Germany in T2K

[StainlessSteelCynic]

From all the material released about the G11, it seems that more was to be found in the English language books than was published in Germany itself. Apparently HK itself was surprised about the level of interest for the G11 outside of Germany even years after it had been dropped (a Norwegian guy on another forum attended a defence show in Norway sometime in the early 2000s and asked the HK rep about the G11, he said the rep was openly surprised that someone was asking about the rifle and had said that it's not something that they advertise anymore).
From what I recall, the G11 was officially adopted to replace the G3 & Uzi in combat units while the G41 was officially adopted for non-combat units (and as an extra option should the G11 not be adopted).

Keep in mind that HK were so sure of the adoption of the G11, they developed a light machinegun and a pistol at their own expense as compliments to the rifle.
The biggest reason that it's not in Germany service has already been mentioned by Legbreaker but some expansion on that will I hope make things clearer. The G11 was adopted because it was seen as a necessary system for West Germany because it was seen as addressing the massive imbalance in troop numbers (i.e. West Germany was vastly outnumbered by the Warsaw Pact forces). Once the threat of the Cold War was gone, the G11 was no longer as necessary and the money put aside for its adoption was spent on bringing together East and West Germany.

It's extremely unlikely the G36 would even have been thought of let alone developed as the G41 was already available for mass production (it's been stated that it was expensive to make but that's hardly surprising when you consider the low number produced, if production had been ramped up then the cost per unit would have declined substantially). And as mentioned above, it was the 'fallback' design should the G11 not be adopted for service.
The G36 owes its existence to the era after the end of the Cold War, if the Cold War had continued and the G11 not been adopted, the G41 would most likely be the main rifle in West German service.

Also, it's worth noting that HK never abandoned the design, it may not be in the catalogue but it's still considered viable and the US military is even now studying alternate ammunition types such as caseless, and the G11 system (for tech ideas) for future use.