Editing Squad automatic weapon (section)

===Germany===
[[File:H&KMG4.jpg|thumb|HK MG4]]
West Germany's original plan in the late 1980s was to adopt the new 5.56mm [[Heckler & Koch G41]] assault rifle (a variant of the HK33) to replace the 7.62mm [[Heckler & Koch G3]] battle rifle and the 4.7mm [[Heckler & Koch G11]] carbine to replace the 9mm [[Uzi|IMI MP2 Uzi]] and [[Heckler & Koch MP5]]. The end of the [[Cold War]] and the [[German reunification|reunification of Germany in 1990]] forced everyone to scramble for a cheap alternative. The [[Heckler & Koch G36|G36]] family was created from a proof-of-concept prototype rechambered to fire the 5.56mm NATO cartridge. It is composed of an assault rifle (G36), light machine gun (MG36), assault carbine (G36K), and PDW (G36C). Though produced, presented and ordered, the [[Heckler & Koch G36|MG36]] was never adopted by the German Army as the differences and benefits to the G36 were seen as marginal, resulting in the order being cancelled. The 5.56mm NATO [[HK MG4|MG4]] is the standard platoon-level support weapon of the German Army, adopted in 2005. The 7.62mm NATO [[HK MG5|MG5]] resembles the MG4 and is the new general-purpose machine gun of the German Army, adopted in 2015.