Mud Test: G36

[@exa1337]

Little known fact: The original G36 has a spring inside the FCG. If you push the end of that spring to one side, the gun has BHO. If you push it to the other side, the BHO is disabled. No one really knows why, so the rumors were a) to make the gun closer to the manual of arms of a G3 for the soldiers transitioning in the 90s or b) to be able to close off the system in sandstorms.

[@01Ezio]

Isn´t it descriped in the manual?

[@exa1337]

@@01Ezio That's a good question. But: No way for me to look it up anymore, as I'm not in the armed service anymore.

[@tommasomorandini1982]

For those that like me had a problem understanding: BHO: Bolt Hold Open FCG: Fire Control Group

[@exa1337]

@@tommasomorandini1982 Yes, thank you for clearing that up. In Germany we would say "Verschlussfang" for bolt hold open and "Griffstueck" for the fire control group.

[@Seraph323]

The answer is b. That feature was included to increase reliability in very adverse conditions

[@Mefostofiles84]

15 years of service with the G36, thousands of rounds shot on nearly every condition with more than 10 rifles. Never experienced a malfunction. Simply put: when you pull the trigger, it shots. Period.

[@YouGoFlu]

Same with all other guns

[@sonatine3266]

@@YouGoFlu Not really. xD

[@MarkusMahlberg]

Not as much experience, but still enough. It does its job and sufficiently well. I wish we could say that about all weapon systems. Drones anyone?

[@JesusFriedChrist]

it *shoots*

[@andersjjensen]

@@YouGoFlu Negative. I served with a G3. Once it got dirty it was very picky about proper shoulder contact. If you didn't jam up against it way more than what was necessary to comfortably shoot the gun the bolt wouldn't go back far enough to cycle properly, so you'd end up with a spent casing being stuck half way out the ejection port. This is saying something, as the .308 Nato is not exactly a small pew pew of a bullet.

[@CatMonster3]

"No, the gun sucks, that can't be true! It must be some special German-regulation mud that they shipped from the H&K's gray room!"

[@joe125ful]

Lol?.)

[@WesternGopnik1]

Haha gun go bang bang

[@foist101]

"It doesn't even have 'lOoSe ToLeRaNcEs'!"

[@djbray7]

@Anonymous Person Someone's salty.

[@gewuerzwanze5627]

the main complaint from the german military higherups was that it got inacurate after 1 minute on full auto superior german engineering requires elevated german regulations and requirements

[@ghostjeff4963]

A moment of silence for the wheelbarrow. She served well.

[@name-k7t]

Ghost Jeff f

[@Mr_Blonde-ru9kd]

For a sec I thought it didn't resist the torture test

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

Aug users: test invalid!

[@Tulder]

O7

[@nirfz]

"Einachsdreiseitenkipper" "one-axle-three-side-tipper"

[@HecklerKochTV]

Not surprised 💁🏾‍♀️

[@francksix245]

Seeing this comment from H&K. A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@arercon]

lol this really is the h&k account

[@bunnaydawg2864]

lol it is the real HK, why did the HK416 failed while this one didnt? both are short stroke systems using the same caliber, and the 416 has less spaces for mud to enter...

[@amoredfist]

@@kw2270 ah, noch einer der von ard und zdf manipuliert wurde. zur info, h&k hat den prozess gegen die brd gewonnen, das g36 funktioniert einwandfrei und exakt wie bestellt.

[@PlayBirdLP]

@@kw2270 du hast keine ahnung von waffen junge...

[@Immortal..]

Guns that have passed so far: G36 AR15 Luger P08 Scar-H AR10 Cetme-L Winchester 1895 Desert Tech MDR (.308) 1912 Steyr-Hahn Pistol Any more?

[@jaredjackson1845]

Immortal the scar 17

[@metaphorpritam]

Scar-H and the Cetme-L

[@Magey_McMage]

BRN180 passed ludicrously well

[@jdslipknot]

M16 and the M4 variant they tested.

[@CplWilding]

FG42 also passed.

[@peterkroger7112]

Unbeleavable! Having been shooting it myself during my mandatory service, I expected it to fail miserably. I thought the mud should have been shuved from the top and sides of the bolt carrier right into the action after the first short. Turns out if been wrong. So, big thumps up for our combat tupperware!

[@creepyendy]

wir Deutschen bauen nur Flughäfen die nicht funktionieren sonst ist bei uns alles top ware. XD

[@janisinisalo]

Combat Tupperware =D

[@arieheath7773]

They really are great guns. It’s a shame the German military is replacing it.

