Key point: France saw that the HK416 was a good weapon and so adopted it. In 2017, the French military should begin taking delivery of a new individual weapon to replace the aging FAMAS rifle. The ...

KSM combat swimmers underwater with the H&K G36 assault rifle (Photo Bundeswehr) German special operations units are about to get their hands on the latest iteration of Heckler & Koch’s HK416 carbine, ...

PARIS — The Direction Générale de l'Armement received May 3 a 400-strong first batch of Heckler & Koch HK416 F, an assault rifle to replace the Famas weapon for the French services under the future ...

A member of the Dutch Korps Commandotroepen with an H&K HK416 D10RS (Photo Wikimedia Commons) For decades, German arms giant Heckler & Koch has served as the gold standard for military and civilian ...

The 5.56-millimeter M27 is based on Heckler & Koch’s HK416. It’s piston-driven and sports a free-floating barrel. Marines reportedly like the M27 for its reliability and accuracy. A marksman’s variant ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German prosecutors said on Thursday six former employees of gun maker Heckler & Koch had been charged with breaching laws on trade and weapons of war by selling arms destined for ...