HK G11 Disassembly & How It Works!

In this special video I had the privilege of field stripping a Heckler & Koch G11. We strip the rifle down into its major assemblies and then explain how the ‘space magic’ works!

I explain how the recoil management system, which compensated for the recoil of firing a 3-round burst at ~2,000rpm, worked and how rifle’s ingenious rotating breech operated. This video demonstrates just how complex and ambitious the HK G11 was!

For more information and more photographs of the G11 disassembled check out the original article – here.

This is a remaster of an earlier video with a new fun intro and the full 1990 Aberdeen Proving Ground video filmed by HK, it is the best available look at the G11 in action. I’ve been meaning to remaster this video and make some additions for a while. Hope you enjoy it.

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