{"id":66647,"date":"2016-12-01T10:03:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T15:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=66647"},"modified":"2016-12-01T10:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T06:18:48","slug":"heckler-koch-promises-sell-nato-friendly-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/heckler-koch-promises-sell-nato-friendly-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Heckler &amp; Koch Promises to Sell Only to NATO-Friendly Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_26193\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HK-VP9-12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"heckler-koch-promises-sell-nato-friendly-countries\" title=\"Heckler &amp; Koch Promises to Sell Only to NATO-Friendly Countries\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26193\" title=\"Heckler &amp; Koch Promises to Sell Only to NATO-Friendly Countries\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HK-VP9-12-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"HK VP9 12\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HK-VP9-12-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HK-VP9-12-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HK-VP9-12-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HK-VP9-12.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HK VP9 12.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>German arms manufacturer Heckler &amp; Koch is promising to be more circumspect with sales contracts, specifically refusing to export firearms to countries that are non-NATO or non-NATO friendly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/heckler-koch-promises-to-sell-guns-ethically\/a-36575103\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"heckler-koch-promises-sell-nato-friendly-countries\" title=\"Heckler &amp; Koch Promises to Sell Only to NATO-Friendly Countries\">DPA reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We only want to deliver to solid countries &#8211; that means unequivocally democratic, definitely not corrupt, and in NATO or close to NATO,&#8221; an employee, described as a &#8220;manager,&#8221; told DPA.<\/p>\n<p>HK has created a sorta naughty and nice list, with \u201cgreen\u201d countries representing \u201cnice\u201d and \u201cyellow\u201d countries representing naughty. So, for example, the U.S. is obviously on the nice list or green list, whereas Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Turkey (incidentally a NATO member), and India are on the naughty list or yellow list.<\/p>\n<p>Over its 67-year history, HK has taken heat for selling arms to countries with a dubious reputation, including Iran, Sudan, Chad and, as mentioned, Mexico. Additionally, HK has also granted licensing rights to 15 countries \u2014 including Saudi Arabia and Iran \u2014 so that they can manufacture G3 and G36 rifles in their own factories.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can certainly understand the ethical criticism of such exports,&#8221; said, the HK manger while also adding that that the recent shift in policy was still being &#8220;heatedly debated&#8221; within the company.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/german-court-rules-heckler-koch-not-liable-faulty-rifles\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"heckler-koch-promises-sell-nato-friendly-countries\" title=\"Heckler &amp; Koch Promises to Sell Only to NATO-Friendly Countries\">German Court Rules Heckler &amp; Koch Not Liable for Faulty Rifles<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>In 2017, several former HK executives will go on trial for violating Germany\u2019s ban on selling arms into a conflict zone. The former employees are accused of selling G36 rifles to Mexico from 2003-2011.<\/p>\n<p>Watchdog organizations like the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) applauded the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In principle this is exactly what we have called for,&#8221; said Wolf-Christian Paes of BICC, who also said that HK\u2019s decision to become more discerning was a product of increased government regulation and scrutiny as opposed to concern for public welfare.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reason for the change in policy, it\u2019s good to see HK become a more responsible actor in the firearms community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German arms manufacturer Heckler &amp; Koch is promising to be more circumspect with sales contracts, specifically refusing to export firearms to countries that are non-NATO or non-NATO friendly, DPA reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":63852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,111,216,240],"tags":[132,524,617],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-66647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-industry-news","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-heckler-koch","13":"tag-industry-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Heckler &amp; Koch Promises to Sell Only to NATO-Friendly Countries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Heckler &amp; Koch Promises to Sell Only to NATO-Friendly Countries - Authors\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/heckler-koch-promises-sell-nato-friendly-countries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heckler &amp; Koch Promises to Sell Only to NATO-Friendly Countries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"German arms manufacturer Heckler &amp; Koch is promising to be more circumspect with sales contracts, specifically refusing to export firearms to countries that are non-NATO or non-NATO friendly, DPA reports.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/heckler-koch-promises-sell-nato-friendly-countries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-01T15:03:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-20T06:18:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/P30_P30L.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"795\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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