RPC Fort

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Research and Production Company Fort of the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine
Company type
State-owned company
IndustryDefense
Founded1991
HeadquartersVinnytsia, Ukraine
Key people
Vadym Rudnitsky,[1][2] Director
ProductsFirearms, weapons
RevenueIncrease unknown
OwnerMinistry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)
WebsiteOfficial web site

Fort (Ukrainian: КП НВО "Форт" МВС України (full name), НВО "Форт" (short name)) is a Ukrainian weapons manufacturer from Vinnytsia, Ukraine.

History

In 1991, a new company was formed to design and manufacture small arms for

Makarov pistol, in many respects," he said.[3][4]

By May 1998, Ukrainian Interior Ministry formations started receiving the first Fort-12 pistols manufactured in Vinnytsia.[5] According to Fort chief engineer Evgeniy Bokovoj, all of Ukraine's army and police forces are supplied by the plant's output.[6] By March 2014, the plant developed over a dozen pistol and gun modifications, some of which were demonstrated at the IDEX-1999, IDEX-2001 and IDEF-2001 international arms exhibitions.[citation needed]

According to media reports, an agreement was signed in October 2000 for the delivery of a batch of Fort pistols to Uzbekistan.[7] So far, it is the only country to which new Ukrainian small arms have been delivered, according to official press reports.

In October 2008, RPC Fort and

Negev light machinegun,[9] and the Galatz sniper rifle,[10]
all of which were displayed at Fort's website as of early 2009.

The company has offered gun modernization services to upgrade AK-47, AK-74 and AKS-74 assault rifles to modern standards by adding picatinny rails to install scopes, foregrips and bipods with new pistol grips and buttstocks[11][12]

Products

CTAR-21
produced under license by RPC Fort as Fort-221

Firearms

  • Pistols:
  • Pump-action shotguns:
  • FORT-500 (FORT-500A, FORT-500M and FORT-500T variants)
  • Rifles:
  • Sniper rifles:
  • Machine guns:
  • Fort-401
  • Grenade launcher:

Non-Lethal Pistol Variants

Gas pistols

Equipment

  • Police batons, handcuffs, etc.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Перелік промислових підприємств міста". Archived from the original on July 28, 2011.
  2. Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
    (in Ukrainian). January 15, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Embassy of Ukraine in the United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Publications".
  4. ^ UNIAN, 24.03.1998
  5. ^ UNIAN-VPK,#20, 1998
  6. ^ Interview to Defense Express agency, 03.10.2001
  7. ^ This was mentioned in the report of the expert of Small Arms Survey Maria Haug at the international conference "The strengthening role of NGOs in the non-proliferation of small arms in Central and East European countries", Bratislava, 28-29.10.2000
  8. ^ "The Tavor assault rifle at "RPC Fort" website (Ukrainian)".
  9. ^ "The Negev SAW at the "RPC Fort" website (Ukrainian)".
  10. ^ "The GALATZ sniper rifle at the "RPC Fort" website (Ukrainian)".
  11. ^ "Модернизация автомата "АК-74"". November 28, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-11-28.
  12. ^ "Модернизация оружия". April 11, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-04-11.
  13. ISBN 978-1-136-05318-4
    .
  14. ^ Форт, научно-производственное объединение // Предприятия оборонно-промышленного комплекса России и стран СНГ. Справочник. изд. 4-е, пер. М., 2008. стр.395

External links

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