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 ...
In the last days of the Cold War, West Germany developed perhaps the most advanced assault rifle of all time. A compact weapon capable of firing a withering 2,100 rounds per minute, the Heckler and ...
The Cold War gave rise to a host of exotic weapons never fired, but none were quite as strange–and potentially revolutionary—as Heckler & Koch's G11. Affectionately referred to as "Kraut Space Magic" ...