Heckler & Koch specifically designed its HK416 to meet the demands of America’s elite armed forces. Development began sometime in the 1990s, and in 2004, it replaced the M4s carried by Delta Force.

Heckler & Koch (HK) has developed the HK416 Enhanced Carbine to provide a high degree of performance as required by special operations units. To improve reliability, service life ...

The HK416 appeared in 2004 and has seen combat with U.S. and German special operations forces in Afghanistan. In 2010, the U.S. Marine Corps also adopted the HK416 as the M-27. In 2017, the French ...

Heckler & Koch has released a new .22 LR blowback-action version of its HK416D 5.56x45 mm NATO short-stroke gas piston carbine. ... Heckler & Koch, HK416D, HK416, .22 LR, Blowback, AR15.

In the early 2000s, operators in the U.S. military’s special operations community started using the Heckler & Koch HK416 as one of their primary battle rifles. It was initially meant to replace ...

Heckler & Koch’s HK416 flew under the radar for quite some time. That all changed in May 2011, when the now-famous SEAL Team Six raided a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan where Osama bin Laden ...

Heckler & Koch's 5.56mm HK416 is beginning to show up in more and more places, including foreign militaries and ...

Heckler & Koch has received an order from the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency to supply HK416 assault rifle sets for the Norwegian armed forces, the company announced on 8 January. The order will ...

A direct descendent of the HK416, the MR556 is a semi-automatic rifle developed by Heckler & Koch as a premium level commercial/civilian firearm. Like the HK416, the MR556 is ...

The German Heckler & Koch HK416 assault rifle is younger than the AK by almost half a century. It was created with NATO special divisions in mind, which were disappointed with the Colt M4 and M16 ...

PARIS — The Direction Générale de l'Armement received May 3 a 400-strong first batch of Heckler & Koch HK416 F, an assault rifle to replace the Famas weapon for the French services under the ...