MFS Ammunition, formerly known as MFS 2000 Inc, is a
Hungarian ammunition
Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines) and the component parts of other weap ...
manufacturer located in
Sirok
Sirok is a historic village (population 2,100) in Heves county in Hungary, situated near Eger in Mátra mountains. Today it is most known for its 13th-century castle ruins.
Etymology
The name comes from the Slavic ''širokъ''—wide like Šir ...
.
[http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/United_States_Army_suspends_ammo_contract_for_Afghan_security_forces Wikinews, Friday, March 28, 2008, Retrieved September 4, 2011.]
The name ''MFS'' is short for ''Mátravidéki Fémművek – Sirok.''
History
It was established in 1952 as Mátravidéki Fémművek (Matra Provincial Metal Works) and began to produce ammunition for the civilian market in the late 1950s.
[http://www.weaponsworld.com/mfs-ammunition-7-62x39mm-russian-123-grain-full-metal-jacket-zinc-plated-steel-case-500-rd-case.html , Retrieved September 4, 2011.][ MFS] Initial military production declined during the 1960s and 1970s in favour of civilian production.
The company produced military ammunition with a plant code of "23".
Factory code "21" is also associated with the company.
After the Cold War and the ending of the Warsaw Pact, the company was privatized in 1990 as ''Magyar Löszergyártó Kft.'' ("Hungarian Ammunition Manufacturers, Ltd."). They were reincorporated in 1999 as ''Mátravidéki Fémmüvek – Sirok 2000, Zrt.'' (Matra Province Metal Works – Sirok 2000 Ltd.), or ''MFS 2000 Inc''.
MFS is one of a relatively small number of producers of commercial
7.62×39mm
The 7.62×39mm (aka 7.62 Soviet, formerly .30 Russian Short) round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as ...
hunting ammunition. It was subcontracted by
Fiocchi America under its Fiocchi Int'l brand to manufacture
7.65×17mm Browning (.32 ACP),
9×18mm Makarov
The 9×18mm Makarov (designated 9mm Makarov by the C.I.P. and often called 9×18mm PM) is a Soviet pistol and submachine gun cartridge. During the latter half of the 20th century it was a standard military pistol cartridge of the Soviet Union an ...
(
PM),
9×18mm +P Makarov (
PMM), and
9×19mm Luger ammunition.
Controversies
In 2008, the company's ammunition featured indirectly in a controversy over supply of Afghan army and police forces by a contractor to the US Army. Instead of higher-quality MFS ammunition, Miami-based
AEY Inc. provided corroded Chinese surplus ammunition sourced from Albania, leading to termination of the Army contract.
The Chinese ammunition was bulk packed in clear plastic garbage bags and repackaged in repainted wooden equipment crates that were falsely labeled as being recently made by Czech ammunition maker
Sellier & Bellot
Sellier & Bellot is a firearms ammunition manufacturer situated in Vlašim, Czech Republic. It is a subsidiary of the Brazilian company CBC.
Foundation
Sellier & Bellot was founded on August 5, 1825 by a German businessman of French ...
.
Up till now
In 2009 the firm was acquired by the premium ammunition producer of RUAG Ammotech Group (Norma, RWS, Geco, Rottweil and Swiss P ammunition) and was renamed RUAG Ammotec ''Magyarországi Zrt.'' (''RUAG Hungarian Ammotec Inc''.). They produce: .380 Auto, .38 Special, .44 Magnum,.357 Magnum, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, 9x19, 9x21, 7,65Br, 9x18 Makarov, 7.62x39, 7,62x54R, 5,5645 SS109 ammunition.
Major investment was made into the increase of capacity and quality management processes .
web page: https://www.mfs-ammunition.com
See also
*
Prvi Partizan
Prvi partizan ( sr, Први партизан, Prvi partizan; abbr. PPU) is a Serbian manufacturer of ammunition and handloading components, based in Užice, Serbia.
The company produces ammunition for civilian and military consumers in a varie ...
References
External links
* {{official website, http://www.mfs2000.hu/
MFS .223 Ammo Police Test & Review
Ammunition manufacturers
Manufacturing companies established in 1952
Manufacturing companies of Hungary
1952 establishments in Hungary