254000 Manufacture of weapons and ammunition

This type includes:

• manufacture of heavy weapons (artillery, mobile guns, rocket launchers, torpedo tubes, heavy machine guns)
• manufacture of small arms (revolvers, shotguns, light machine guns)
• manufacture of air or gas guns and pistols
• manufacture of war ammunition

This type also includes:

• manufacture of hunting, sporting or protective firearms and ammunition
• manufacture of explosive devices such as bombs, mines and torpedoes

This type excludes:

• manufacture of percussion caps, detonators or signalling flares (see 205100)
• manufacture of cutlasses, swords, bayonets, etc. (see 257100)
• manufacture of armoured vehicles for the transport of banknotes or valuables (see 291000)
• manufacture of space vehicles (see 303000)
• manufacture of tanks and other fighting vehicles (see 304000)