Edmund Heckler

Edmund Heckler (2 February 1906 – 2 July 1960) was a German engineer & weapons manufacturer, born in Tuttlingen, Germany. He attended Mauser in Oberndorf as an apprentice. In 1925, he attended an engineering school in Esslingen. After World War II, he was one of the co-founders of the German post-war famed arms company Heckler & Koch along with Theodor Koch and Alex Seidel.

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