253000 Manufacture of weapons and ammunition

This type includes:

• manufacture of military weapons (e.g. artillery weapons, rocket launchers, flame-throwers, grenade launchers, torpedo tubes and similar projectors, machine guns)
• manufacture of pistols, shotguns and rifles
• manufacture of spring, air or gas guns and pistols, etc.
• manufacture of war ammunition
• manufacture of cartridges for shotguns, revolvers and pistols
• manufacture of bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war

This type also includes:

• manufacture of hunting, sporting or protective firearms and ammunition

This type excludes:

• manufacture of percussion caps, detonators or signalling flares, see 205900
• manufacture of cutlasses, swords, bayonets, etc., see 256100
• manufacture of optical gun sighting equipment, see 267000
• manufacture of bodies for armoured vehicles, see 292000
• building of military ships and vessels, see 301300
• manufacture of military air and spacecraft, see 303200
• manufacture of tanks and other armoured and motorised fighting vehicles, see 304000