HK/GIAT Close Range Weapon Program Personal Defense Weapon

Overview

Close Range Weapon Program Personal Defense Weapon
General Information
Type	Personal Defense Weapon
Place of Origin	Germany
Designer Companies	Heckler & Koch GmbH GIAT
Period Designed	1989
Characteristics
Cartridge	5.7x22mm GIAT

HK/GIAT Close Range Weapon Program Personal Defense Weapon is a descriptive name for a prototype personal defense weapon developed by Heckler & Koch and GIAT in the late 1980s. It was developed alongside a pistol, but both would ultimately be cancelled. H&K would shift work to their Nahbereichswaffe, developed in the same year.

Germany Weapons Cold War Period (1946 — 1990)

Infantry Weapons
Melee Weapons	Bayonet	[[]]
	Survival Weapon	[[]]
Sidearms	Pistol	CRWP • HK4 • P 80
	Revolver	[[]]
	Machine Pistol	[[]]
Close Quarters	Personal Defense Weapon	CRWP • MP7 (A1 • A2)
	Submachine Gun	HK54 • MP5 (A1 • A2 • A3 • A4 • A5) • MP 60 • MP 61 • MP 64
	Shotgun (automatic)	[[]]
	Shotgun (semi-automatic)	HK 512 • HK CAWS
	Shotgun (manual-action)	[[]]
Primary Weapons	Assault Rifle (5.45/5.56)	HK33 (A2 • A3) • G41 (A1 • A2 • A3)
	Assault Rifle (other)	HK36 • HK G11 • IWK G11
	Assault Carbine (5.45/5.56)	HK53 • G 41 K
	Assault Carbine (other)	[[]]
	Battle Rifles	HK41 • HK G3 (A1 • A2 • A3 • NA3 • A4 • A5 • A6 • A7 • A7A1) • G 1 • G 2 • G 3 (A1 • A2 • A3 • N A3 • A4 • A5 • A6 • A7 • A7 A1) • G 4
	Battle Carbine	G 3 K (A4 • A4 A1)
Automatic Support Weapons	Light Support Weapon	HK11 • HK13 • G8 (A1)
	Light Machine Gun	[[]]
	General Purpose Machine Gun	HK21 (A1 • E) • HK23 • MG 1 • MG 2 • MG 3 (A1)
	Heavy Machine Gun	HK25
Long Range	Anti-Materiel Rifle	[[]]
	Bolt-Action Rifle	[[]]
	Designated Marksman Rifle	HK33SG1
Launchers	Grenade Launcher (Attachment)	[[]]
	Grenade Launcher (Standalone)	[[]]
	Disposable Rocket Launcher	[[]]
	Rocket Launcher	[[]]
	MANPADS	[[]]
Non-Lethal Weapons	Pistol	[[]]
Underwater Weapons	Sidearm	P11
	Rifle	[[]]
Explosives	Anti-Personnel Mines	[[]]
	Anti-Tank Mines	[[]]
	Offensive Grenades	[[]]
	Smoke Grenades	[[]]

Firearm Accessories
Weapon Sights	Collimator	[[]]
	Holographic	[[]]
	Iron	[[]]
	Night	BiV • DM 3
	Reflector	[[]]
	Telescopic	FERO-Z 24 • ZF 4x • ZF G3
Attachments	Flashlights & Lasers	[[]]
	Foregrips & Bipods	[[]]

Infantry Equipment
Clothing	Backpacks	[[]]
	Body Armour	[[]]
	Bomb Suit	[[]]
	Elbow and knee pads	[[]]
	Signals & IFF	[[]]
	Suits	[[]]
	Vests & Webbing	[[]]
Headwear	Communication	[[]]
	Gas Masks & Rebreathers	[[]]
	Goggles	[[]]
	Helmets	[[]]
	Vehicle Headwear	[[]]
Optics, Detection and Surveillance	Man-Portable Radar	[[]]
	Mine Detectors	[[]]
	Night Vision Goggles	[[]]
	Periscopes	[[]]
	Rangefinders	[[]]
	Surveillance	[[]]

Artillery
Anti-Aircraft Guns	[[]]
Anti-Tank Guns	[[]]
Anti-Tank Guided Missile Launchers	[[]]
Anti-Tank Guided Missiles	[[]]
Grenade Machine Guns	[[]]
Howitzers	[[]]
Mortars	[[]]
Railroad Artillery	[[]]
Recoilless Guns	[[]]
Rocket Artillery	[[]]
Siege Artillery	[[]]

Land Vehicle Weapons
Vehicle Machine Guns	HK MG 5A1
40mm Tank Guns	[[]]
75mm Tank Guns	[[]]
76.2mm Tank Guns	[[]]
84mm Tank Guns	[[]]
94mm Tank Guns	[[]]
105mm Tank Guns	[[]]
120mm Tank Guns	[[]]
Howitzers	[[]]
Vehicle Autocannon	[[]]
ATGMs	[[]]

Aircraft Weapons & Munitions
7.62mm Machine Guns	[[]]
12.7mm Machine Guns	[[]]
23mm Cannons	[[]]
30mm Cannons	[[]]
37mm Cannons	[[]]
Rocket Pods	[[]]
Rockets	[[]]
Air-to-Air Missiles	[[]]
Air-to-Ship Missiles	[[]]
Air-to-Surface Missiles	[[]]
Anti-Radiation Missiles	[[]]
Cruise Missiles	[[]]
Bombs	[[]]

Sources
Books	Online	Documents
		• BAE / HK - MP7/UCP Close Range Weapon System Presentation (undated)