The National Interest

The Heckler and Koch G11 Assault Rifle Can Fire 2,100 Rounds Per Minute

Key point: The end of the Cold War and the cost of unification killed the innovative G11 rifle. In the last days of the Cold War, West Germany developed perhaps the most advanced assault rifle of all ...
Task & Purpose

That time the Army nearly replaced the M16 with the pulse rifle from ‘Demolition Man’

Editor’s note: this post first appeared in April 2018 Decades before the U.S. military transitioned away from the M16 assault rifle in favor of the lightweight M4 carbine, the Army eyed an ...
The National Interest

2,100 Rounds a Minute: How Good Is Germany’s H&K G11 Rifle?

Key point: The G11 was revolutionary but too costly and unnecessary in the face of the end of the Soviet Union. In the last days of the Cold War, West Germany developed perhaps the most advanced ...