German military: Big budget, little efficiency
- 18th March 2022,
The German military has just been given a massive defense budget boost — but it is..
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Assault rifles for civilians – the Heckler & Koch AGM
- 15th September 2019,
Here’s my account of the Annual General Meeting of Heckler & Koch, in Rottweil in 2019.
Heckler & Koch fined €3.7 million over illegal arms sales to Mexico
- 21st February 2019,
Two former staff members at the weapons manufacturer were given suspended sentences for violating Germany’s War..
Heckler & Koch’s illegal arms deal with Mexico
- 20th February 2019,
Five H&K employees who conspired in a sale of G36 assault rifles to Mexico await their..
MPs from Angela Merkel’s CDU have been accused of taking bribes from the German gunmaker Heckler..
The ITEC trade fair has brought some of the world’s biggest military tech companies to the..
Six ex-employees of Heckler & Koch have gone on trial in Stuttgart for selling assault rifles..
How a German gunmaker became one of the world’s deadliest
- 14th May 2018,
Heckler & Koch’s trial over an illegal deal with Mexico is about to begin in Stuttgart...
Germany’s ‘deadliest company’ pledges to stop selling guns to crisis regions
- 8th September 2017,
Heckler & Koch, whose weapons have killed 2 million people, vows to end sales to warzones..
European charities say German weapons firms bypass domestic controls by using British subsidiaries, exploiting a lack..