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Mesko

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Native name
  
MESKO Spółka Akcyjna

Area served
  
worldwide

Founded
  
1922

Type
  
joint-stock company

Headquarters
  
Skarżysko-Kamienna

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Industry
  
arms industry (also gastronomy and agriculture)

Key people
  
Waldemar Skowron (chairman of the board, CEO)

Products
  
GROM, SPIKE-LR, NLPR-70, ammunition

Mesko – Polish company established in 1922, but acting from August 25, 1924, firstly as Państwowa Fabryka Amunicji (National Factory of the Ammunition), then Zakłady Metalowe MESKO SA. At present company produces weapon and ammunition with headquarters in Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland.

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In past, the factory was the manufacturer of home appliance, as in the communist period it belonged to the "Predom" unite. Currently part of the Polish Armaments Group (Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa) concern, previously to the Bumar group.

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Current products

  • GROM – anti-aircraft rocket set,
  • SPIKE-LR – armour-piercing rocket set,
  • NLPR-70 – undirected air rocket of calibre of 70 millimetres (2.8 in) intended for fighting surface and ground purposes,
  • 5.45 millimetres (0.215 in); 5.56 millimetres (0.219 in); 7.62 millimetres (0.300 in); 9 millimetres (0.35 in); 12.7 millimetres (0.50 in); 23 millimetres (0.91 in); 30 millimetres (1.2 in); 35 millimetres (1.4 in) calibers ammunition.

    • References

    Mesko Wikipedia
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