[@DerLoladin]

@@arieheath7773 Well, we'll see about that. That might very well remain an indefinite "maybe" until the people responsible for the fake outrage at the G36 have been able to get out of dodge entirely.

[@joelerk6298]

@@creepyendy hahahaha der war gut😂😂

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

"Light and plasticy, feels like toy." Hmmm.....I remember that being said about some other gun too. Just can´t remember what...?

[@Ruzaraneh]

ah yes the mattel 16 or M16

[@NuclearRockstarMD]

Mattel 16 has entered the chat

[@arya31ful]

My first time handling that during basic i was thinking it was a toy too.

[@cheezburgrproduction]

One of the best toys ive ever seen. It can even play in the mud!

[@GabrielWarlock]

@@Ruzaraneh You mean Poodle Shooter, right?

[@derwahrebendikt1079]

Die Ladehemmung muss an der amerikanischen Munition gelegen haben, anders kann ich mir solche Unannehmlichkeiten nicht vorstellen !

[@peterpta]

Da haben Sie recht, mein Herr! Nur das kann die Erklärung sein!

[@1993spectre]

Bendikt I’ll translate that: The gun jamming must have been due to the bad US-Ammo. There simply is no other logical explanation. ;-)

[@progamertwo-oh-oh-one890]

Das ist ja auch kein mitteleuropäischer Schlamm, sondern amerikanischer Wüstensand mit Wasser. Mit Europäischem Schlamm wäre das nicht passiert

[@gintonic5770]

Dieser Kommentarbereich ist jetzt Eigentum der BRD

[@herosstratos]

haha Natürlich wurde das G36 für echten russischen Schlamm (Rasputiza) entwickelt. ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0?wprov=sfla1

[@JacksonParodi]

0:36 round of applause for the InRangeTV visual effects department

[@FinnishComrade]

Thank you Steven for your sacrifice, it did not go without appreciation

[@agermangoose4797]

It's almost like a closed system does better in muddy conditions... Wonder where I heard that before :D, greetings from Germany.

[@worldoftancraft]

I think, that in that case, the plastic also did the job

[@Stoney3K]

It's almost like the light weight and simplicity of the G36 is kind of its main selling point.

[@HolyFurryFish1998]

@Brian Ross based

[@Klovaneer]

AUG is a closed system and got turbofucked. There are other things at play.

[@compwiz101]

@Brian Ross Bruh, don't be that uncle that never gets invited to family events because halfway through the first can of bud he won't stop relating every topic back around to his favorite political issue.

[@DerSkorpion88]

Wow, to be honsest I'm surprised and impressed. I served with the G36 in the german Army and knew that it's a tough piece of plastic. We also went trough water, mud and dust with it but this is way more intense than the rifle would, probalby, ever experience in normal duty. You can also find a "stress-test" video by HK itself on youtube. 5 min and 900 rounds in full auto until it catches fire. Worked still afterwards.

[@mats7492]

@Yankee Gohome maybe second generation immigrants?

[@Stormcloakvictory]

Grensgebied misschien

[@DerSkorpion88]

@Yankee Gohome nope, german. The Name is funny in german

[@BicyclesMayUseFullLane]

@Yankee Gohome Hey, could be that 1 DE/NL Corps thing or whatever it's called. It's all pretty weird nowadays.

[@weasle2904]

Yeah but due to its polymer construction it loses accuracy due to the heat. Other designs such as the AR-15 do not suffer from this problem, and are lighter. And no this isn't down to some dumb test InRange did. I mean over long periods of time, the polymer WILL shift over the course of years.

[@aeis3007]

*sees it's a G36* "Whelp this will be quick" *looks at the video time of **4:55* "Ha knew it" *watches the video* "I have been bamboozled"

[@boymahina123]

Lol

[@WhiteDwarfVR4]

Haha, same!

[@WIRRUZZZ]

Was kinda in a hurry and wanted to see if I had time for the video right away or better save it for later. Saw four minutes something, thought this will either be really bad or really good. Glad it went the way it did. Finally a peice of Bundeswehr kit that works the way it should (unless sombody comes along to talk shit about it for reasons)

[@cg8212]

They had us in the first half, not gonna lie!

[@ThunderBuddy]

Same

[@florianwilke2162]

Lets see if this german gun will jam! German Gun: NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN! NEIN!

[@0xA9F]

Sie leben seit 20 Jahren neben der Autobahn.....

[@BillMcGirr]

Lol...🤣

[@Evergreen1400]

I love all the German comments in this thread, i have no clue what my German cousins are saying but got damn it I like it lol.

[@julian7247]

@@Evergreen1400 we are discussing that the one hiccup at the beginning was probably due to the american made ammunition XD

[@weasle2904]

@@julian7247 Despite the fact Americans are known for the best ammunition in the world...

