Talk:Heckler & Koch

message: *Does anyone care if "many fans feel that HK is the world's premiere firearm manufacturer"? This does not have the ring of encyclopedic content and several parts of this article read like this, and lack citations. It could stand to be cleaned up in terms of tone and focus.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.106.188.82 (talk) 21:38, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Misc

message: Shouldn't hkpro be referred to as more than a mere fan site?  It now hosts the official forums of HK-USA, where customer support, marketing, and the official shooting team from the company post.Kirbysdl (talk) 05:46, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: External Links

message: * I have rated this article as B class having checked the B class criteria Philip.t.day (talk) 22:47, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Class Rating

message: Pronunciation: according to HK, 'The English pronunciation is pronounced, “coke.”'
: Yeah, whatever. Koch is German for cook, and believe me, it's not pronounced like Coke. Why the "English pronunciation" then? My guess is that H&K representatives want to sell guns instead of teaching foreign pronounciation to a people widely known to ignore anything outside their own country.  --Yooden
:: Despite the fact that no German would pronounce koch as coke, H&K has decided that this is how they will market their name. As loch is pronounced 'läk  ... somewhat close to 'cock', I have put it down. As for 'coke,' sorry Yooden that this apparently offends you but for the purposes of Wikipedia, your own misgivings of American culture are irrelevant. Send an email to H&K.
::: I don't know who you are, but I think some things should be considered: First, H&K is a German company. Feel free to write an article about the US subsidiary and pronounce them in whatever way they would like you to. Second, I linked to a pronounciation guide, there is not much point in finding alternative pronounciations for loch which do mislead the reader wrt Koch.
::: Anyway, I think the current text is an acceptable compromise.  --Yooden
:: The 'American English' pronounciation may be 'coke', but the 'English English' pronounciation is 'loch'.
Regardless of what personal preferences may be, here's an article discussing this very same problem that should provide the final word on the issue: http://www.hkpro.com/koch.htm Also, working at an indoor range and store that carries HK weapons, I can back up this article from personal experience and with working with HK USA and HK Obendorf staff. --Swordmaster2k1 01:58, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's pronounced however you say Loch; but with a hard-C at the start. American retardation of pronunciation (especially simple non-french, non-English ones) shouldn't come into it. "Have fun in Lose Angeles with Carlose and his coke." --86.23.55.139 (talk) 10:33, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: Anyone know what the HK19 weapon mentioned here Provisional IRA arms importation could be? Thanks Fluffy999 23:33, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't exist.  The only HK SMG in the '70s was the MP5. --D.E. Watters 17:55, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! Fluffy999 19:23, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: HK19

message: Why is the HK G41 under "Special Weapons"? From what I know, it's just another 5.56 roller-delayed blowback assault rifle, similar to the HK33. 70.179.127.215 20:57, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  G41 

message: Is there any reason that his name, unlike that of the other co-founders, is not included in the company name? If he made a lesser contribution than Edmund Heckler and Theodor Koch, that ought to be mentioned in the article. 71.203.209.0 03:13, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Alex Seidel

message: What is HK's stock symbol? 68.113.47.82 18:28, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Heckler & Koch GmbH isn't publicly traded.  —Thernlund (Talk | Contribs) 19:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the reply.  Earlier, the info box indicated it was a public company.  68.113.47.82 01:01, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stock Symbol? 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:H&K Factory.jpg

message: I'm hearing claims that the company was sold off to a bidder in the Middle East (UAE?). Is anyone able to shed some light on this? Koalorka (talk) 06:59, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Company ownership?

message: The sentence "Heckler & Koch firearms are known for their precision, durability, reliability and build quality." sounds more like an Advertisement than an encyclopaedia article and has therefore been removed. -- Mr\ Lore 00:57, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Advertisement?

message: Recently HK has come under fire in the (internet english-speaking) Gun owning community due to their (supposed) horrible customer service and general attitude towards their civilian market. I think that this should be brought up in their article, but I do not see how I could write it without sizable vitriol.
Anyone with an unbiased POV could check it out though. 
Link to a display of this criticism, and one that has been oft repeated.
Rynosaur (talk) 22:13, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: HK, because you suck, and we hate you

message: I have deleted a couple of citations to HKPRO.com. It is not a reliable source for Wikipedia articles because its articles are anonymously posted and there's no discernible editorial review process. See WP:V for general rules, and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Firearms#HKPRO/ hkpro.com for a specific discussion of this source.  Rezin (talk) 22:00, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  HKPRO 

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message: Which should be chosen? I'm changing it to the latter for the time being, but feel free to correct.--Adûnâi (talk) 01:18, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  The company motto or the company's motto? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Should the HK Slap be added to the article? It's became infamous in media, so it should be notable. 
JoMiMi2019 (talk) 04:45, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  About the HK Slap 

message: The section on werknummer could probably use an update and maybe a few examples unless the HK416 is a
* (4) fifth-generation
* (1) Magazine-fed machine gun chambered in
* (6) HK 4.6x30mm.
NB: Yes, I am aware that the article previously mentions that the specific HK416 doesn't follow werknummer but that is easy to miss with the current layout (for example - I missed it until I started reading closer in order to write this text)
Instead of:
* Naming (info about werknummer exceptions)
** Abbreviations
*** (table)
** Werknummer (well after the info)
*** (table)
It might instead be beneficial to do it like:
* Naming
** Abbreviations and Werknummer
** (table)
** (table)
82.134.169.160 (talk) 15:38, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Naming and Werknummer