G3

The Heckler & Koch G3 is a Battle Rifle produced and manufactured by German smalls arms producer Heckler & Koch. It is selective fire weapon and uses the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge from a 20-round detachable box magazine, and has a fire rate of 500 to 600 rounds per minute depending on variant. There are 4 variants of the G3 that currently exist. The most recent one is the A4 variant. The G3 is the basis of the many known small arms produced by H&K such as the MP5 Sub-Machine Gun series and the G36 rifle series.

In-Game
The G3 is available for use in the games Battlefield 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Battlefield 2
The G3 is the Tier 1 unlock for the Assault class in Battlefield 2. The Rifle itself is more powerful than the default weapons (as the weapon is a Battle Rifle which uses full-sized Rifle rounds), however it is made significantly less attractive by the smaller magazine capacity (only 20 rounds compared to 30 for the other weapons) and lack of a Grenade Launcher attachment (although in some situations standard grenades can be more useful).

Battlefield: Bad Company 2
The G3 is a battle rifle in Battlefield: Bad Company 2. All four classes in BFBC2 can use this weapon as it is not class specific. It uses a 20 round magazine, and has a fully automatic fire mode in game. It has decent accuracy and fire rate with high damage. These attributes make it very effective at medium range.