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Steyr Sport GmbH (formerly Steyr Sportwaffen) is an Austrian manufacturer of air guns (rifles and pistols) aimed mostly at competitive ISSF shooting events such as 10 m Air Pistol and 10 m Air Rifle contested at the Olympic Games as governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).
Steyr Arms (German pronunciation: ⓘ) is a firearms manufacturer based in Austria. Originally part of Steyr-Daimler-Puch , it became independent when the conglomerate was broken up in 1989. [ 1 ] Prior to 1 January 2019, the company was named Steyr Mannlicher GmbH Co. KG ( German pronunciation: [ˈʃtaɪɐ ˈmanlɪçɐ ʔaːˈɡeː] ).
Steyr Daimler Puch produced handguns as well, e.g. the pistols Steyr SP (1957) and Steyr GB (designing began in 1968), the sniper rifle Steyr SSG 69 (1969) and the assault rifle Steyr AUG (1977). Steyr-Mannlicher , founded in 1989, continued the production of handguns until 2019, then the name of the company was changed to Steyr Arms .
Steyr was an Austrian automotive brand, established in 1915 as a branch of the Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft (ÖWG) weapon manufacturing company. Renamed Steyr-Werke AG in 1926 and merged with Austro-Daimler and Puch into Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, it continued manufacturing Steyr automobiles until 1959.
The principal products are the STEYR M1-"Monoblock" engine family which is the result of a long development process that was started by Steyr-Daimler-Puch in the 1920s. [8] The STEYR M1 engine is a turbocharged diesel engine with high pressure unit injectors with two stage injection nozzles , providing up to 2,000 bar injection pressure.
The cartridge was presented for the first time in February 2004 at the ShotShow-2004 in Las Vegas together with the Steyr HS .50. [1] The cartridge was designed by Horst Grillmayer in 2002, while the projectile was designed by Guido Wasser. Production started around 2004 together with the Steyr HS .460.
Steyr AUG Austria: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: Former standard assault rifle of the Saudi Arabian Army. [10] [11] Machine guns; Heckler & Koch MG4 Germany: Light machine gun: 5.56×45mm NATO: Standard light machine gun of the Saudi Arabian Army. [citation needed] Rheinmetall MG3 West Germany: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO
The Steyr HS .50 and the Steyr HS .460 are single-shot anti-materiel rifles manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher and chambered in .50 BMG and .460 Steyr, respectively.Unlicensed variants of the HS. 50 include the AM-50 Sayyad produced by Iran, the Golan S-01 produced by Syria and the Al-Ghoul rifle produced by the Al-Qassam Brigades.