Schmidt & Bender
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| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| founding | 1957 |
| Seat | Biebertal , Germany |
| management | Sabine Bender-Gerlach Karlheinz Gerlach |
| Number of employees | 80 (fiscal year 2011/12) |
| Branch | Optics manufacturer |
| Website | Schmidt & Bender |
Schmidt & Bender is a German company that has specialized in the production and development of high-quality rifle scopes for hunting and sport as well as the police and the military. In particular, the Police Marksman series ( PM and PM II for short ) are used by many special forces worldwide .
history
The company was founded in 1957 by the precision mechanic Helmut Schmidt and the master precision mechanic Helmut Bender in Biebertal in the district of Gießen in Central Hesse and is still owned by the founding families. It employs over 80 people in Germany.
At first, Schmidt & Bender produced exclusively for larger German mail-order hunting companies that sold the rifle scopes under various brand names such as "Geco", "Horrido" and "Akah". In the course of time, however, they began to sell rifle scopes under their own name, and so the rifle scopes are only available under the name "Schmidt & Bender" today.
The company manufactures largely by hand, which limits the number of riflescopes produced.
Schmidt & Bender Hungaria optics
In 1992 Schmidt & Bender Hungaria Optikai KFT was founded in Budapest by Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG as an independent company. The privatizations in Hungary made it possible for Schmidt & Bender to acquire the manufacturer of optical components and glass fibers , the Hungarian Optical Works (MOM), which was founded in 1876 and which had previously produced optical components for Schmidt & Bender riflescopes. Today 80 people are employed there.
Products
- Classic : Product line for hunting, conventional and robust riflescopes
- Zenith : Product line for hunting, modern range of riflescopes with extended functions
- Police Marksman and Police Marksman II ( PM and PM II ): wide product line for military and police, also suitable for long distances (over 2,000 m) and heavy sniper rifles , for example in the 12.7 × 99 mm NATO (.50 BMG) caliber
- Sport : product line for sport shooters
Users
- Accuracy International offers Schmidt & Bender PM II riflescopes for its Arctic Warfare rifles.
- Brügger & Thomet supplies its APR family rifles with a scope from S&B as standard.
- Heckler & Koch equips the new version of the HK PSG1 , the PSG 1A1 , with a rifle scope from S&B after a rifle scope from Hensoldt (today: Carl Zeiss Sports Optics ) was used on the old PSG1 .
- The United States Marine Corps decided to equip their sniper rifles with a special version of the PM II. The 3–12 × 50 PM II Military replaces the rifles in the .308 Win and .50 BMG calibers with a telescopic sight that had been in use for 25 years.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Information on the company history on the Schmidt & Bender website
- ↑ Information on the brand names on SWFA.com ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information about the production on the English website of Schmidt & Bender ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information on Schmidt & Bender Hungaria Optik (English) ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Announcement on the international website of S&B about the decision of the Marine Corps ( Memento of the original dated February 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
