Heckler & Koch vs Western Cartridge Company
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.
Western Cartridge Company is the older of the two, founded in 1898 — 51 years before Heckler & Koch.
- Founded
- 1949
- 1898
- Status
- Active
- Active
- Headquarters
- Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany
- East Alton, United States
- Industry
- weapons industry
- weapons industry
- Employees
- 923
- Not recorded
- Legal form
- Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
- Not recorded
Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Heckler & Koch and Western Cartridge Company.