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Firearm Showcase: The Heckler & Koch SMG (I), 1980s Would-Be Successor to the MP5 – HIGH RES PICS!

Posted July 15, 2016 in Daily News, Guns & Gear, News, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 67 Comments

In May of this year, I got the rare opportunity to travel to Heckler & Koch’s headquarters in Ashburn, VA, to take a look at some of the experimental and prototype firearms they have located there in their famous “Grey Room”. It wouldn’t be [Read More…]

Weird Magazines, Vol. III: The Heckler & Koch Transverse SMG I Mag

Posted November 6, 2015 in Guns & Gear, NFA / Suppressors / Class III, Other Gear & Gadgets by Nathaniel F with 34 Comments

In the early 1980s, German gunmaker Heckler & Koch began to design a new submachine gun that would improve on the existing MP5, in response to a US Navy solicitation for an advanced submachine gun as part of the Joint Services Small Arms Program (JSSAP). The SMG I, [Read More…]