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It's not the G41 you're thinking of. HK originally imported the HK-91 as the HK-41. Their number scheme is something like this:
-X1: 7.62x51
-X2: 7.62x39
-X3: 5.56mm
-X4: 9mm
-2X: belt-fed MG
-3X: select fire fullsize
-5X: select fire small size(carbine/SMG)
-9X: sporter
This isn't 100% perfect, but it's pretty much accurate.
Put the two lists together and you get the designation. A HK-91 is a sporter in 7.62mm. A HK-93 is a sporter in 5.56mm. HK-54 was the original designation for the MP-5, a SMG in 9mm.
They probably just used 4X at first, but when they made the design change, they changed the designation.
The "G"-41 is the designation for the 5.56mm gun that was up for trials in various countries when they searched for new rifles in that caliber. Totally different rifle than the one idaho-ar-15 is talking about. Very cool rifle though.
Ross