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While G3s that remain in service will eventually be phased out in favor of newer, more ergonomic platforms, advanced features in its design allowed it to significantly outlast its 1950s competition.

After World War II, the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization collectively decided to adopt a new class of infantry weapon. The new battle rifles would arm almost every NATO nation by the ...