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Many of you are probably familiar with the German WW2 submachine gun; the MP40 which was designed by Hugo Schmeisser in association with C.G. Haenel GmBG (and hence called the Schmeisser). Coincidentally they invented the modern assault rifle, the MP44/StG44 which influenced the design of numerous successors including the AK47). The company was stood down in 1945 and being located in Thuringen in East Germany merged into the state arms industry and much of their factory dismantled moved to the Soviet Union although minor production of hunting rifles and air rifles restarted in Germany in the late 1940s.
Haenel came back into more significant production in 2008 and most recently was one of two competitors to replace the G36 assault rifle being used by the Bundeswehr (The other competitor was H&K).
Today, Haenel won the contract for roughly Euro240 million to produce roughly 120,000 MK556 (Maschinenkarabiner 5.56) for the Bundeswehr.
See Haenel's tech specs on the MK556
See article re contract here
See Wiki page on CG Haenel
:cheers:
Haenel came back into more significant production in 2008 and most recently was one of two competitors to replace the G36 assault rifle being used by the Bundeswehr (The other competitor was H&K).
Today, Haenel won the contract for roughly Euro240 million to produce roughly 120,000 MK556 (Maschinenkarabiner 5.56) for the Bundeswehr.
See Haenel's tech specs on the MK556
See article re contract here
See Wiki page on CG Haenel
:cheers: