Heckler & Koch vs KNDS Deutschland

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Heckler & Koch is the older of the two, founded in 1949 — 50 years before KNDS Deutschland.

Founded: 1949; 1999
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany; Munich, Germany
Industry: weapons industry; weapons industry
Founders: Alex Seidel, Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch; Joseph Anton von Maffei
Employees: 923; 10,000
Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; GmbH & Co. KG
Parent: Not recorded; KNDS
Website: heckler-koch.com; knds.de

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Heckler & Koch and KNDS Deutschland.