CODE 04-041-978
NAME – HK 13E
COMMON NAME – HK 13 Export
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1978
CALIBER – 5.56x45mm NATO
OVERALL LENGTH – 103 cm (40.55 in)
BARREL LENGTH – 45 cm (17.72 in)
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 17.8 cm (7 in)
LOAD – M855 Ball, Full metal jacket with steel core penetrator
BULLET DIAMETER – 5.69 mm (0.224 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 4.02 g (62 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 939 m/s (3,082 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 1,773 j (1,308 ft/lb)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 7.45 kg (16 lb 7 oz)
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 8.10 kg (17 lb 14 oz) with 40 round magazine loaded with 40 rounds M855 Ball
WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 8.65 kg (19 lb 1 oz) with bipod, with 40 round magazine, loaded with 40 rounds M855 Ball
TYPE OF MOUNT – Removable folding bipod
WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 0.55 kg (1 lb oz)
WEIGHT OF SPARE BARREL – 1.60 kg (3 lb 8 oz)
SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Hooded blade, Rear sight – Vertical rotary drum with 3 apertures for 200, 300, and 400 meters, (219, 328, and 438 yards) V-notch battle sight 100 m (109 yards)
OPTICAL SIGHT – Hensoldt Wetzlar FERO-Z 4×24
OPTICAL SIGHT WEIGHT – 0.65 kg (1 lb 7 oz) Telescopic sight with mount
OPTICAL MOUNT WEIGHT – 0.43 kg (15 oz) Removable STANAG 2324 Claw mount
OPTICAL SIGHT MAGNIFICATION – 4 Power
OPTICAL SIGHT FIELD OF VIEW – 6 degrees – 105 m @ 1000 m (31.42 ft @100 yds)
OPTICAL SIGHT ADJUSTMENTS – elevation 100 to 600 meters in 100 meter clicks (109 to 656 yards in 109 yard clicks)
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 800 m (875 yards)
OPERATION – Delayed blowback, roller-locked bolt, fires on closed bolt
TYPE OF FIRE – Selective, semiautomatic, three-round controlled burst, and full automatic
RATE OF FIRE – 60 rpm semi, 100 rpm full automatic with barrel change
CYCLIC ROF – 750 rpm
FEED DEVICE – 25, or 40 round removable box magazine, double column, double feed, plastic 100 round double drum.
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 25 round magazine – 0.11 kg (4 oz), 40 round magazine – 0.16 kg (6 oz), 100 round double drum – 1.35 kg (3 lb)
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 25 round magazine – 0.42 kg (15 oz) loaded with 25 rounds M855 Ball
40 round magazine – 0.65 kg (1 lb 7 oz) loaded with 40 rounds M855 Ball
100 round drum – 2.58 kg (5 lb 11 oz) loaded with 100 rounds M855 Ball
BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – One 100-round drum, four 40-round magazines (260 rounds)
LOAD WEIGHT – 5.18 kg (11 lb 7 oz)
MANUFACTURER – Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf/Neckar, Germany
STATUS – Production completed
SERVICE – International military sales
