Chitchat Heckler & Koch took $$ from Nigger then refused to deliver to Trump XM25 weapons

So called the revolutionary future US Army Infantry SMART fire power 25mm grenade launcher program is fucked, and Ang Moh Trump is suing the German arms maker H & K - famous for many guns including MP5 sub machine gun plus HK416 assault rifles. H & K had been paid more than $35 million via hands of Nigger Obama for this weapon but will not deliver it!


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German firm refuses key component for US grenade launcher over 1868 international law
Published time: 11 Feb, 2017 20:16
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German firm refuses key component for US grenade launcher over 1868 international law
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A German arms producer has refused to deliver key components for a new US grenade launcher, citing an 1868 convention prohibiting grenades being fired straight at a person. The German company is now facing penalties.

Mass production of the US, state-of-the-art, shoulder-fired grenade launcher XM25 has stalled since German company Heckler & Koch (H&K) has refused to deliver a key detail, fearing the weapon would hit people directly in violation of the 19th century international treaty, DPA reported.

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Heckler & Koch is referring to 1868 St Petersburg international law convention that says grenades can’t be fired directly at a person. According to the document, grenades may be thrown at a building or near a person, but not straight at them.

The German company has already received €33 million (more than $35 million) for the services it failed to provide, according to ATK group. The Germans did deliver the launching mechanisms in question for the first test models, but the delivery didn’t go further after that.

Twelve years devoted to the development of the XM25 Counter-Defilade Target Engagement System (CTDE) may result in nothing and now the US Orbital ATK group, the producer of the XM25, filed a lawsuit early February, going after €23 million in damages.
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For now, the German company is demanding a declaration from ATK that would guarantee they would follow the international rule.

However, the US wasn’t a party to the 1868 convention and thus doesn’t find itself legally obliged to obey the rules listed there.

The rule, however, is “generally accepted,” and the US is not an exception, head of Heckler & Koch Norbert Scheuch stressed, Germany’s N-TV reported.

“I need legal certainty about the delivery, I don’t have it now. It’s not that we do not want to deliver, but we can’t deliver,” he added.

ATK Orbital responded by saying: “H&K is looking for excuses for its failure.”

The company had already delivered components for some prototypes, but “all of a sudden” started to talk about the convention only now.

The CTDE, a semi-automatic grenade launcher that fires grenades set to explode in mid-air or near a target, targeting enemies with shrapnel, was supposed to revolutionize the US army, its manufacturers said last year.

There has been high expectation for the grenade launcher that is reportedly capable of shooting around the corner.

The US Army called the XM25 a “number one materiel solution to mitigate a critical capability gap” for dismounted soldiers. The first production batch was supposed to include 105 launchers.

Why is H&K bringing this up "after" accepting the contract?

I wonder which army in the world wouls buy a weapon which you cannot fire at an enemy

Don't the yanks have their own military industrial complex? Y the need to buy overseas? They can make their own grenade launchers n the have the industrial might to do...N make Yankee land great again...Buy local..I hope trump looks into this

johnny333 said:

Why is H&K bringing this up "after" accepting the contract?

I wonder which army in the world wouls buy a weapon which you cannot fire at an enemy

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They are fixing Ang Moh Trump.

Ang4MohTrump said:

They are fixing Ang Moh Trump.

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Actually Trump has made the krauts n frogs look bad...He tried n impose immigration restrictions n these 2 kpkb the most n frogland got another terrorist attack. N these 2 countries have the rise of the right wing which was has increased due to trump...So they have to fix trump as they will be out of a job if the right wing wins

Ang Moh Trump actually has much bigger problem - his entire military system is falling apart without funds, and so are his NATO allies + Japs.

USA UK Germany Japs all have old out-dated rotting military machines unable to function. Weapons fallen apart. Grounded subs, warship fleets and combat aircraft in massive scales.

http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?240734-😄-👍-Ang-Moh-countries-can-no-longer-defense-themselves!

The_Hypocrite said:

Actually Trump has made the krauts n frogs look bad...He tried n impose immigration restrictions n these 2 kpkb the most n frogland got another terrorist attack. N these 2 countries have the rise of the right wing which was has increased due to trump...So they have to fix trump as they will be out of a job if the right wing wins

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Orbital ATK sues Heckler & Koch over XM25 project
2/11/17 | by Daniel Terrill Share
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A U.S. soldier shouldering the XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System, also known as "the punisher." (Photo: DoD)

A U.S. soldier shouldering the XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System, also known as “the punisher.” (Photo: DoD)

Defense contractor Orbital ATK said Heckler & Koch failed to fill a multi-million dollar contract for producing prototype weapons for the U.S. Army, according to the lawsuit filed in a Minneapolis federal court last month.

ATK hired the German company as a subcontractor more than two decades ago and paid it more than $35 million to manufacture the XM25 “smart” weapon, but the gun maker missed last year’s deadline for completing the final order, the lawsuit says.

According to the complaint, Heckler & Koch failed to submit 20 prototype weapons needed in May, claimed the deadline was in September, and then abruptly excused itself from the contract entirely by citing a 19th Century law.

“H&K obtained a legal opinion from a German lawyer positing that the XM25, as designed, could theoretically be used in a manner that violated international laws of war,” the lawsuit says, noting Heckler & Koch referenced the St. Petersburg Declaration of 1868, a treaty that bans projectiles of a certain weight to be used against people.

But the lawsuit says ATK’s contract with the U.S. Army states the XM25 would not be used to target enemies in “a non-defilade position.” The complaint defines “defilade” as combatants “entrenched in a protected position,” and says facing it is “one of the most dangerous positions in which a U.S. soldier can find himself or herself.”

According to the complaint, the XM25 was designed so a soldier could shoot 25mm “airbursting” rounds from his shoulder and ideally reduce reliance on artillery, mortars and air support when fighting enemy combatant in defilade.

“The XM25 is a ‘smart’ weapon that measures the distance to the enemy combatant’s protective barrier, then programs the round to detonate only once it reaches the programmed distance,” the lawsuit says.

Details about the XM25 project have been circulating for more than a decade and the weapon was reportedly field tested by U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan, but the project suffered budget cuts in 2013. Last summer, the DoD Inspector General’s Office released a report recommending the Army either end the XM25 project or complete it in the fall after spending an estimated $185 million.

ATK has asked the court for a $27 million award — a sum devised from the cost to procure the contract, and develop and produce the weapon — and to allow the company to transfer intellectual property to another company to fulfill orders.
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This case certainly shows why Obama lost the elections. As Trump has mentioned many times, the US lets other countries take advantage of it. This is a typical case of when they have negotiated in good faith and the germans end up fucking them over. I hope Trump fucks the germans over bad. I hope he invents some way to give it to them.