MG3 vs HK MG5: how to tell them apart
Two machine guns that are easy to mix up at a glance. Here is what tells them apart.
MG3
What gives it away
Long belt-fed gun with a perforated cooling jacket around the barrel and a bipod near the muzzle.
Used by
Germany, Norway, Lithuania, Pakistan, Turkey and others
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HK MG5
What gives it away
7.62 mm belt-fed gun like an enlarged MG4: angular polymer furniture, side-folding stock, top rail and bipod.
Used by
Germany
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