“We are convinced that there is some sort of campaign against us,” said Andreas Heeschen, a 54-year-old German investor who bought the firm from British Aerospace – now BAE Systems – in 2002 and recently relocated from London to Oberndorf to take a more active management role.HK is vowing to fight back. Executives said it is considering legal action against the government for what it sees as politically motivated slander.The conflict is more than a battle between a defense firm and a disgruntled client. It also reflects Germany’s struggle to define its role in a world of heightened security risks.Seventy years after the end of World War Two, Germany is still reluctant to send its troops to crisis zones. Yet until recently it encouraged companies like Heckler and Koch to ship arms around the world.View galleryA man holds a G 36 KA rifle manufactured by Heckler …A man holds a G 36 KA rifle manufactured by Heckler & Koch during a guided media tour at arms factor …Berlin is now tacitly acknowledging the hypocrisy of this stance. But reversing course is proving messy – for the government and the gunmaker.

Source: Germany turns on its top gunmaker – Yahoo News

This story has continued to grow. What started as grumblings among those who actually pull triggers has grown into a what amounts to yet another anti-gun push by the German government against what has long been one of Germany’s greatest exports, small arms. HK is not alone in its struggles with Angel Merkel and others in the German government as Sig Sauer has also faced issues with exporting guns from Germany in the last year.

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