Teufelshund Tactical

Happy Halloween, my H&K friends.

Exactly 170 years ago, October 25th, 1854, at the Battle of Balaclava, the 93d Highlanders, standing as a “thin red streak tipped with steel” repulsed a Russian cavalry charge with aimed long range rifle fire alone.

It marked a paradigm shift in modern warfare, illustrating the power of a new infantry weapon, the rifle-musket. Their valor will never fade.

Throwback Thursday:
1st Force Reconnaissance Company on 90s WESTPAC, ready to be Swift, Silent and Deadly, armed with suppressed H&K MP5-Ns.
Heckler & Koch

H&K History:

On this day in 1977, everything changed. Five days earlier, four members of the terrorist group, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 as a means to secure the release of Red Army Faction Leaders. Refused landing permission everywhere except Mogadishu, they sat on a runway awaiting their demands. Little did they know, Germany had sent a detachment from the GSG9 to resolve the situation. In a hangar on the runway, they planned their assault (Operation Fire Magic) which was carried out after a terrorist killed a hostage. With speed, audacity and surprise, the team killed three of the terrorists, wounded another, and freed all remaining 89 passengers (one flight attendant was wounded by a terrorist during the assault).
Of note, two SAS members, on exchange, took part during the raid. They observed that the use of the new H&K MP5 submachinegun, fired in bursts at close range, proved far more effective at incapacitating the threats than the handguns that other operators were using. They took those observations back with them and convinced their command to evaluate the H&K MP5 submachinegun, which led to its adoption as their new primary CQB weapon. That weapon went on to gain worldwide attention three years later in the hands of SAS Operators during the Iranian Embassy Siege in London in May 1980.

Me, in H&K’s Gray Room, just waiting patiently for my new access badge and office key.

Those of you who know me, know how excited I am today. I’m humbled beyond words for this opportunity, to be “on the team” of our favorite red letter company, especially during this critical period of growth within H&K USA. And I want to thank all those who have helped me along my journey to this point. Lots to do, but I have to say, it’s a great time to be a H&K fan!

Well worth the wait, my H&K friends.

Heckler and Koch CC9 Release Video A thorough overview of the new CC9 Pistol from H&K, including features and the back story into the "why" behind this exciting new model.

Training Tuesday:

“The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.”

― T.H. White, The Once and Future King

Throwback Thursday:
Long time H&K Team Member, Jim Schatz, displaying the One Millionth G3 produced.
For more information on the G3 and a series of rare prototype examples leading up to its development, secure yourself a copy of the Volume 3 of the Vickers Guide Heckler and Koch Series, available at www.vickersguide.com.
Vickers Guide

“Take the bloody shot!”
Throwback Thursday: No rifle from the 80s inspired more confidence and downright s*x appeal (if a gun can do that) in precision marksmanship than the Heckler and Koch PSG1. This marketing image speaks to that potential.
For more from this period from H&K, I recommend you head over to www.vickersguide.com and preorder your copy of Volume 3 of the Vickers Guide Heckler and Koch Series.
Heckler & Koch
Vickers Guide

Workbench Wednesday:
Knowledge is nothing, if not shared.

Training Tuesday:
Time is running out to fill the remaining slots to our most requested and comprehensive training course, covering three days and nights of Advanced Pistol and MP5 training, to be conducted in New Philadelphia, Ohio from 11-13 October.
For more information and to register, visit www.teufelshundtactical.com.

Throwback Thursday:
My buddy, Dave Hall, with SEAL Team 8, HOTEL Platoon, December 2001. Deployed in the North Arabian Sea and rocking a full compliment of MP5-Ns and MP5SDs.
Heckler & Koch

Workbench Wednesday:
When you possess the knowledge and skills, your workbench can be anywhere.

Heckler & Koch

Training Tuesday:

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
-Theodore Roosevelt
www.teufelshundtactical.com/train

H&K doesn’t suck and they don’t hate you.
Changing the narrative, one immersive and impactful experience at time.

Another MP5 Operator Course in the books and another 23 hard earned patches presented. Yates and I want to thank Heckler and Koch and Strongpoint Gun Range, and specifically, Angela, Tommy, Russell and Jesse for all the support necessary to make this possible. To Jake, Chris and Crispy, I’m so thankful for getting to spend another week making memories and moments. And of course to all the 1911 Syndicate Patreon members who made this one of the best courses ever, despite the weather. I’m grateful to have worked with you all and proud to have helped grow the H&K family once again.

Always fashionable, Angela, looking good in the 1911 Syndicate MP5 Operator Course t-shirts designed for our Patreon member event this weekend hosted by Heckler and Koch.
Massive thanks to for once again creating the perfect shirt for the H&K fan in us all.

Training Tuesday:
“Earned, never given.”
Come earn yours at one of our last two open enrollment training courses this year.
For more information and to register, visit www.teufelshundtactical.com.

Mondays are better with and lunch in H&K’s Gray Room.