Electric tool, in particular a hammer drill which can be actuated manually, - having a drive motor, - having a tool spindle for rotatably driving a tool, - having a rotary drive gear mechanism for coupling the drive motor to the tool spindle, - having a striking mechanism for the hammering driving of the tool, - having a striking mechanism gear mechanism for coupling the drive motor to the striking mechanism, - having a switching device for activating and deactivating the striking mechanism, - wherein the switching device has a coupling which is incorporated in a force path of the striking mechanism gear mechanism and which has an actuation stroke for retracting and deploying the coupling, - wherein the actuation stroke extends transversely relative to the rotation axis of the tool spindle and/or parallel with a rotation axis of an actuation element of the switching device, which element can be rotated manually in order to deploy and retract the coupling, wherein the striking mechanism gear mechanism has an input-side toothed drive wheel which is rotatably supported about a rotation axis, characterised in - that the striking mechanism gear mechanism has an output-side crank gear wheel which is rotatably supported about the rotation axis of the toothed drive wheel and which, when the striking mechanism is activated, drives a connecting rod of the striking mechanism, - that the coupling in the striking mechanism gear mechanism has a coupling ring which is arranged coaxially with respect to the rotation axis of the toothed drive wheel on the crank gear wheel and which is arranged on the crank gear wheel in an axially adjustable and rotationally secure manner, - that the toothed drive wheel has an axial carrier contour at an axial side facing the crank gear wheel, - that the coupling ring has at an axial side facing the toothed drive wheel an axial carrier contour which complements the carrier contour of the toothed drive wheel and which in the retracted state of the coupling ring cooperates with the carrier contour of the toothed drive wheel in order to transmit torque and is axially released therefrom in the deployed state. - having a drive motor, - having a tool spindle for rotatably driving a tool, - having a rotary drive gear mechanism for coupling the drive motor to the tool spindle, - having a striking mechanism for the hammering driving of the tool, - having a striking mechanism gear mechanism for coupling the drive motor to the striking mechanism, - having a switching device for activating and deactivating the striking mechanism, - wherein the switching device has a coupling which is incorporated in a force path of the striking mechanism gear mechanism and which has an actuation stroke for retracting and deploying the coupling, - wherein the actuation stroke extends transversely relative to the rotation axis of the tool spindle and/or parallel with a rotation axis of an actuation element of the switching device, which element can be rotated manually in order to deploy and retract the coupling, wherein the striking mechanism gear mechanism has an input-side toothed drive wheel which is rotatably supported about a rotation axis, characterised in - that the striking mechanism gear mechanism has an output-side crank gear wheel which is rotatably supported about the rotation axis of the toothed drive wheel and which, when the striking mechanism is activated, drives a connecting rod of the striking mechanism, - that the coupling in the striking mechanism gear mechanism has a coupling ring which is arranged coaxially with respect to the rotation axis of the toothed drive wheel on the crank gear wheel and which is arranged on the crank gear wheel in an axially adjustable and rotationally secure manner, - that the toothed drive wheel has an axial carrier contour at an axial side facing the crank gear wheel, - that the coupling ring has at an axial side facing the toothed drive wheel an axial carrier contour which complements the carrier contour of the toothed drive wheel and which in the retracted state of the coupling ring cooperates with the carrier contour of the toothed drive wheel in order to transmit torque and is axially released therefrom in the deployed state.