[@GruntBurger]

This doesn't confirm my bias. Rejected.

[@krautandsalo]

This totally confirms my bias tough 😁 I fell in love with that gun, the moment I first held one, and love it ever since. Given how I used to hate the thing because I used to think it's terribly ugly, that was quite an impression it made in me :D

[@stonealexander8233]

Karl: "Im not gonna get mud on the optic, its a rare optic" *gets mud on optic

[@RyoLeo]

Stone Alexander keyword try

[@stonealexander8233]

@@Shadow0fd3ath24 it's a joke lmao

[@Hanzer-ns5bh]

I screamed

[@HandloadOfFun]

rare maybe, but crap none the less.

[@EfftupSmith]

@Hindadubfing Official I understand the eye relief is pretty horrible on it, and certainly is on my airsoft version but mostly, I think people just forget how quickly technology moves on and forgets how long some of these things have been about. Like people also say the SUSAT on the L85 is not good compared to say an ACOG or Aimpoint, but in 1986 when the L85 came out, neither of those existed, the USA only JUST got the M16A2 with no rails and no optics fitted as standard. Nowadays it's all picatinny and the flexibility of using what you want but when the AUG. L85 and G36 came out these were not standard things. Newer G36s of course have adjustable length of pull and cheek rest plus different rails to keep more up to date.

[@3gunslingers]

1:44 this is how my G36 looked like according to the Feldwebel back in basic training after I only cleaned it for two hours.

[@JazzJaRa]

LoL i still remember when my Oberfeldwebel told me "You still got an elephant stuck in your barrel!" in my basic training xD

[@KingSpittusFactus]

same

[@obiuss]

Only two hours? No wonder he found dirt. Lemme guess? ear swab to the patronenlager?

[@stunningandbased5516]

@@obiuss absolute classic

[@PieterBreda]

Our neighbours (the Germans) don't do mud. They have a very tidy country. If you drive in the Ardennes, you don't need a sign to see if you are in Belgium, France or Germany. Once, you are in Der Heimat everything is neat, tidy, well maintained, clean and organised. Great quality

[@Bob5mith]

I know you're joking but you've clearly never been to Hohenfels.

[@FelisSilvestrisBE]

That and the distinct lack of BIG potholes

[@tarmaque]

Interestingly, my Grandfather said the same thing about Germany after WWII. He said he hated France because it was "dirty," but when he got to German even though it had been bombed into the stone age every thing was tidy and fairly clean. (Note that my Grandfather was in the Army Air Corps and didn't see any "front line action.") When he came back after the war he married a girl who's parents were German immigrants. My Great Grandparents were almost stereotypically German, although my Great Grandfather changed his name from Heinrich to Henry during the First World War.

[@Bob5mith]

@@Hansengineering Does the moon dust from the training area fly into town when it's dry?

[@wingracer1614]

Maybe so but Germans driving through the Ardennes is usually a very bad sign.

[@Magey_McMage]

These mud tests have honestly given me a much better respect for the AR platform (15/180 specifically). While they're literally everywhere and one might think that makes them boring and average, it really is because they are the best damn mass issue, mass produced rifle out there today. Thank you Eugene Stoner and your anti-mud magic.

[@FirstDagger]

And remember, the G36 is based on the AR18 with major improvements.

[@panzerschiff9805]

@@FirstDagger Aren't like 80% of Modern Military Assult rifles Ripoffs of the AR-18?

[@crabyman3555]

@@panzerschiff9805 the more iconic ones are (SA80, G36, I think Italian rifle too), but I think in terms of raw numbers nope. The older AR-15 is more wide spread (I think), and then there are a bunch of AK look alikes in their actions (FN FNC, South korean and Japanese rifles, Swiss Sig-550)

[@iceblade019]

@@panzerschiff9805 and that shows exactly how innovative the ar-18 is

[@jayn8392]

I do find them pretty boring. But that is because they are such great rifles that they are absolutely everywhere and as I shoot mainly for fun and will more than likely never be in any sort of combat, I enjoy shooting things I haven't shot a million times a bit more. Don't get me wrong, if I did have to use a rifle to defend myself the AR would be my got to, and I do have one and have lots of experience with it, but I very rarely see a new AR and go "Damn, that thing is bad ass". Nothing against the gun though, just not an exciting one for me.

[@ABowlofPho]

Great video, Karl. I kind of expected this result from the testing, seeing how it seemed like a very well sealed design from the get go. It hurt a bit seeing my rifle getting all mudded up at first, but seeing it keep running afterwards made my day for sure. I've always been fascinated by the platform, and I'm glad to see it prove its worth after all the political mess it's had to deal with. I'd like to see it get the respect it deserves, rather than it just being derided by the Internet with what's a much more complex controversy than what's typically just shown on the surface. Excellent work.

