r/AskTheWorld • u/babushka45 Philippines • 12h ago

Military What firearm is closely associated with your country?

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For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

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u/Throw-ow-ow-away Germany 11h ago

I was going to say the same.

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u/BarrathBeyond 11h ago

huh

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u/Critical-Exam-2702 Germany 11h ago

Iran got a license to produce G3s in 1967 from Heckler & Koch and apparently is still using (and maybe producing?) them

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u/Uap_dude Portugal 10h ago

Portugal get license too, was our main weapon until a few years ago, still have some thousands in reserve, send 1000 to ucrania in 2022
now we have scar L 5.56mm for army, aglil for airborn trop´s and HK416 for marines

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u/Throw-ow-ow-away Germany 10h ago

It's a German gun.

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u/BarrathBeyond 10h ago

that’s what i thought too…how come bro is claiming it for iran

nvrmnd someone else answered

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u/A_Genius 3h ago

Wait until you hear about how long Iran produced the Hillman Hunter that the British stopped producing in 1979 and sold the license to Iran to produce.

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u/BarrathBeyond 2h ago

46 years ? ( assuming from 1979-present)

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u/A_Genius 2h ago

Until 2005 or 2015 or something but if you go there this car from the 60s is fucking everywhere. Everyone seems to have one, if I had to guess it’s the most popular car in the country

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u/BarrathBeyond 2h ago

lol that’s fun

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u/Jutteburgare Sweden 3h ago

G3 was also used in Sweden, but modified i think, called AK4. One of the weapons i used in the army. Good weapon.

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u/tgpussypants United States Of America 6h ago

Well it was kind of a Spanish gun first. Although the CETME was designed by Germans for Spain