page_title: Heckler & Koch HK21
section_title: Users
hierarchical_section_title: Heckler & Koch HK21 / Users
caption_attribution_description: English: Latvian soldiers with (left to right) MG 3, FN MAG and HK21 general-purpose machine guns
context_page_description: The HK21 is a German 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, developed in 1961 by small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch and based on the G3 battle rifle. The weapon is in use with the armed forces of several Asian, African and Latin American countries. It was also license-manufactured by Fábrica de Braço de Prata in Portugal as the m/968 and in Mexico by SEDENA as the MG21. In the German military and the federal police it is designated "G8".
context_section_description:  Argentina
   Bangladesh: HK11A1 and HK21A1 variants.
   Bolivia
   Brazil Used by the Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais
   Brunei: HK21A1 variant.
   Cameroon: HK21 variant.
   Croatia: HK21A1 variant 
   Cyprus: HK11A1 variant
   Denmark: Used by Jægerkorpset.
   Ecuador
   El Salvador
   Germany
   Iran: Used by the Iranian police.
   Greece: HK11A1 variant. Made under license.
   Jordan: HK21E variant.
   Kenya: HK21A1 variant.
   Malaysia: HK11A1 and HK21E variants.
   Mauritius: HK21E1 variant.
   Mexico: HK21A1 variant.
   Morocco: HK11A1 variant.
   Mexico: HK21E variant. Made under license.
   Niger: HK11 and HK21 variants.
   Nigeria: HK21 variant.
   Paraguay
   Peru
   Portugal: HK21E variant. Made under license. Replaced by FN Minimi 
   Qatar: HK21 variant.
   Senegal: HK21 variant.
   Sri Lanka: HK11 and HK21 variants.
   South Africa: HK21 variant used by 32nd Battalion during South African Border War.
   Sudan: HK21 variant.
   Sweden Trials for Home Guard only.
   Thailand
   Turkey: HK23E variant is employed by the Turkish Gendarmerie.
   Uganda
   United Arab Emirates: HK23E variant.
   United States: HK21 was used by the Navy SEALs in the Vietnam War and also used by the Delta Force in Operation Eagle Claw.
  used by NASAEmergency Response Team
caption: Latvian soldiers with (left to right) MG 3, FN MAG and HK21 general-purpose machine guns
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