Arsenal AD

About

Arsenal AD (Bulgarian: Арсенал АД) is a Bulgarian enterprise from the military industry with headquarters and main production facilities in Kazanlak. In 1878 the Ruse Arsenal, the first armory in the country, opened. Then the arsenal was relocated to Sofia in 1891 and later to Kazanlak in 1924. The company initially only produced military-related components such as artillery and ammunition, but later branched out to producing heavy machinery and gas masks. The company was named Mashinostroitelen Kombinat Fridrikh Engels (Machine-Building Plant Friedrich Engels) until 1989 in an attempt to disguise its operations as a military enterprise; after 1989, it was renamed to Arsenal and privatized. The company remains as such today, mainly specializing in the production of firearms, ammunition and related components.

Information

Full Name Arsenal AD

Founded: 1878

Country: Bulgaria

Guns

Submachine Guns

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
Arsenal Shipka	9x19mm 9x18mm Makarov	32 (9x18mm Makarov), 25 (9x19mm Parabellum)

Rifles

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
Arsenal AR	7.62x39mm	30
Arsenal AR-F	7.62x39mm	30
Arsenal AR-SF	7.62x39mm	30
Arsenal AR M7F	7.62x39mm	30
Arsenal AR-M1	5.56x45mm NATO	30
Arsenal AR-SF	5.56x45mm NATO	30
Arsenal AR-M4SF	5.56x45mm NATO	30

Machine Guns

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
Arsenal MG series	7.62x51 mm NATO 7.62x54 mm	100/200
Arsenal LMG series	5.56x45 mm NATO 7.62x39 mm	30

Launchers

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
Arsenal UBGL	40 mm	Single-shot
Arsenal UBGL-M	40 mm	Single-shot
Arsenal ATGL-L	40 mm	Single-shot