Then what's a good country to move the headquarters to for export? Swiss?
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A country with the population and export infrastructure of China/India, the work ethic of Japan, and the economy of a small African republic. For firearm manufacturing the plant better be ISO certified.
Being serious and on topic there are domestic manufacturers trying to create firearms/cartridge combos that closely match if not beat the MP7. Just goes to show that there is a market here in the US all be it a narrow one.
You forget one thing. Guys from HK are proud to be German company and to work in Oberndorf - historical cradle of German small arms manufacturing. HK moved to any other place, would not be HK anymore.
Look at Colt. Can you imagine Colt becoming for eg. Mexican or Agentinian or New Zealand company and staying to be Colt in anything but name?
Montrala
I'm sponsored competition shooter representing Heckler&Koch, Kahles, Hornady and Typhoon Defence brands in Poland, so I can be biased
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You're right, Montrala, the German political situation makes it very difficult for HK these days. The press in Germany is out to smear HK for any "crimes" committed using their products, and any knock on the arms industry is a direct shot at HK:
German rifles may land in child soldiers? hands | World | DW.DE | 13.02.2014;
German churches succeed in blocking Mideast arms deals - World Tribune | World Tribune;
INTERVIEW Mexican foreign minister: Let's talk with, not about, each other By Denis Duettmann and Andrea Sosa, dpa | EUROPE ONLINE.
None of these things should reflect on HK, but they are a scapegoat and demonized by those who do so for political gain. Just think how relentless the left here criticise Haliburton and other defense contractors in the wake of the Iraq war and multiply that by 1000.
HK just wants to make money (and is desperate to do so to raise cash these days ), and the US civilian market is the largest potential source of that. US import restrictions can be overcome (like FN does with the SCAR, CZ with the Scorpion, etc.), but German export restrictions makes things basically impossible. If HK could sell us MP7s, G36, real 416s, etc., they would. This was straight from the horse's mouth of senior HK leadership from SHOT Show. One of the German guys said that if the greens and communists could blame HK for making the weather bad, they would.
Last edited by interfan; 01-24-15 at 16:08. Reason: removed caps from "communists" and "greens" since they don't deserve the respect that capital letters afford
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