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East Germany/DDR
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Since
the 14th century, craftsmen in the town of Suhl, Germany,
deep in the Thuringen Forest, have been known as the world’s
finest weapons makers. Suhl Arms Production factory in the
former East Germany, the USSR handed over the factory to
German Democratic Repuplic (GDR), 1952 the government
renamed it to "VEB Fahrzeug- und Gerätewerk Simson Suhl".
Little by little the production of sporting guns started
again.. In 1898, the Merkel brothers founded a factory in
Suhl that was the first to industrially manufacture
over-and-under guns. The Merkel factory grew rapidly, and in
1914 the production line introduced side-by-side (SxS)
shotguns. The reputation of Merkel guns circulated quickly
throughout Germany, and then throughout the world.
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- Suhl
factory |
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"circle in diamond mark"
seen on E.German Makarov pistols / AK47 receiver along with
(K3) mark |
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- Ernst
Thaelmann VEB |
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(K3)
"K3 in ellipse/oblonged circle mark"
seen on German MPiAK74N , AK 47 version receiver
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(*):(VEB
is no trademark! VEB means "Volkseigener Betrieb" or "
people owned factory" ...so aside from "Kombinat"s,the "VEB"s
where one common form of socialist production units
throughout the whole GDR/DDR usually held apart with a
socialist heroes name like Ernst Thaelmann)
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Poland |
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Lucznik
factory in Radom. State Armory in Radom employs 6,000 workers
and produces the Kalashnikov assault rifle |
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- Lucznik
factory |
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11
"number 11 mark"
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- State
Armory in Radom |
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Bulgaria |
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- ARSENAL
factory |
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"ARSENAL" Ltd. is a modern infrastructural plant specialized
in machine-building and the production of small arms and
artillery systems, ammunition, powders, primers, pyrotechnic
products, hard- alloy tools etc. Its history dates back to the
beginning of 1878. Arsenal produces many models of assault
rifles, grenade launchers and anti-aircraft guns including
small quantities of NATO caliber weapons. Its most notable
weapon is the Kalashnikov, 'regarded as one of the East bloc's
finest, and over 1 million of the submachine guns found their
way from here (Bulgaria) to the armies and armed gangs of the
world'.
ARSENAL
Co. produces a number of products for civilian use such as
industrial machines and tools, anti-hail rockets, signaling
rockets, items for the mining industry, and others. production
and trade of processing and non standard equipment, cemented
carbide materials and tools, small arms, artillery systems,
accessories for them, ammunition, primers, powders, charges,
pyrotechnic products.
Arsenal
Co., 100
Rozova Dolina St., 6100
Kazanluk, Bulgaria
www.arsenal-bg.com
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- Izhevsk
factory / Izhmash |
Ishevsk is a city in Russia and lies 77 km northwest from
Sarapul. Due to the influence of access of the river Ischa
in the Urals , in 1760 were created there by the Russian
count Schuwalow an iron goods factory, which manufactured
mainly firearms, primarily cannons. In 1763 the factory was
taken over by the Russian government and produces weapons to
this day.
The
successor of the former Ishevsk weapon manufacturer is
today's Izhmash company.
3,
Derjabin Pr., Izhevsk
Udmurt Republic, 426006, Russia
Fax: (095) 249-53-26; (3412) 49-56-39
Telephone: (095) 249-03-36; (3412) 51-22-83; 49-55-31
www.izhmash.ru
I
zhevsk, the capital city of Udmurtia, is located in the
central part of the Republic of Udmurtia . In territory it
is 31,666 hectares. Currently the population of Izhevsk is
700,000 people which amounts to 40% of the population of the
whole republic.
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"arrow in triangle mark"
(arrow pointing upwards to the top point of triangle)
seen on Russian red/orange and dark plum (commonly
referred to as black) synthetic 30 rnd AK74 (5.45x39) mags. |
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{/\}
"arrow in shield mark"
(trade mark...former bow and arrow)
seen on Izhevsk products like pistol grips, etc. |
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- Tula
factory |
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Tula (
Tuljskaja Gubernija) was in 1891 a District or Province of
European Russia. Previously, Tula belonged to the District
of Moscow until 1777 . The District was about 200 km south
of Moscow, and covered roughly 31,000 square kilometers with
approximately 1.34 million inhabitants in 1882. The District
was rich in natural resources such as , iron, and was very
suitable for cottage industries. Tula, the capitol of the
District was known to have areas of strong ore deposits
situated quite near to it.
The first
weapons factory in Tula , was established in1632.
The city
was a prime location for rail access because of the river Upa
and in 1882 had particularly good rail connections In the year
1896 armament makers with the aid of 1,400 machine tools could
manufacture 913 weapons per day.
In the last
years 19th Century the factory was extended because of the
pending production of the three-line rifles and received
approximately 1,400 new machines, mostly from France. In
addition to the different army rifles, the Nagant pistol,
other light arms and edged weapons, hunting rifles and
ammunition was manufactured there. |
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"star mark" (Tula arsenal)
(5 pointed, outlined star)
seen on Russian brown synthetic 30 rnd AK74 (5.45x39) mags.
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"star in triangle mark"
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- Polyany
arsenal (Molot) |
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Vyatskie Polyany Machine Building Plant which uses the trade
name "Molot". Machine Building Plant MOLOT. Polyany
manufactures the VEPR Rifle and BECAs shotguns. It possesses
modern technologies and equipment, highly-skilled engineers
and highly-trained workers.half-century tradition in the
production of hunting arms based on Kalashnickov system
40-years experience in the production of motor vehicles and
parts production and mounting of Packing Equipment
135 Lenin
Street, Vyatskie Polyany,
Kirov Region, 612900, Russia
+7 83334 26611
+7 83334 22199; +7 83334 21832 |
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{*}
"star in shield mark" ()
(5 pointed outlined star in shield)
seen on RPK drum mags and bakelite RPK 74 (5.45x39) 45 rnd
synthetic mags. |
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China |
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These are really export companies, and the rifles with these
names were contracted from several military arsenals for
export by Polytech and Norico
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- Polytech
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(386)
"single circle 386 mark"
reported on receivers / trunnion of Polytech AKs. |
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- Norinco
/ China North Industries Group |
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/66\
" 66 in triangle " ()
66 - reported on chinese origin metal magazines.
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