Heckler und Koch
Heckler und Koch GmbH (H&K) is a German weapons manufacturing company famous for various series of small firearms, notably the MP5 submachine gun, the MP7 personal defense weapon and the G3 and G36 assault rifles. Heckler und Koch has a history of innovations in small arms, such as the use of polymers. Not all of its technologically ambitious designs have resulted in successful products (for instance, the advanced but now abandoned G11 assault rifle). HK produces the whole range of small arms, from pistols to grenade machine guns. In its extensive product range, HK has used most of the operating systems for small-arms: blowback, short recoil, roller-delayed blowback, gas-retarded, and gas-operated.
HK was founded by Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch, and Alex Seidel in 1949 from the remnants of Mauser, and the company was registered in 1950. In the beginning, the company produced sewing machines and other fine mechanics, but this was changed in 1956 when the company constructed a rifle for the German Bundeswehr. In 1991, H&K was bought by BAe Royal Ordnance (now BAE SYSTEMS) who resold it to a German group that was created for this purpose in 2002. The company is located in Oberndorf in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, but also has a subsidiary in the United States. Their slogan is: "In a world of compromise, some don't!" HK has been contracted by the US Army to produce the kinetic energy subsystem of the Objective Individual Combat Weapon, a planned replacement for the M-16/M203 grenade launcher combination. OICW will fire both 5.56mm bullets and 20mm grenades. As development has been delayed, this project has spun off the XM-8.
See also: List of modern armament manufacturers
List of Heckler und Koch firearms HK USP45 TacticalHK 11 VollmerHK 21*HK 21EHK 23EHK 33*HK 33 SG1*HK 33A2 *HK 33A3 *HK 33ESA3 *HK 33K A3 HK 4*HK 4 P11HK 51*HK 51 VollmerHK 51A3 SEF Vollmer Conversion HK 53*HK 53 MICV *HK 53 EA3*HK 53A3*HK 53b *HK 53K HK 69 (40mm Grenade Launcher)HK 91A2 HK 91-A3HK 93 *HK 93A2 *HK 93A3 HK 94 *HK 94A3*HK 94KA1 (SP89)HK ACR (G11)HK AG-35HK/Benelli M1014/M4 Super 90 Combat Shotgun HK CAWS HK FABARM FP6 HK Family HK G11 HK G3 KA4 ZF HK G3 TGSHK G3 *HK G3A3 ZF*HK G3A4 *HK G3-SG1 HK G36*HK G36C (Commando)*HK G36K (Kurz - short)HK G53K HK GMGHK GRC2 HK HK53-EA3 HK M3 Super 90 HK MG 43 SAWHK MK23 (also known as Mark 23 Mod 0 or HK SOCOM)HK MK23lHK Model 94 Carbine HK MP5 (Maschinenpistole 5)*HK MP5 A3 *HK MP5 PDW (Personal Defence Weapon)*HK MP5 SD2 (Schalldämpfer - silenced*HK MP5 SD3 *HK MP5 Vollmer*HK MP5/10 *HK MP5/10A3 *HK MP5/10SD *HK MP5A3 *HK MP5A4 *HK MP5A5 *HK MP5-E0D *HK MP5K*HK MP5K Vollmer Conversion*HK MP5N2*HK MP5N4 RIS*HK MP5SD*HK MP5SD5HK MP7-PDWHK MSG-90HK OICW (Objective Individual Combat Weapon)HK P7 *HK P7M13 *HK P7M10 *HK P7M8 *HK P7K3 *HK P7M7 HK P8 Match HK P80 HK P9SHK P11HK P2000*HK P2000 SKHK PSG1 HK PSP HK SL8 HK SL8-4 HK SL9SD HK SMG II HK SP89 Vollmer Conversion HK SP89 HK SPIW HK SR9*HK SR9T*HK SR9TC*HK SR9 PSG1HK UMP (Universal Machinenpistole)*HK UMP45HK USC CarbineHK USP *HK USP40 (Universal Self-loading PistolHK VP70 (Volks Pistole 70*HK VP70ZHK XM8
External links http://www.heckler-koch.de/ - Official homepage (eng./ger.) http://www.hk-usa.com/ - Official homepage for the subsidiary in the US http://www.hkpro.com/ - very comprehensive fan page Photos and information about current production H&K pistols
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