[@lairdcummings9092]

Thank you for loaning your weapon to be tested. That took some courage.

[@jacobackley502]

With how well the g36 worked, I think it's highly plausible that the one round that didn't fire was simply a dud.

[@andersjjensen]

Sounds plausible. It was fully in battery and the hammer drop on those isn't finicky. At least not that I've ever heard.

[@Grimmsaw]

"Nooooo you can't just pass the mud check with plastic toy gun!!!!" "Haha g36 go boom boom boom"

[@littlegrabbiZZ9PZA]

This is more or less my experience with the thing. Reference: I've been paid to do (sometimes muddy) things with this gun for the last 14 years.

[@petrl9838]

Did you ever experience any problems with accuracy?

[@turboseize]

@@petrl9838 He probably hasn't. I certainly have not, and I have served 12 years in the Bw, a few of those as an instructor in a basic training unit. You give this gun to a new recruit that never has held a gun in his hands before and he hits. Except in bad crosswinds or when the target is hidden behind thick vegetation, but that's because of the tiny ammo. However, I have missed a few shots with this gun in a training - simulated ambush, intense fight on short distances and then the long range shots towards the enemys support group were all not very brilliant. But before I blame that on a lack of accuracy the hot gun, I'd rather think of my lack of skill, my escalated heart rate and the adrenaline as culprits. All guns loose accuracy when hot, but I feel skill has a much greater impact. Your average soldier will not be able to shoot accurately enough in such a scenario to ever notice that the gun is failing him. Also, in my 12 years, I've seen less than ten misfires with life rounds. All of these were due to overaged and faulty ammo, which either didn't ignite at all or were hangfires. Blanks, on the other hand... well, let's put it this way: blanks were an excellent tool to train how to clear the gun and get her functional again.

[@littlegrabbiZZ9PZA]

@@petrl9838 Not really. Standard combat loadout is 180 rounds, so if you mag-dumped the required 150 to cause zero drift then you've got *much* bigger problems. Then again, 180 is standard/doctrine. We usually run around with 270, plus whatever spare belts the machine gunner doesn't want to lug around. Overall, I'm happy with the gun and the 4x scope, but I *hate* the red dot. It's just horrible, there's $30 airsoft stuff that offers a wider field of view, more light transmission, and a crisper dot.

[@willkenny5687]

That_German_Guy Well, seeing as the optic was developed in the early days of RDS development, It doesn’t surprise me that the red dot is subpar.

[@littlegrabbiZZ9PZA]

@@willkenny5687 It was bad even for the time. I had a better dot sight on my shotgun at the time, and it cost me less (excluding the custom mount)than the Army paid for the one on the G36. It wasn't as subpar as it is today, but still not that good at all.

[@karlbrundage7472]

When I was on the job I carried a G-36K with the Navy trigger group (S-SS-3Rnd-Full). I shot many thousands of rounds through it, including a great deal of steel-case training ammo. I never experienced a malfunction, nor noted any undue wear or damage from excessive use. Great weapon for LE..................................

[@AzulGatos41]

“If you wanted the best, you’d pick German.” - Ahoy

[@rodeanalfanteforcadela7645]

Aha!

[@MagronesBR2]

That guy could read the records of the House of Commons from 1865 to 1880 and still would be amazing. Some people have the gift.

[@progamertwo-oh-oh-one890]

Man Ahoys videos are just awesome, with voice

[@bomberharris9322]

haha Still remember the times where he was XboxAhoy and would do MW2 Weapon Showcases

[@hbtm2951]

Really weird coming from a english man

[@philipwilkin2667]

Viele Grüße aus Deutschland! Greetings from Germany! Great channel. :)

[@collinmclaren6608]

*"Welcome to Arizona; spent casings in your dirt, murder hornets coming to kill us."* You're a few steps away from living in a fallout wonderland.

[@diamondflaw]

Cazadores on the horizon.

[@hewhoisknownastaco]

@@diamondflaw Almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

[@antonioarroyas7662]

Funny Carl is best Carl!

[@e.d3997]

There's a video of presumably H&K staff testing a full auto G36 and putting somewhere near 900 rounds nonstop through the gun with the only problem being that the barrel literally cathes on fire. The very large German man keeps going until it gets too hot for him to hold. After it cooled down he fired another 30 rounds with no problem at all. Though I doubt the gun was particularly accurate afterwords, either way that and the mud test just cements the idea in my mind that the G36 is a very reliable weapon all around.

