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Hensoldt Storms The US Market By David M. Fortier
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<blockquote data-quote="HuDisCo" data-source="post: 343641" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">There was certainly no malicious intent toward American shooters... This is an interesting point. I never thought someone might take it that way, so I am glad you brought it up. <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">You must realize that the long range shooting industry has really only developed commercially on a large scale here probably within the last 10 years, give or take a few. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">To my understanding a large part of it is due to cultural differences between us and Germany. Carl Zeiss Optronics produces only military and LE products. Military products are simply not sold to <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">commercial </span></span>users there. The political climate seems to be much more liberal. For almost all German sportsmen and shooters their needs were met by the Sport Optics line.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The Zeiss company is also particular about who they will do business with and before myself there were no suitable companies to partner with to handle importation and distribution. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">There are many more reasons than this, but these are the main ones I think. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I hope that helps.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Best regards,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Nathan Hunt</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HuDisCo, post: 343641, member: 18222"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]There was certainly no malicious intent toward American shooters... This is an interesting point. I never thought someone might take it that way, so I am glad you brought it up. [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]You must realize that the long range shooting industry has really only developed commercially on a large scale here probably within the last 10 years, give or take a few. [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]To my understanding a large part of it is due to cultural differences between us and Germany. Carl Zeiss Optronics produces only military and LE products. Military products are simply not sold to [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]commercial [/FONT][/COLOR]users there. The political climate seems to be much more liberal. For almost all German sportsmen and shooters their needs were met by the Sport Optics line.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]The Zeiss company is also particular about who they will do business with and before myself there were no suitable companies to partner with to handle importation and distribution. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]There are many more reasons than this, but these are the main ones I think. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I hope that helps.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Best regards,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Nathan Hunt[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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