RPC Fort
| Company type | State-owned company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Defense |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Vinnytsia,Ukraine |
Key people | Vadym Rudnitsky,[1][2]Director |
| Products | Firearms,weapons |
| Revenue |  unknown |
| Owner | Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine) |
| Website | Official web site |
Fort(Ukrainian:КП НВО "Форт" МВС України(full name),НВО "Форт"(short name)) is aUkrainianweapons manufacturer fromVinnytsia,Ukraine.
History
[edit]In 1991, a new company was formed to design and manufacture small arms forUkrainian Interior Ministry,Security ServiceandState Border Service of Ukraine.[3]At the opening of Ukraine's only facility serially manufacturing small arms at Fort in March 1998, association officials announced that the plant inVinnytsia,which over ₴5 million (about $1.2 million) had been invested in over two years, was capable of large-scale production of small arms. The plant launched serial production of theFort 12pistol ordered primarily by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry. Pistol samples were also sent to Uzbekistan as an advance order, and toRussia.At the opening, Fort director Viktor Pisarenko said that its design bureau had developed and prepared for production 8 models of short-barreled weapons and 4 models of long-barreled weapons. "Weapons fromVinnytsiasurpass analogs, for instance theMakarovpistol, 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 andIsrael Weapon Industriesreached an agreement to allow Fort to license-manufacture in Ukraine firearms such as theTavorrifle system,[8]theNegevlight machinegun,[9]and theGalatzsniper rifle,[10]all of which were displayed at Fort's website as of early 2009.
The company has offered gun modernization services to upgradeAK-47,AK-74andAKS-74assault rifles to modern standards by adding picatinny rails to install scopes, foregrips and bipods with new pistol grips and buttstocks[11][12]
Products
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Firearms
[edit]- Pistols:
- International Practical Shooting Confederation(IPSC) sport pistols:
- Pump-action shotguns:
- FORT-500(FORT-500A, FORT-500M and FORT-500T variants)
- Rifles:
- single-shot bolt-action.22LRcadet riflesTOZ-8 OPFandTOZ-12 OPF[14]
- several variants of self-loadingAKMcarbines - "Fort-201" (AKMS-MF with AKMS folding stock), "Fort-202" (AKMS-MF with new metal folding stock), "Fort-205" (AKM-MF with AKM wooden stock), "Fort-206" (AKMT-MF with black plastichandguardand newtelescoping stock)
- several variants of self-loadingSKScarbines - SKS-MF (Soviet SKS withoutbayonet) and "Fort-207" (Soviet SKS with black plastichandguardand newtelescoping stock)
- several variants ofTavor TAR-21(Fort-221, Fort-222, Fort-223, Fort-224)
- several variants ofIWI Galil ACE(Fort-227, Fort-228, Fort-229)
- Sniper rifles:
- "Fort-301" (Galatzsniper rifle)
- Machine guns:
- Grenade launcher:
Non-Lethal Pistol Variants
[edit]Gas pistols
[edit]- Fort-5G andFort-12G
Equipment
[edit]- Police batons, handcuffs, etc.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Перелік промислових підприємств міста".Archived fromthe originalon July 28, 2011.
- ^"Про погодження кандидатури Рудніцького В. С. на посаду начальника казенного науково-виробничого об'єднання" Форт "МВС України".Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine(in Ukrainian). January 15, 2020.RetrievedFebruary 3,2020.
- ^ab"Embassy of Ukraine in the United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Publications".
- ^UNIAN, 24.03.1998
- ^UNIAN-VPK,#20, 1998
- ^Interview to Defense Express agency, 03.10.2001
- ^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
- ^"The Tavor assault rifle at" RPC Fort "website (Ukrainian)".
- ^"The Negev SAW at the" RPC Fort "website (Ukrainian)".
- ^"The GALATZ sniper rifle at the" RPC Fort "website (Ukrainian)".
- ^"Модернизация автомата" АК-74 "".November 28, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 2010-11-28.
- ^"Модернизация оружия".April 11, 2018. Archived fromthe originalon 2018-04-11.
- ^Bertsch, Gary K.; Potter, William C. (2013).Dangerous Weapons, Desperate States: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.Routledge. p. 69.ISBN978-1-136-05318-4.
- ^Форт, научно-производственное объединение // Предприятия оборонно-промышленного комплекса России и стран СНГ. Справочник. изд. 4-е, пер. М., 2008. стр.395