[@Rotsteinblock]

The handguard catches on fire, not the barrel itself. Here's the video you mentioned: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4XFhax8odSYosU

[@kniter01]

It did better than the HK416? Not bad for a gun that is 600 dollars a unit (to the Bundeswehr) lmfao

[@Komet1305]

Why does the price of a firearm make it better? Just look at the Grease gun...

[@user-njyzcip]

@@Komet1305 If something is simple enough to be cheap it's probably simple enough to be reliable too. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

[@Frontline_view_kaiser]

I cant believe the german military spend more on Flatscreen tvs than its Rifles

[@monarchco]

@@user-njyzcip that's factually inaccurate 😂 and you should know first hand considering you have an Asian name.

[@joemama.556]

i also read that its around 500€ per rifle for us, spain. we produce the G36E locally.

[@StrangerOman]

1:46 My heart just stopped when the gun stopped. I was having so many thought in my head. But with each successful shot I got back to life. I really thought G36 will pass, cuz it looked like a really enclosed system. I got my concerns for charging handle, but nope. Almost AR style pass. Thank you Steven, you absolutely mad lad for supporting both of my fav gun channels with epic gun. :)

[@Biker_Gremling]

Guess a perfectly designed firearm does not require a dust cover.

[@silencerbear9347]

Shots fired!

[@LIETUVIS10STUDIO1]

Rly bad take. We seen with dust tests, the dust cover does matter.

[@JoinMeInDeathBaby]

Nothing is perfect

[@whatarewedoinghere42]

DAS IST DIE DEUTSCHE SPITZENQUALITÄT! Great rifle! It's light, the design is very distinguishable and the quality is as the video shows!

[@Biker_Gremling]

@@LIETUVIS10STUDIO1 The AR-15 has a dust cover, and it doesn't need it. The AK has this dust cover safety thing, and it isn't working.

[@BokoDisraeli]

Love that no gun, gun rumor, or legend is sacred on this channel. That and Karl’s passive aggressive mocking.

[@tomthounaojam1987]

Finally, was waiting for this one for a long time, thanks

[@Panzerabwehr]

106 day’s, 16 Fire Fights, 4 times cleaning, this thing never let me down

[@Quillyik]

This makes my gustav become the schwerer gustav.

[@5skov]

yikes! :-)

[@PlacidDragon]

LOL!

[@The_Old_Gang]

Haha, had good laugh on that one :D

[@piggyharris7988]

I was wondering how I missed this one until I realized it was uploaded 8 minutes ago

[@timotheus2003]

I see G36, I click. However, a G36 covered in mud is also beneficial as it's invisible to the Predator.

[@Guy_East]

Of course it works! It wasn't consistent with the Official InRange wheelbarrow.

[@TheRay21420]

Minister of Def (Germany): Trust me! H&K community: Yeah, right!

[@Maximilian178]

The main gripes they have with the gun is the shift of impact after becoming hot. Yet, it is tough to find a gun that wont shift its point of impact at 300m after being shot hot or having been layed out in the desert-sun for two hours. Even M16 rifles will shift their point of impact when being shot hot, damn, even bolt-action rifles do that.

[@Marder1987]

@@Maximilian178 The testing conditions were strange, to say the least. Dumping 5 magazines on full auto and expecting the gun to shoot straight? That's 150 rounds. You wouldn't even do that to a machine gun, if you didn't need to.

[@-suiluj-]

Marder1987 and there Never was an official test to begin with!

[@Maximilian178]

@@Marder1987 exactly from the media reports I had a feeling as if they wanted a soldier to be capable to shoot an enemy through the eye at 300 meters after 3 hours of combat. It all seemed very ludicrous.

[@kucingmiumiu854]

underscores define hot? I am sure that I can make a gun inaccurate if I drop it in a hot forge? We can probably do the same thing also if fired a voluminous amount of round with the same gun. Let’s say 10k round? Any gun will have issues.......

[@9HoleReviews]

Did you just come up with a porn name for our channel? ❤️

[@InrangeTv]

Perhaps. I apologize, I'm so used to the words "9 Hole Drill" together in regards to stage design and V-Tac barricades that it just happened naturally on camera. :(

[@9HoleReviews]

InRangeTV nah, loved it. We were in the heat all day filming today too and we’re half dead. No idea what we said will we veg in AC for a while and review it in post... but for now, must clean the carnage from 7N6. Solid performance by the G36too, quite impressed! We’re putting this videos tags into our G36 videos right now

[@3KindsOfGuns]

Happy to see it passed! I got to run one during a foreign weapons familiarization course I did forever ago, full auto, same optic. I was impressed!

