Small Arms Manufacturers - From A to Z

The gun, as we know it, now dates back several centuries and this has generated many-a-famous-name associated with various designs over time.

Below is a listing of small arms manufacturers throughout history with links to their respective aircraft products - current as well as historical and future.

Letter Group A

• AAI Corporation
• Accuracy International
• AeroJet Ordnance Mfg Company
• Airtronic USA, Incorporated
• Allen & Thurber
• Allen & Wheelock
• Al-Qadissiya (Iraq)
• Anschutz
• Anzio Ironworks
• Ares
• Arges
• ArmaLite
• Armsel
• Astra (Spain)
• Avibras

Letter Group B

• Bandaevsky
• Barrett
• Bazalt
• Benelli
• Beretta
• Bergmann
• Bernardelli
• Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA)
• Breda
• Bridge Tool & Die
• Bridesburg
• Browning
• Brugger & Thomet
• Burnside
• Bushmaster

Letter Group C

• Calico
• Cezka Zbrojovka (CZ)
• CETME
• Charleville
• CheyTac
• China Lake
• Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS)
• Colt Firearms Company
• Colt Canada
• Cook & Brother
• Cooper
• Combined Service Forces
• Cosmopolitan

Letter Group D

• Daewoo
• Defcom
• Degtyarev
• Denel Land Systems
• Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken
• Devisme
• Dickson Nelson & Company
• Diemaco
• Defense Industries Organization (DIO) (Iran)
• Dynamit-Nobel

Letter Group E

• E.G. Lamson and Company
• Eidgenossischen Waffenfabrik
• Enfield
• Erfurt Arsenal (Germany)
• Eurometaal (Netherlands)

Letter Group F

• Fabrica de Arme Cugir SA
• Fabrica Militar de Armas Portatiles Domingo Matheu (FMAPDM)
• Fabrique National (FN Herstal)
• FAMAE (Chile)
• FEG (Hungary)
• FIAT-Revelli
• FMFLB (Argentina)
• Franchi
• Francotte

Letter Group G

• Gasser & Rast
• Gatling (Richard Gatling)
• General Dynamics Armament
• Glisenti (Societa Siderurgica Glisenti)
• Glock
• Greco Sport S.A.
• Guide Lamp Division of GM
• Gustloff Werke

Letter Group H

• Hanyang Arsenal
• Harrington & Richardson
• Harpers Ferry
• Harris (McMillan)
• Heckler & Koch
• Helenius
• Henry (Joseph Henry)
• High Standard Firearms Company
• Hispano Argentine Fabrica de Automoviles SA
• Hotchkiss
• Howa
• HS Product
• Hughes

Letter Group I

• Ishapore Rifle Factory (India)
• IMBEL (Brazil)
• Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd
• Israeli Military Industries (IMI)
• Israel Weapon Industries (IWI)
• Inland MFG Division of General Motors
• Ithaca Gun Company
• Izhmash (Russia)

Letter Group J

• JRESCO (Egypt)
• JF Brown
• John Lysaght Factories
• Johnson (Iver Johnson)

Letter Group K

• KBM (Russia)
• KBP Instrument Design Bureau
• Kimber Manufacturing, Incorporated
• Knight's Armament Company

Letter Group L

• Labpratorio de Pesquisa de Armamento Automatico (LAPA)
• La Precisa Teano SpA
• Lee-Metford
• Lee-Enfield
• Lefaucheux
• LeMat (USA)
• Lindsay
• Lithgow Small Arms Factory
• Lockheed Martin
• Lucznik Arms Factory (Kbk)
• Lyttleton Engineering Works

Letter Group M

• Madsen-Saetter
• Magnum Research
• Manhattan
• Mannlicher
• Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Etienne (MAS)
• Manufacture d'Armes de Tulle (MAT)
• Mauser-Werke AG
• Marlin
• Massachusetts Arms Company
• McMillan
• Mekanika Industria e Comercio Ltda (MIC)
• MEKE (Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation)
• Mendoza
• Meridan Manufacturing Company
• Merrill
• Metallurgica Brescia gia Tempini (MBT)
• Milkor USA
• Milkor Pty Ltd (South Africa)
• Military Armament Corporation
• Military Police Systems, Incorporated
• Minebea (Japan)

Letter Group N

• Nagant
• Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company
• Naval Ordnance Station (NOS)
• NORINCO (China NORth INdustries COrporation)

Letter Group O
• Ordnance Factories Board (OFB) (India)

Letter Group P

• Pancor Corporation
• Parker-Hale Limited
• Peabody and Providence Tool Company
• PGM Precision
• Pindad
• PGW Defence Technologies, Incorporated

Letter Group Q

NONE

Letter Group R

• Radom (Fabryka Broni w Radomui)
• Raytheon Company
• Remington Arms Company
• RH-Alan (Croatia)
• Rheinmetall-Borsig
• Rock Island Arsenal
• RPC Fort
• Royal Ordnance Factory

Letter Group S

• Saab Bofors Dynamics
• Saco Defense Industries
• Sako, Limited
• SIG-Sauer
• SEDENA
• Sharps (Christian Sharps)
• SITES S.p.A.
• Smith & Wesson
• Smith Enterprises, Incorporated
• Spandau
• ST Kinetics (CIS)
• Sturm, Ruger & Company

Letter Group T

• Truvelo
• TsKIB SOO
• Tula Arms Plant

Letter Group U

• US Ordnance
• USMC Armorers

Letter Group V

• Valmet
• Vektor (Denel)
• Vigneron (Belgium)
• Vickers Ltd
• Vickers Armstrong Ltd

Letter Group W

• Walther (Carl Walther Waffenfabrik AG)
• Washington Arms Company
• Waters (A. Waters & Company)
• Webley (Philip Webley & Sons)
• Whitworth Rifle Company
• Winchester Repeating Arms Company

Letter Group X

NONE

Letter Group Y

NONE

Letter Group Z

• Zastava Arms
• Zbrojovka Vsetin