod  -  5.56x45mm.  However, most snipers use the 10 round magazines when they fire from the prone position.]]
[[Image:SL8-1 newModel.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Heckler & Koch SL8-1 Commercial rifle - 5.56x45mm.  This is the newest version of the standard SL8.  Now the rifles come in black, straight from the H&K Factory and have a semi-raised rail handle (a 'compromise rail' that takes elements of the SL8 and the G36C/G36K Scope mounting systems.  U.S. Models are marked '''SL8-1'''.  The sportsman version of this rifle in Europe is called the '''SL8-6'''.]]
[[Image:SL8-1 newModel.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Heckler & Koch SL8-1 Commercial rifle - 5.56x45mm.  This is the newest version of the standard SL8.  Now the rifles come in black, straight from the H&K Factory and have a semi-raised rail handle (a 'compromise rail' that takes elements of the SL8 and the G36C/G36K Scope mounting systems.  U.S. Models are marked '''SL8-1'''.  The sportsman version of this rifle in Europe is called the '''SL8-6'''.]]


The Heckler & Koch SL-8 rifle was the company's attempt at selling a commercial 'sportsman' rifle based on the military G36 design.  They removed the 'offending' assault rifle type features to enable them to sell within Europe and the United States.  What many see as an 'emasculated' G36 rifle, was the form of the weapon that was approved for import by the BATFE in the United States.  Heckler & Koch has another variant of the SL-8 rifle that has a shorter threaded barrel, designed for a Suppressor, called the SL-9.  Airsoft companies and Video Games routinely mis-identify or misname these rifles.  The correct nomenclature designated for the '''real firearm''' is the one which should be used.
The Heckler & Koch SL-8 rifle was the company's attempt at selling a commercial 'sportsman' rifle based on the military G36 design.  They removed the 'offending' assault rifle type features to enable them to sell within Europe and the United States.  What many see as an 'emasculated' G36 rifle, was the form of the weapon that was approved for import by the BATFE in the United States.  Heckler & Koch has another variant of the SL-8 rifle that has a shorter threaded barrel, designed for a Suppressor, called the SL-9.  Airsoft companies and Video Games routinely mis-identify or misname these rifles.  The correct nomenclature designated for the '''real firearm''' is the one which should be used.

Revision as of 03:04, 21 June 2009

The Heckler & Koch G36 and variants can be seen being used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, video games, and anime:

Specifications

Type: Assault Rifle (G36, G36K, G36C, G36E), Light Machine Gun (MG36), Sniper Rifle (SL8)

Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO, .223 Remington

Capacity: 10, 30 round box magazine, 100 round Beta-C drum magazine

Fire Modes: Safe/Semi/Full-Auto, inclusion of burst-fire on some models

Heckler & Koch G36

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Heckler & Koch G36 with ZF 3x4° dual optical sight - 5.56x45mm
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Heckler & Koch G36E with export optical sight - 5.56x45mm

Film

  • Seen in the car trunk in Breach
  • Seen in the hands of Taliban/al-Qadea terrorists in Postal
  • Seen by many Sweepers, and by Brandt (Taye Diggs) during one of the raids in Equilibrium

Television

  • Used by virtual enemy soldiers, dressed like WW2 German officers, in the deadly video game on the show X-Files, The - Season 7, Episode 13 "First Person Shooter"
  • Seen in the room full of weapons in the M110 SASS episode Future Weapons

Video Games

Anime

  • Unknown military force assaulting the Soldats village in the Pyrenees in Noir

Heckler & Koch G36K

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Heckler & Koch G36K - 5.56x45mm
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Heckler & Koch G36K with Beta C Mag - 5.56x45mm
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Heckler & Koch G36K with Rail top - 5.56x45mm

Film

  • One of Yorgi (Marton Csokas)'s henchmen in XXX (fitted with rail sights, Beta-C drum magazine and C-More red dot sight)
  • A member of the French National Police in MR 73

Television

  • Used by Henderson's (Peter Weller) mercenaries during the bank robbery in Season 5 of 24

Video Games

Heckler & Koch G36C

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Heckler & Koch G36C - 5.56x45mm
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Heckler & Koch G36C - 5.56x45mm with RIS foregrip

Film

  • Simon Pegg as Sergeant Nicholas Angel in Hot Fuzz (fitted with G36 carry handle, laser pointer, and tactical flashlight)
  • FBI agents in Transformers (fitted with tactical flashlights)
  • Man in warehouse Max Payne (fitted with red dot sight)
  • Used by an assassin in Wanted (Standard G36 Carry Handle)
  • Used by Kable and other prisoners in Gamer

Television

  • Keifer Sutherland as Agent Jack Bauer (fitted with C-More red dot sights, and tactical lights), and by several terrorists in Season 5, 6, and 7 in 24
  • Seen on a wall in CSI: NY (episode: "Hostage", fitted with silencer and RIS foregrip)
  • Used by Criminals in Chuck

Video Games

  • ArmA II (can be fitted with a suppressor and EOTech red dot sight)

Heckler & Koch MG36

Heckler & Koch MG36, 5.56x45mm with Beta C-Mag drum magazine and Bundeswehr double sights

Video Games

Heckler & Koch SL8

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Factory Heckler & Koch SL8 Target Match Rifle - 5.56x45mm /.223 Remington
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Heckler & Koch SL8 Tactical Match Rifle - 5.56x45mm. This was the first aftermarket conversion of the SL8 rifle in the late 1990s with a custom "re-black" of the synthetic stock, custom cut for the ventilation holes in the forearm.
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Heckler & Koch SL8 Tactical Sniper Rifle, Aftermarket "re-black" of the grey synthetic body of the SL8 and upgraded with G36 high capacity magazine well and G36 bipod - 5.56x45mm. However, most snipers use the 10 round magazines when they fire from the prone position.
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Heckler & Koch SL8-1 Commercial rifle - 5.56x45mm. This is the newest version of the standard SL8. Now the rifles come in black, straight from the H&K Factory and have a semi-raised rail handle (a 'compromise rail' that takes elements of the SL8 and the G36C/G36K Scope mounting systems. U.S. Models are marked SL8-1. The sportsman version of this rifle in Europe is called the SL8-6.

The Heckler & Koch SL-8 rifle was the company's attempt at selling a commercial 'sportsman' rifle based on the military G36 design. They removed the 'offending' assault rifle type features to enable them to sell within Europe and the United States. What many see as an 'emasculated' G36 rifle, was the form of the weapon that was approved for import by the BATFE in the United States. Heckler & Koch has another variant of the SL-8 rifle that has a shorter threaded barrel, designed for a Suppressor, called the SL-9. Airsoft companies and Video Games routinely mis-identify or misname these rifles. The correct nomenclature designated for the real firearm is the one which should be used.


Film

  • TNT sniper in Bad Boys II (fitted with night-vision scope and tactical flashlight)

Television

  • Cuban assassin in CSI: Miami (episode: "Throwing Heat")
  • Neuro Hunter Team and various snipers in Painkiller Jane (Black stock version with Suppressor, G36C Scope rail, Harris Bipod and Tactical Scope)
  • (Katee Sackhoff) as Sarah Corvus in Bionic Woman (Black stock version with Suppressor, G36C Scope rail, Harris Bipod and Tactical Scope)

Video Games

  • F.E.A.R (As the "Armachem G2A2-C" with Beta C-MAG and incorrectly shown with full-auto capability)
  • Counter-Strike Online (as the "Eye trial SL-8 (Taiwan and Hong Kong version)" / "Soul hunting Cavalier SL-8( China version)" )