[@thorodinson5034]

Next week on InRangeTV: "Mud Test: Sd. Kfz. 171 - Panther"

[@Tulder]

Theyre going to need a bigger wheelbarrow

[@robertscott2210]

@@Tulder There's not enough water in Arizona.

[@compwiz101]

@@clothar23 Why wait? Just use differential steering while reversing lol

[@FearlessLeader2001]

@@compwiz101 cut that time down to 10 seconds!

[@chopinbloc]

I have a simple rule: I see an InRange mud test, I watch it.

[@HereticalKitsune]

I never thought I'd see that rifle with that scope combo ever here! :o I've used that rifle so often, I still can take it apart even after 12 years since last holding it, it's ingrained into my mind. xD And I am super impressed by how well it passed the Mud Test of Doom! As for it being plasticy, one of my sergants in Basic told us a story about when someone said it's plastic. When my sergeant first encountered the G36 he thought the same, only to get the stock into his face. Probably made up, but he also told us that a bunch of G36 got run over by a truck and still worked.

[@G-Mastah-Fash]

Elastic Plastic Fantastic

[@hugostiglitz7373]

I would like to thank Steven for donating his rifle for this test. A Tommybuilt is nowhere near cheap, and this is an above and beyond test that was only possible through his generosity. o7

[@luissantiago5163]

Oh heavenly. Gorgeous guns. Love these tests. Definitely thanks to Steven

[@gleisbauer25]

Thanks for further improving my trust into my former Service rifle.

[@Stigstigster]

If you never watched Ian's video on the controversy surrounding the G36 and want to hear something much, much closer to the truth it's well worth a look. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5ezeY18qNxnZq8

[@timotoxic4664]

Having trained in my first 2 years to use the G3 I really thought this rifle is just a toy when we got our hands on the G36. At the end of the first exercise we understand it's better to have more rounds on the patrols. And yes it is a light weapon.

[@andersjjensen]

Hehehe... Yes, the G36 is awesome. A breeze to carry. Fast to maneuver and plenty of ammo, but when the little fuckers creep up behind a brick wall the G3 is a godsend :P

[@norbertfleck812]

When we first went to the shooting range with the G36 (1993) we did not have the new exercises, so we used those designed for the G3. It ended up with targets which all had a big hole instead of the 10 which we had to fix with tape to finish the exercise The average result was an average 9 instead of an average 6

[@ThomasRonnberg]

I'd have to say that this is definitely one of the most beautiful assault rifles of the century

[@SergMuller]

Maybe this gun has been designed to cool with mud - that's why you get reports of melting from the guys who don't mud their guns properly!

[@georgg.5730]

Good one ;) I hope you're familiar with the real story behind that embarassing hype?

[@ropeburn6684]

Underrated comment!

[@diamondflaw]

Karl: Didn't really shake, just turned it. G36: Das ist gut, ich werde mich abschütteln.

[@thatguyoverthere9634]

"I'm not claiming the superiority of German technology, I'm just stating the f*cking obvious."

[@LUR1FAX]

I expected it to do pretty well, since the BRN-180 did so well. But this exceeded my expectations. Awesome content!

[@benhardsatrio8222]

G36 is the first rifle that gets through THREE mud baths so far, unless there were others I forgot

[@benhardsatrio8222]

Actually, looking back, the SCAR-H, BRN-180, BRN-10A and CETME-L also got doused with mud three times and passed, with the BRN-180 getting a 4th douse in a way which the crew admitted wasn’t fair, and choked on that one

[@junglejim7664]

Great mud test. G36 is a classic. Speaking of classics, I was reading The Maneaters of Tsavo by John Henry Patterson and he talks about building a trap for the lions by using a 303 British with ball ammo to shoot through railway track irons. Wonder if that would work today?

[@vold2268]

Damn,one of the few rifle that can pass that test.

[@GunsNGames1]

But you didn't use genuine Eastern front Russian mud.

[@iLLeag7e]

Murrica??!

[@Devin_Stromgren]

I know you're joking and all, but I suspect that gritty nasty mud InRange uses is about as bad a mud as you could find. For example, a lot more guns would probably pass if they were using the soft silty mud that we have where I live.

[@mereth13]

I know you're joking, but If the Germans ever end up on the eastern front again, I think everyone's going to have bigger concerns than mud testing small arms.

[@NuclearRockstarMD]

Say what you will about Germany, but when it comes down to it man, they have a rare track record for making some home-run weaponry.

[@zebracherub]

The Kurds have received a lot of these rifles, and in the winter and fall it can get very very muddy back there. I was very curious to see a test like this.

