A Very Good Deactivated Heckler & Koch G3 Assault Rifle. 1990's SAS Type Use

With almost all it's original finish. As used by the SAS special forces of the British Army in the 1990's. The G3 is a 7.62mm battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CETME (Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales). The origin of this rifle can be traced back to the final years of World War II when Mauser engineers at the Light Weapon Development Group (Abteilung 37) at Oberndorf am Neckar designed the MKb Gerät 06 (Maschinenkarabiner Gerät 06 or "machine carbine device 06") prototype assault rifle chambered for the intermediate 7.92×33mm Kurz cartridge, first with the Gerät 06 model using a roller-locked short recoil mechanism originally adapted from the MG 42 machine gun but with a fixed barrel and conventional gas-actuated piston rod. It was realized that with careful attention to the mechanical ratios, the gas system could be omitted. The resultant weapon, the Gerät 06H (the "H" suffix is an abbreviation for halbverriegelt or "half-locked") was assigned the designation StG 45(M) (Sturmgewehr 45(M) or assault rifle) but was not produced in any significant numbers and the war ended before the first production rifles were completed.

Out of interest, the new rifle for the British army, the ArmaLite rifle, designed to boost the lethality of some of its specialist forces, according to a deal announced Sept. 7. 23, are being supplied at a cost of over.... £11,000 gbp, each.
To be known as the Alternative Individual Weapon System, or L403A1, in British service, the weapons will be manufactured in the United States by Knights Armaments, but assembled in the U.K. by Macclesfield, northwest England-based arms company Edgar Brothers.

Deactivated, Non EU sales Only. Can be redeactivated to EU/ UK spec. Not suitable for export shipping, for sale to over 18's only.

Any 20th century deactivated weapon sold by The Lanes Armoury is deactivated in the United Kingdom and hold London or Birmingham proof marks and a certificate stating that the weapon has been deactivated correctly, and complete with certificate.

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