The G36C Special Patrol Carbine holding by Navy PASKAL frogman strike team operator of Royal Malaysian Navy during 57th National Day Parade, located at Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The G36C can be fired by both left-handed and right-handed personnel with ease. It has a shorter barrel than the G36K, and a birdcage flash suppressor. The extremely short barrel forced designers to move the gas block closer to the muzzle end and reduce the length of the gas piston operating rod. The handguard and stock were also shortened and the fixed carry handle (with optics) was replaced with a carrying handle with an integrated MIL-STD-1913 Picatinny rail.