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Heckler & Koch, the German weapons manufacturer whose guns are estimated to have killed more than 2 million people since the company was founded in 1949, has quietly adopted the most ethical sales policy of any gunmaker in the world. The company has pledged no longer to sell arms into warzones or to countries that violate corruption and democracy standards, including Saudi Arabia, Israel, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia, or any African countries. [Emphasis Mine]

ARLINGTON, VA. — The Marine Corps has moved one step closer to selecting a next-generation light automatic rifle. On Friday, the Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, Va., announced contract awards for three competing weapons manufacturers to produce and deliver their final entries to the Corps by the middle of next year, in what signifies a final round of competition that began with ten candidates. The lighter, magazine-fed Infantry Automatic Rifle — or IAR — is intended to replace the belt-fed M249 Squad Automatic Weapon — or SAW — in “the Marine Rifle Squad within infantry battalions and in the...

Security Threat Or Embarrassment? Written by Cindy Pena Last Updated: 1/16/2005 2:50:08 PM The FBI and police agencies are on the lookout tonight for a police vehicle stolen in Northwest Washington Friday morning. But that's not all that was taken. Cindy Pena's Report Inaugural preparations are in the final stages. Decorations along Pennsylvania Ave. are flying high, while down low man hole covers are searched and sealed. At the capitol, visitors can still walk up First St. to see the West side of the building but for now, there's no getting closer. Many people say with security so tight,...

Initial reports favor Heckler & Koch, which is building local plant for rifle assembly George Thorogood's growling rock classic, "Bad to the Bone," set the mood Wednesday as two squads of soldiers leaped out of their Stryker armored vehicles at Fort Benning's Redcloud Range. As the music from the loudspeakers faded away, the 29th Infantry Regiment troops hit the ground in a prone position and proceeded to blast away at green targets on a hillside about 100 yards away. Dirt kicked up as one nine-man squad did their damage using the Colt M4 Carbine rifle that currently is the weapon...

Hey, if any of you people remember that post on the OICW, which was so flawed and had many mistakes just in the information, this is how it really goes, the OICW which is now the xm29 is deemed heavy as shit and will not be the standard infantry rifle, instead, a really like spin off of the G36 which looks really futuristc and is a modular weapon has been produced. Its cheaper to make, much more reliable than the current m16/m4's and just looks heaps good. It doesnt take a gunsmith to customize it before missions. It can be...

COLUMBUS, Ga. - German gun manufacturer Heckler & Koch will build a firearms plant here that will employ 200 people initially and eventually up to 500, officials said. "This has been an eight-year effort," Mike Gaymon, president of the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, said Friday of the state's efforts to lure the plant. Heckler & Koch makes weapons such as submachine guns, assault rifles and handguns for both civilian and military markets, including armed forces in Germany and Spain. The company's U.S. headquarters are in Sterling, Va. Officials said the initial construction phase is to cost about $20 million...

Cyanide-Shooting Guns Found in Baghdad .c The Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Soldiers searching homes in a Baath Party enclave on Sunday turned up weapons straight out of James Bond movies - among them suitcases that concealed submachine guns and air pistols that fired cyanide pellets. The men of A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, found 21 briefcases specially designed to hold Heckler and Koch MP-5K 9 mm submachine guns. The guns could be fired by pulling a trigger on the handle of the case. There were also several silencers for 9 mm pistols and a gold-plated MP-5...

BAE Systems is poised to sell Heckler & Koch, its German handgun and rifle maker. The sale is awaiting formal approval from the US and UK defence ministries, both of which are Heckler & Koch customers. The purchaser is a German investor group headed by Umarex, which owns CarlWalther, maker of the legendary Walther PPK handgun favoured by James Bond. Heckler & Koch makes the G36 rifle used by the German, Spanish and British armies. It also supplies special forces such as the SAS and its German equivalent, GSG-9, with handguns and machine guns. The British army accounts for around...