Heckler & Koch
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| GmbH, Private | |
| Industry | Defense |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founder | Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch, Alex Seidel |
| Headquarters | Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany |
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Key people
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Andreas Heeschen (Chairman) |
| Products | Firearms, weapons |
| Owner | Andreas Heeschen Keith Halsey |
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Number of employees
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654 (2013) |
| Website |
www.heckler-koch.com(International) hk-usa.com(United States) |
www.heckler-koch.com(International)
Heckler & Koch GmbH (HK) (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛklɐʔʊntˈkɔx]) is a German defense manufacturing company that manufactures handguns, military rifles, submachine guns, and grenade launchers. The company is located in Oberndorf in the state of Baden-Württemberg, and also has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, France and the United States.
The Heckler & Koch Group comprises Heckler & Koch GmbH, Heckler & Koch Defense, NSAF Ltd., and Heckler & Koch France SAS. The company motto is "Keine Kompromisse!" (No Compromises!). HK provides firearms for many military and paramilitary units, like the SAS, KMar, the US Navy Seals, Delta Force, HRT, the German KSK and GSG 9 and many other counter-terrorist and hostage rescue teams.
Their products include the MP5 SMG, the G3 battle rifle, the HK33, G36, HK416 assault rifles, the Heckler & Koch HK21 general-purpose machine gun, the MP7 PDW, the UMP SMG, the USP series of handguns, and the high-precision PSG1 sniper rifle. All firearms made by HK are named by a prefix and the official designation, with suffixes used for variants.
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