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Heckler & Koch G3, an Epic card
The Heckler & Koch G3 is a select-fire battle rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO developed in the 1950s by the West German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch, in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned firearms manufacturer CETME.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 99
- Power
- 185
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 520,000
Ranked #434 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Heckler & Koch G3 quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Heckler & Koch G3 card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Over 7.8 million G3s have been ______.
Answer
produced. Over 7.8 million G3s have been produced. From the Heckler & Koch G3 article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The G3 was the service rifle of the West German Bundeswehr until it was replaced by the Heckler & Koch G36 in the ____s after German reunification, and was adopted into service with numerous other countries.
Answer
1990s. The G3 was the service rifle of the West German Bundeswehr until it was replaced by the Heckler & Koch G36 in the 1990s after German reunification, and was adopted into service with numerous other countries. From the Heckler & Koch G3 article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Chengdu. Chengdu 97 · William Ewart Gladstone 94 · First Crusade 89 · Heckler & Koch G3 86 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The G3 was the service rifle of the West German Bundeswehr until it was replaced by the Heckler & Koch G36 in the 1990s after German reunification, and was adopted into service with numerous other countries.
- The G3 has been exported to over 70 countries and manufactured under license in at least 15 countries.
- Over 7.8 million G3s have been produced.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Heckler & Koch G3 article was read about 520,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 99: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Heckler & Koch G3
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Heckler & Koch G3 (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Harald_Hansen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

