The HK33 is a 5.56mm assault rifle developed in the 1960s by the West German manufacturer Heckler & Koch, chiefly for export markets. It uses the roller delayed blowback operating system of the earlier G3 rifle, scaled down to fire the .223 Remington and 5.56x45mm NATO cartridges, and entered production in 1968. It was manufactured under licence in Turkey by MKEK from 1999 onward and was adopted by armed forces in Brazil, Thailand and Malaysia along with police and special forces units in Germany, the United Kingdom and Peru, though it never matched the commercial success of the larger G3. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
Service Status Weapon Class Introduced Year Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category) Connections
Used In
Source Wikipedia: Heckler & Koch HK33
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikidata: Heckler & Koch HK33
Wikidata Q1142081, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Heckler & Koch HK33
service-status
service = 1968-present
Caliber attribute (heckler-and-koch-hk33)
It uses the roller delayed blowback operating system of the earlier G3 rifle, scaled down to fire the .223 Remington and 5.56x45mm NATO cartridges, and entered production in 1968.
Introduction
is a 5.56mm assault rifle developed in the 1960s by the West German manufacturer Heckler & Koch
- Used In: Vietnam War, infobox wars field: 'Vietnam War'
View the SourceForgotten Weapons: H&K's Middle Child, The HK33 and HK53 in 5.56mm
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