Cugir Arms Factory

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 London artillery parts and assemblies were manufactured. Later Zbrojovka Brno of Czechoslovakia took over the factory which resulted redesigning the production for infantry weapons and ammunition. Hermann Göring took over the company’s shares in World War II.[3][4]

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 ROMARM.[5]

WASR-10 GP

WASR-10 with thumbhole stock displayed over many pistols, knives and a military helmet

The plant produced the Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 (PM md. 63), and GP 75 AKM rifles Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy (AKM) series of Kalashnikov rifles based on the Russian AKM design of 1959.[6] The factory also produces the popular AK style weapon the WASR-series rifles semi-automatic only variant of the AKM rifle.[7][8]

• Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965
• WASR series rifles
• ROMARM
• PSL

• Map sources: 45.8427°N 23.3675°E / 45.8427; 23.3675

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