article_snippet.sent: the G36 (pictured) was created for the requirements of the German armed forces but the G36 (pictured) is also used as an infantry weapon in around 50 countries.
article_snippet.sent: the G36 (pictured) is used in Britain by counterterrorism police.
article_snippet.sent: Between 2,000 and 3,000 G36 rifles belong to police forces across the country .
article_snippet.sent: Britain's police forces use a short-barrelled version of the weapon known as the G36C – and have a total arsenal of up to 3,000.
article_snippet.sent: They have a total arsenal of between 2,000 and 3,000 G36C rifles, a version that has a shorter barrel than Heckler & Koch's standard-issue rifle .
article_snippet.sent: The G36, created in the early 1990s for German troops, is also used in around 50 other countries.
article_snippet.sent: British Special Forces used it in Iraq but reports surfaced in 2012 that G36s used by German soldiers in Afghanistan would overheat during prolonged firefights.