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The HK21 is a German 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, developed in 1961 by small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch and based on the G3 battle rifle.The weapon is in use with the armed forces of several Asian, African and Latin American countries.
This is a list of all of the weapon products made by Heckler & Koch, a German weapons defence manufacturer with subsidiaries all over the world. It includes fully developed, experimental and military products, as well as those produced under license.
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Heckler & Koch was founded in 1949 by former Mauser engineers Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch, and Alex Seidel, who founded the company out of the shuttered Mauser factory in Oberndorf. [2] The company initially produced machine tool and metal parts until 1956 when, in response to a Bundeswehr contract for a new service rifle , HK developed the ...
Heckler & Koch HK21 - a general purpose machine gun developed in 1961, based on the G3 battle rifle; Submachine guns. Walther MP - developed in 1963.
The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. This ammunition was developed following World War II as part of the NATO small arms standardization, it is made to replicate the ballistics of a pre-WWII full power rifle cartridge in a more compact package.
Colombia: [43] Originally in 1975, Heckler and Koch sold to Indumil the manufacturing license for the G3, the MP5 submachine gun, and the HK21 machine gun. [81] Replaced in service by IMI Galil. Denmark: G3A5, as the Gevær Model 1966 (Gv M/66). Another variant, designated Gevær Model 1975 (Gv M/75) was leased from the German government. [54]
Heckler & Koch: 5.56×45mm NATO West Germany: Assault rifle: 1984 Heckler & Koch HK21: Heckler & Koch: 7.62×51mm NATO West Germany: General-purpose machine gun: 1961 Heckler & Koch HK33: Heckler & Koch: 5.56×45mm NATO West Germany: Assault rifle: 1968 Heckler & Koch MP5: Heckler & Koch: 9×19mm Parabellum Germany Submachine gun: 1964 Heckler ...