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The HK21 series is light for a 7.62x51mm General Purpose Machine Gun. The original HK21 weighs in at only 17.46 pounds, with the newer HK21A1 coming int at 18.3 lbs. Compare this to the contemporary M60 at 23.5 lbs or the FN-MAG at 26 lbs.

The HK21 came along too late for widespread adoption by the Bundeswehr, which had already standardized on the MG3 (basically a 7.62x51mm version of the WWII era MG42). However, the HK11 and HK11A1 were adopted by both the Bundeswehr and the Bundesgrenzschutz (Federal Border Guards) as a designated marksman’s rifle and support weapon under the designation G8 and G8A1. There aren’t many machineguns accurate enough to be used as a DMR.