Posted May 29, 2015 10:00 am by Comments

By Johannes Paulsen

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Heckler and Koch, the famous arms manufacturer from the German state of Baden-Württemberg, has been having a rough patch lately. As Bloomberg.com reported last year, the company has been having a rocky time financially. Then the Bundeswehr announced that it was ditching H&K’s G36 rifle (hitherto its main battle rifle) due to accuracy issues in combat situations that were traced back to flaws in the gun’s design . . .

 

Alas, more trouble is brewing for the corporate leadership in Oberdorf am Neckar. Deutsche Welle reports:

Heckler & Koch may face a heavy fine for sending thousands of G36 rifles to Mexico….

[The company] delivered a total of 9,472 G36 assault rifles to Mexico between 2003 and 2011. The company has been suspected of illegally supplying arms to crisis regions on several occasions.

Exports of the rifle…are currently permitted across most of Mexico with the exception of the states of Chiapas, Chihuahua, Guerrero and Jalisco. Export restrictions were implemented there due to suspected police corruption.

A…report from the Customs Criminal Office (ZKA) in Cologne alleges…that Heckler & Koch delivered some 4,767 G36 guns to the prohibited states.

In the town of Iguala in Guerrero, where 43 students were last …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns

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