{"id":67021,"date":"2026-09-02T23:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=67021"},"modified":"2026-09-10T23:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T21:28:09","slug":"the-bundeswehr-shows-the-g95-rifle-the-replacement-for-the-g36-in-the-german-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/09\/02\/the-bundeswehr-shows-the-g95-rifle-the-replacement-for-the-g36-in-the-german-army\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bundeswehr shows the G95 rifle, the replacement for the G36 in the German Army"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since December 2025, the German Armed Forces have been in the process of distributing a new standard-issue rifle.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/08\/28\/the-features-of-the-german-armys-new-mercedes-benz-wolf-2-off-road-vehicle\/\">The features of the German Army's new Mercedes-Benz Wolf 2 off-road vehicle<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/08\/13\/multitarn-the-german-army-camouflage-to-replace-the-famous-flecktarn-of-1990\/\">Multitarn, the German Army camouflage to replace the famous Flecktarn of 1990<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>The new assault rifle is the Heckler & Koch G95, which will replace the G36.<\/strong> The G36 was selected in 1995 by the Bundeswehr to replace its aging G3 rifles. <strong>The new rifle is a derivative of the famous HK416<\/strong>, a weapon highly regarded by special operations units and currently the standard-issue rifle of the French Army. <strong>Yesterday, the Bundeswehr released an interesting video showing the G95 in action<\/strong> (the video is in German; you can turn on automatic English subtitles in the player):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Das neue Sturmgewehr f\u00fcr die Truppe: Das Gewehr G95\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8oWtxtQ03sI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The G95 has been used by the Kommando Spezialkr\u00e4fte (KSK, Special Forces Command) for several years<\/strong>, and is now being issued to regular troops of the German Army. The video shows soldiers from the 701st Armored Engineer Battalion in Gera training with this new weapon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55504774858_045ae0711a_o.jpgQ\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55504774858_122d09d19d_z.jpg\" style=\"width:661px; height:auto; border:2px solid #7F7261;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Like the HK416, the G95 is based on the AR-15 and M-16 rifle family<\/strong>, whose design is becoming widespread among small arms manufacturers thanks to the expiration of the M-16 patents. <strong>Like the American rifle, the G95 uses the 5.56\u00d745mm NATO cartridge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55505038935_8d02a89e29_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55505038935_8b0211c67c_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundeswehr.de\/de\/ausruestung-technik-bundeswehr\/ausruestung-bewaffnung\/gewehr-g95\/ausbildung-truppe-6147260\" target=\"_blank\">The Bundeswehr website highlights the positive reception of the new rifle among German soldiers.<\/a> <strong>Among other features, they point out its improved accuracy compared to the G36<\/strong>, its ergonomics, its sporty appearance, and its ease of use. <strong>Among its drawbacks, they note that the weapon requires more oil than the G36<\/strong>, as the latter is made primarily of plastic, while the new rifle has numerous metal parts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55504659056_3e352a24a3_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55504659056_d948462030_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another difference between the two rifles is that <strong>the recoil spring of the G95 is housed in the stock, while in the G36 it is located in front of it<\/strong>. This allows the recoil force to be concentrated closer to the body and, therefore, is easier to absorb, according to the Bundeswehr.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55505038950_42c74e0701_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55505038950_907b76fc12_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The G95's stock is adjustable for length of length, and the weapon features Picatinny rails<\/strong> for attaching accessories to both the handguard and the top of the receiver. <strong>On the G95, the charging handle is located on top of the receiver<\/strong>, whereas on the G36 it was in the center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55504659046_a6cec44e47_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55504659046_1aeebc96fb_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bundeswehr anticipates that approximately 20,000 G95 rifles in the KA1 version<\/strong>, with a short 355 mm barrel, a model based on the HK416A8, will have been delivered by the end of the year. <strong>Deliveries should be completed in 2023 with a total of 250,000 rifles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Images: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8oWtxtQ03sI\" target=\"_blank\">Bundeswehr<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since December 2025, the German Armed Forces have been in the process of distributing a new standard-issue rifle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11548,19534],"tags":[6686,16710,10929,27771,14900],"class_list":["post-67021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-armament","category-defense-portada-eng","tag-bundeswehr","tag-german-army","tag-germany","tag-heckler-koch-g95","tag-heckler-koch-hk416"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-30 22:15:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}