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CAVIM

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Compañía Anónima Venezolana de Industrias Militares
Native name
Spanish:Compañía Anónima Venezolana de Industrias Militares
Company typeState-owned company
Industrydefense
FoundedApril 29, 1975;49 years ago(1975-04-29)
Headquarters
Caracas,Capital District
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Venezuela
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsAmmunitions,firearms,explosive
OwnerVenezuelan Ministry of People's Power for Defense
Websitewww.cavim.com.ve

CAVIM(Compañía Anónima Venezolana de Industrias Militares or Venezuelan Company of Military Industries in English)is aVenezuelanstate-owned firearms manufacturer, which was created by Presidential Decree No. 883 of the then Venezuela PresidentCarlos Andrés Pérezon 29 April 1975.[1]

CAVIM is run by Venezuelan Ministry of People's Power for Defense and its products are used by theNational Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela.It's based in Caracas.[2]

History

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Firearms

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CAVIM manufactured the Zamorana in 2006, which is Venezuela's first indigenous small arm.[3]This was made with some parts from the Czech Republic.[4][5]

TheAK-103was also licensed to CAVIM for manufacturing in Venezuela with initial licensing fee payments made in 2006 and the transfer of Russian-made AK-103s to Venezuela in 2008.[3]CAVIM's AK-103 factories opened officially in 2012 without the necessary manufacturing equipment.[3][6]CAVIM-made AK-103s were delivered to the Venezuelan Army in 2013.[7]

Due to trouble with the plant with the Russian contractor failing to meet deadlines with a case of fraud, which forced CAVIM to finish the rest of the construction,[8]full-scale production was initially stated to start in 2019,[9]however, no progress on the project has been officially stated.

In 2016, CAVIM unveiled the M66 Hunter commando mortar for the Venezuelan Marine Corp.[10]

UAVs

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CAVIM unveiled the Arpia, a licensed version of theQods Mohajerin 2012,[11]although it was first shown restricted to VIPs on November 2011 at the El Libertador Air Base after Iran and Venezuela signed an agreement to purchase the Mojader in 2007.[12]

References

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  1. ^"Reseña Histórica - CAVIM"(in Spanish). CAVIM.Retrieved5 December2017.
  2. ^"Stocks".Bloomberg News.
  3. ^abcJohn Pike."Defense Industry".Retrieved14 November2014.
  4. ^"Zamorana Gun".Archived fromthe originalon 2007-03-08.Retrieved2010-03-29.
  5. ^"Zamorana".22 October 2010.
  6. ^Christopher Looft (19 July 2012)."Venezuela Set to Mass Produce Kalashnikovs, Sniper Rifles".Retrieved14 November2014.
  7. ^"Cavim inicia entrega de fusiles de asalto Kalashnikov AK-103 a la Fuerza Armada de Venezuela".Infodefensa.com.3 June 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 16 April 2014.Retrieved14 November2014.
  8. ^"Venezuelan AK-103 Factory Will Start Working in 2019 -".12 December 2016.
  9. ^"Venezuelan Kalashnikov Plant to Begin AK-103 Manufacture in 2019 -".13 April 2018.
  10. ^"Cavim repotencia doce morteros M66 'Cazador' de la Infantería de Marina de Venezuela - Noticias Infodefensa América".30 September 2016.
  11. ^"Iranian Mohajer-2 drone appears in Venezuela. Chavez's building his own drone fleet with the help of Tehran".12 June 2012.
  12. ^"Jeffrey Lewis • Venezuela-Iran UAVs".lewis.armscontrolwonk.com.Archived fromthe originalon 15 December 2012.Retrieved12 January2022.
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