Heckler & Koch: The Engineers Who Built Guns From the Rubble of a Bombed Mauser Factory

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• TH

  @TheToolsGadgetsVault · 4 months ago

  Engineering history never disappoints.

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• YO

  @yossiallen3316 · 4 months ago

  One of the weapons I used on operations. The G3 was unbelievable. Absolute class.

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• CO

  @counttoast2647 · 4 months ago

  I happen to live near Oberndorf by chance, and I &quot;used&quot; the G3 while i was serving in the Army inn 91. It is bulky and heavy and had a strong recoil. Not a beauty but impressingly simple. <br>Interestingly the other remarkable and more famous gun also had roller mechanism that was working with recoil: The MG3 that basically was the MG42. &nbsp;I was much more impressed with that one

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• YA

  @Yagga2006 · 4 months ago

  I was trained / carried, the H&amp;K Mp5 &amp; the 33.<br>the 33 was a bit more &apos;awkward &apos; to clean &amp; put back together .......<br>The MP5, was a gift !<br>We were &apos; marked &apos; on our &apos;handling &apos; rather than the target, it was simply that accurate

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• KI

  @kimmich.a8773 · 3 months ago

  Fun fact: Heckler &amp; Koch used to manufacture machine tools as well; this division was spun off when the company was acquired and is known today worldwide as SW (Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen). Furthermore, since World War II, Oberndorf has been completely undermined by tunnels—much like almost everywhere else in the region; for instance, in Schramberg (10 km away), Junghans manufactured time fuses during the war. Additionally, Rheinmetall currently manufactures tank gun barrels in Oberndorf.

• GL

  @GlenPaul-t1d · 3 months ago

  Excellent account of H&amp;K history. &nbsp;Most enjoyable.

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• JO

  @johnscreekmark · 4 months ago

  I like the VP9SK and P30SK….great handling and shooting 9mm &nbsp;pistols.

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• TH

  @THEfamouspolka · 4 months ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AevSA6S482c&amp;t=400">6:40</a> - The M16 bolt, &nbsp;roller delayed it is not!<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AevSA6S482c&amp;t=414">6:54</a> - You did it again...

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• RA

  @ramsn1971 · 3 months ago

  excellent cinematography! thank you.

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• RB

  @RBrianJefferies · 4 months ago

  The same company produces some of the finest weapons in the world today

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• PR

  @prcr8tion · 4 months ago

  That&apos;s a huge maglite mounted on top of a MP5. We came a long way since then.

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• ES

  @eskhawk · 4 months ago

  You were showing schematics for the M-16/AR-15

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