Editing Heckler & Koch (section)

==== Date code ====
The date code is a two-letter combination used to specify the year a weapon was manufactured in. These are not part of the product's name, but are printed for identification directly on the weapon itself. They are only used on handguns.<ref>{{cite web |title=Date Codes on H&K Pistols |url=https://hk-usa.com/faqs/how-can-i-tell-what-year-my-usp-was-made/ |website=H&K |publisher=H&K USA |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!Letter
!Number
!Examples
|-
|'''A'''
|0
| rowspan="3" |'''AF''' – ''05'' – 20<u>05</u>
|-
|'''B'''
|1
|-
|'''C'''
|2
|-
|'''D'''
|3
| rowspan="4" |'''BG''' – ''16'' – 20<u>16</u>
|-
|'''E'''
|4
|-
|'''F'''
|5
|-
|'''G'''
|6
|-
|'''H'''
|7
| rowspan="3" |'''CE''' – ''24'' – 20<u>24</u>
|-
|'''I'''
|8
|-
|'''K'''
|9
|-
| colspan="3" |The letter '''J''' is not used as a date code.
|}
Heckler & Koch handguns produced at HK's German facilities are marked with "DE", Germany's [[ISO 3166-1]] code. Handguns manufactured in HK facilities outside Germany, or those produced in Germany before 2008, do not have the DE marking.