H&K was founded by Edmund Heckler and Theodor Koch in 1949, and the company was registered in 1950. In the beginning, the company produced [sewing machine]?s 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 [British Aerospace]?.
The company is located in Oberndorf in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, but also has a subsidiary in the United States.
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