C.G. Haenel is a German weapon manufacturer located in Suhl, Germany.
The original forge which stands at the gates of the Thuringian Forest
MP40 submachine gun
The MKb 42(H), the precursor to the StG 44 assault rifle
Jaeger.10 bolt action hunting rifle
Suhl is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located SW of Erfurt, 110 kilometres NE of Würzburg and 130 kilometres N of Nuremberg. With its 37,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest of the six urban districts within Thuringia. Together with its northern neighbour-town Zella-Mehlis, Suhl forms the largest urban area in the Thuringian Forest with a population of 46,000. The region around Suhl is marked by up to 1,000-meter-high mountains, including Thuringia's highest peak, the Großer Beerberg, approximately 5 kilometres NE of the city centre.
View over Suhl
Panoramic view over Suhl and the mountains around
The new city centre in 1974
The central mall in 1969