Heckler & Koch G36E Hunting Equipment User Manual


 
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Assembly of the weapon
¾ Slide the handguard from the front over the barrel and the receiver.
¾ Fasten the handguard with the locking pin.
¾ Place the front of the magazine well onto the bearing studs, swivel
the rear of the magazine well upward all the way until it engages.
¾ Fold the buttstock.
¾ Insert the bolt assembly from the rear into the receiver.
¾ Insert the backplate with the recoil spring into the receiver so that
the lug on the backplate engages into the bore of the receiver.
¾ Unfold the buttstock.
¾ Place the pistol grip from bottom to the receiver (hammer in the
uncocked position) and insert the two locking pins.
¾ Set the weapon at “safe”
¾ Check operations (cocking, check bolt catch function, unset the
safety, pull the trigger, set the weapon again at safe).
¾ Insert the magazine.
Fig. 45: G36 E disassembled into assembly groups.
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Fig. 8: Receiver with barrel, buttstock and attaching parts.
Gas Block
The gas block is fastened with a cross pin to the barrel. After the bullet
has passed the gas bent hole in the barrel, a portion of the propellant
gases is guided into the gas block cylinder and act upon the gas piston.
The gas piston drives the bolt assembly via the push rod to the rear.
The return spring on the push rod returns the rod to its starting position.
Fig.9: Gas operation assembly
Buttstock
A pin passing through the buttstock hinge fastens the buttstock to the
receiver. Pressing the push button on the left of the buttstock unlocks