Heckler & Koch vs Vickers Limited

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.

Vickers Limited is the older of the two, founded in 1828 — 121 years before Heckler & Koch.

Founded: 1949; 1828
Status: Active; Closed 1927
Headquarters: Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany; London, United Kingdom
Industry: weapons industry; weapons industry
Founders: Alex Seidel, Edmund Heckler, Theodor Koch; Edward Vickers, George Naylor
Employees: 923; Not recorded
Legal form: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung; limited company
Website: heckler-koch.com; Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Heckler & Koch and Vickers Limited.