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H&K, the company that makes the MP5 Sub Machinegun, was founded in 1948 by Edmond Heckler, Alex Seidel, and Theodore...
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(03/27/09) H&K, the company that makes the MP5 Sub Machinegun, was founded in 1948 by Edmond Heckler, Alex Seidel, and Theodore Koch in Oberndorf/Neckar, Germany. The company originally began as a manufacturer of sewing machine parts and gauges for the machine tool industry, but because Edmond Heckler, Alex Seidel, and Theodore Koch were all former Mauser Werke employees, the West German army gave them the task in 1957 of improving the design of the Spanish CETME rifle (known to the Germans as the Gewehr 2 or G2). The result was the G3, the rifle that is known the world over and used by armies, special forces teams and other elite fighting units. Recognizing the stability and accuracy of the delayed-blowback, roller-locking system of operation, HK set out to make a sub-machinegun using the same method of operation as the G3. The HK54 sub-machinegun appeared in the early 60’s and had a flip-type rear sight, cooling ribs on the barrel and forearm, a compensator cut into the muzzle, and a long heavy...See less
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