[@CFABN267]

AK failure: Well you weren't using the right AK. Tommy built "G36" clone: Success

[@user-njyzcip]

I'd fail the mud test if I had gaping holes and huge tolerances around my bolt carrier. It teaches us that what works with sand doesn't necessarily work with mud too.

[@ManlyBuns]

@@user-njyzcip A vast majority of AK fanboys don't get that apparently.

[@tutzdesYT]

@@user-njyzcip dust and ice. AR and rifles with tight gaps between moving parts can be very problematic in water-ice or heavy snow cold weather conditions.

[@Rotsteinblock]

@@tutzdesYT Tight toleances between moving metal parts are a problem. With the natural unevenness that comes with polymer, not so much.

[@mtgAzim]

Wow! I'm happy that it passed. I've been a fan of the G36 for a long time. Back when the M8 was up for adoption, there was some data from the tests about how many stopages it had. It had the least compared to an m4, and a few others. When I soon learned that the M8 used essentially the same operating system as the G36, I always just assumed that the G36 would have the same stellar reliability. Glad to see that's true, at least in this guise. I mean this mud test really is kind of ridiculous, and its no surprise when even a generally reliable rifle like the aug fails. So when something actually passes, that really speaks volumes.

[@CaptainShiny5000]

Damn, Don't say that to Von der Leyen. That would throw a wrench into the gears of her story.

[@supremeghost7950]

She already has a lot of wrenches during her short career. And even more as minister of defence. And even more more as family minister. Yeah, we Tschörmans hate her.

[@BIIGtony]

and then she got elected eu commission president. Failing upward.

[@CaptainShiny5000]

​@@BIIGtony Yeah, fun fact - apart from a local election very early on in her career she never got elected into anything by ordinary citizens, which makes the whole thing just a tiny bit creepy.

[@CaptainShiny5000]

@@supremeghost7950 Yup, not a fan - and I never met one either.

[@TreyVaswal]

I love how the mud just kept raining off the gun during that second mag.

[@Bee-N64]

This did amazingly well! Genuinely impressed

[@Remi777-y4h]

We've got the first g36 in our company and I remember it was so easy to hit, even on greater distance. A lot of us get the "goldene schützenschnur" in the first try.

[@Penguinius]

A mud test video that's less than 5 minutes long, I have not even watched it yet but I know it's going to be either really good or very very bad.

[@WIRRUZZZ]

My thoughts exactly . . .

[@Adui13]

Im impressed. Im not sure my bolt rifle would function that flawlessly with that much mud.

[@JorgeOrtizIII]

So the G36 did what the 416 couldn't? I don't know how to feel about this...

[@KlLLERROBOT99]

As a gun enthusiast and retired service member I do really enjoy the G36, it has a good all around balanced feel of a rifle. I personally like the G36C variant. I’m still waiting for the HK293 to come out to the US market but Idk if it ever will.

[@ja0298]

The G36 is one of my grail guns. I plan on either getting a C or a K after I graduate.

[@scottwatrous]

I got a K back in the day. I want one again bad.

[@cadian122]

The G36 is so severely underrated.. It's light weight, very controllable on auto, super reliable, and sexy AF..

[@tonywagner1626]

Germany: When you make one of the world's best assault rifles but only 20% of your army is up and running

[@VVardaddy]

That's german engineering vs. german bureaucracy. Greetings from a former german soldier who's studying engineering. ;)

[@patrickp.1001]

War klar, dass dieser Kommentar nur von einem Deutschen kommen kann ;)

[@BewareOfTheKraut]

In our army nobody is running. We stand our ground.

[@KillandGrill]

I am pretty proud that the Gun i used in my Service Time passed the Mud Test, greetings from Germany!

[@astrosfox6911]

Now I wanna see this with a G11. (I'm actually curious about it)

[@norbertfleck812]

The G11 is so rare and precious, no-one would allow that.

[@astrosfox6911]

@@norbertfleck812 Yeah. But I still wonder what would happen. By using a caseless ammo and no ejection port on the gun (At least not one like on a normal gun).

[@Sandmann1193]

To be honest here, in my now 9 years of infantrylife in the German army, I never managed to get my lovely G36 that dirty. In a mudpuddle there is normally more water, less mud. So I was quite interested in how exactly this gun would do this dirty. And like HK mentioned, no surprise here. Could always rely on it.

[@blackm4niac]

Not too suprised it passed considering the SCAR passed it too. Both use a very similar operating system in that whatever would make the SCAR fail would probably make the G36 fail too. And mud definatly isn't on that list. Now which gun to bring back into the trenches of WW1 because of this. The AR-15, the SCAR or the G36?

