Cugir Arms Factory is a Romanian state owned defence company that is one of the oldest defense companies of Romania. Cugir Arms Factory has a history that can be traced back to 1799 during the

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. The steel manufacturing workshops were founded in Cugir, Romania which is one of the first metallurgical factories in

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. Cugir Arms Factory now produces products compatible with NATO standards.

History

Facility expansion started in 1926 with construction of new production halls. Militarization of the plant began during wartime and was managed by modern weapons manufacturing specialists. During the cooperation period with Vickers Armstrong Ltd. of

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artillery parts and assemblies were manufactured. Later

Zbrojovka Brno Pre-war Československá zbrojovka, akc.spol. (or a.s.) (Czechoslovak Armory)and post-war Zbrojovka Brno, n.p.(Brno Armory) was a maker of small arms, light artillery, and motor vehicles in Brno, Czechoslovakia. It also made other products and ...

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took over the factory which resulted redesigning the production for infantry weapons and ammunition.

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took over the company’s shares in

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. Cugir produced the first Romanian-designed weapon ''9mm caliber submachine gun, Parabellum, “Oriţa” type''. SC Cugir Mechanical Plant SA was divided in 2004, SC Cugir Arms Factory SA, a subsidiary of the National Company

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Production

The plant produced the ''

Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 The Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 (abbreviated PM md. 63 or simply md. 63) is a Romanian 7.62x39mm assault rifle. Developed in the late 1950s, the PM md. 63 was a derivative of the Soviet AKM produced under license. It was the standard iss ...

'' (PM md. 63), and GP 75 AKM rifles '' Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy'' (AKM) series of Kalashnikov rifles based on the Russian AKM design of 1959. The factory also produces the popular AK style weapon the

WASR-series rifles Wassenaar Arrangement Semi-automatic Rifles (commonly referred to as WASR-series rifles) are a line of rifles sold in the United States by Century International Arms. The rifles are manufactured in Romania by the Cugir Arms Factory and are a semi- ...

semi-automatic only variant of the AKM rifle.

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External links

S.C. UZINA MECANICA CUGIR S.A. - History (Archive)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cugir Arms Factory Romania–Soviet Union relations Firearm manufacturers of Romania Defence companies of Romania Companies of Alba County

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