Many of H&Ks innovations from military arms have made their way into the sport and hunting weapons. This type of barrel does not have any grooves and lands, but a polygonal inside which allows for a certain rotation ensuring that the bullet rotates. H&K was one of the first arms manufacturers to use a polygonal barrel profile. The CETME design was then modified to German requirements with the help of the development department of Rheinmetall resulting in the G3 army rifle. The H&K G3 is based on the Spanish CETME rifle, which was in turn based on a Mauser design. The factory had been emptied by the French after World War II as provisional compensation for war damage they had suffered.Īs the German Army was being built up in the early 1950s, the company received a contract to manufacture the G3 automatic army rifle in. The company was established in the old Mauser arms factory in Oberndorf. Heckler & Koch was founded by in 1949 by Alex Seidel, Edmund Heckler and Theodor Koch.
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