The G3/SG1 was built for men who expect their rifle to work in thin air and bad weather, delivering hard truths at distance without asking for sympathy or excuses.

But what has made the G3 design so much more enduring than the FAL and M14? Is it actually a better rifle? After World War II, the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization collectively ...

In the late 1950s, the Bundeswehr, West Germany’s armed forces, needed a new infantry rifle. Part practical endeavor and part rebranding effort, the adoption of the G3 battle rifle was a symbolic ...