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Rio Ammunition manufactures shotgun shells at a factory in Marshall, Texas. This subsidiary of the Spanish explosives firm MAXAM is a member of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI). [1] MAXAM originated as Unión Española de Explosivos (UEE) in 1896, and began marketing shotgun ammunition in the United States in ...
The Río Tercero explosion was a series of explosions in Río Tercero, Córdoba, Argentina, that happened on 3 November 1995 at Río Tercero Military Factory, an ammunition factory, during Carlos Menem's presidency. The explosion killed seven people, injured over 300 and destroyed the factory and part of the city.
The RT-M2 is designed by the War Arsenal of Rio de Janeiro for the Brazilian Army artillery. [1] The RT-M2 can be transported by ground or air, and can also be air dropped, and offers a 360° range without the necessity of re-positioning the base. The RT-M2 can use any 120 mm ammunition built to international standards.
SS John Burke, a Liberty ship carrying ammunition, was hit by a kamikaze pilot and disintegrated in an enormous explosion on December 28, 1944. USS Serpens, 29 January 1945 explosion of an ammunition ship off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal. US Coast Guard-crewed. 254 killed (196 USCG, 57 US Army, and 1 US Public Health Service physician)
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The scandal was very important in Argentina because they were among the four official guarantors of peace of the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro, which breached its international commitments under law. [2] It also damaged relations with longtime ally Peru, which peaked during the 1982 Falklands War , when Peru sent weapons, fighter planes and soldiers ...
In 2000, it opened its second plant for the production of firearms and pressure weapons in the city of Montenegro, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and in the respective years of 2007 and 2009, it acquired the European manufacturers of ammunition and supplies Sellier & Bellot and MEN, besides investing in the production of ammunition outside ...
The Admiral Jurandyr da Costa Müller de Campos ammunition factory (FAJCMC) is owned by the Brazilian Navy and since 1996 has been managed by EMGEPRON. In addition to managing the production of ammunition for the Brazilian Navy, EMGEPRON is responsible for marketing abroad. Products have mainly been exported to South America, Africa and Asia.