[@Gordons1888]

Watching the AK, I was thinking, bah its rugged and real steal a little mud wont hurt it. Then I saw you do this to a delecate plastic rare G36, I genuinely flinched

[@CssHDmonster]

u didnt rub it with merkels sweat and berlin wall dust so im surprised it fired well

[@dylanwight5764]

I love how this implies you think doing that would somehow make it run better... Oh dear god above, bad image! BAD IMAGE!!!

[@elektro3000]

I was as surprised as you, Karl. Any thoughts on why other rifles without ejection port covers all seem to fail, and the G36 just keeps on trucking no matter how much mud you dump on the open ejection port?

[@seantierney3]

could you mud test a cap and ball revolver? wondering how well a colt, remington or starr would do. at least cleaning would't be much different.

[@SavageArms357]

They would fail *immediately*. Even with the hammer down, the mud around the cylinder would cease the action. Revolvers do not do well with mud or sand.

[@moosemaimer]

@@SavageArms357 I have seen pictures of frogmen using stainless revolvers in maritime operations, but that was purely to deal with the corrosive effects of seawater. Also they were fairly old pictures; modern coatings would make that irrelevant.

[@fabiovarra3698]

You can't do this with a revolver, or it will not fire or the mud will clog the chambers and it will blow up

[@tobedone4079]

There is a video of an HK fire test where they fire like 900rounds from the G36 in 3 minutes without any failure

[@michaelmaier8133]

If i think about how our defense department treated heckler and koch , and see now how well that system works under adverse conditions... and think about all the money that is beeing spent on new rifles...unbelieveable.

[@Ted_II]

Thank you Steven, we all appreciate your contribution

[@Bagster321]

The G36 straight up went: "Nein! Das mud shall not fail me!"

[@norbertfleck812]

Let's set it in German. "Nein, der Schlamm macht mir nichts aus."

[@rimka11]

Some time ago Lithuanian military had to chose a new automatic rifle. Steyr AUG and H&K G36 was on the list and in trials with some other riffles. The G36 was chosen. Long time I was wondering if that was a good choice. Now I know.

[@senorcheesy9661]

Me: This G36 is a gas piston gun, it's so gonna fail G36: *passes* Me: (0.0)

[@littlegrabbiZZ9PZA]

It has a lot of reserves. The little nubbin on the gas piston seals up the gas vent port for the first 6-7mm of travel, so in adverse conditions it more or less auto-adjusts the gas volume to the "ALL OF IT" setting.

[@quentingentil977]

"It passed the test with flying colors" I'm not surprised because as a German character in a famous anime used to say: "DOITSU NO KAGAKU WA SEKAÏ ICHI !"

[@Rakadis]

Ive been looking forward to this!

[@Bee-N64]

Calm down, Count Dooku

[@jasonjohnson6938]

My powers have doubled since the last time we met, count

[@ray4lsd]

Fun fact: You can actually toggle the bolt staying back if mag is empty by moving a spring in the fire control group :) Default is bolt open tho.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

"Nein, das is not the H&K way!"

[@dylanwight5764]

0/10, did not test with authentic Verdun mud.

[@dylanwight5764]

@@clothar23 I'm pretty sure the French could have delayed Germany's advance by months just by adding a nice gate to a section of the Maginot line. Germans are nothing if not procedural. They'd be contractually obliged to use the gate. No, I don't think France would care too much about a bunch of Germans with rifles and spades digging up the countryside and examining the quality of the dirt. The French would just take the opportunity to ask the Germans to basically plough their fields for them while they're already out there.

[@sonofliberty78]

Nice to see that the charging handle didn’t prove to be the Achilles Heel of the G36 during the mud test, (as it was for the Steyr AUG). Cool gun. 🤠

[@BlackJack-pf8kd]

I love the unigue styling of this gun

[@MrRdvs87]

What a beast. I thought it was going to go bad when I saw that this video was under 5min.

[@thegingergamer844]

A G36 is more reliable than an AK-47. Change my mind.

[@senseo2848]

Was my service Weapon for 8 years, never let me down, no matter what environment i was in.

[@ulysisxtr]

Imagining a real life scenario: The guy holding the gun is having a really bad day... the styer guy is dead, the ak guy is dead, the ar guy is still alive, the g36 guy is alive......

[@bruchpilotentv9599]

This Rifle saved my and others due to its reliability more than once!!! Regards HptFw a.D. (TechSgt retired)

[@Harryherbet]

Now i kind of want them to do ians sp5

[@TheAzCorner]

at first I thought the mud didn't get on the charging handle but no, this is just a solidly reliable rifle it seems