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Prvi Partizan

Serbian defense company

Field	Value
name	Prvi Partizan
logo	Prvi Partizan logo.svg
trading_name
native_name	Први партизан
Prvi partizan
native_name_lang	sr
type	Joint-stock company
industry	Ammunition
genre
foundation	(Current form)
(Originally founded)
founder	Jakob Posinger
defunct
location	Užice, Serbia
area_served	Worldwide
key_people	Dobrosav Andrić
(General director)
products	Ammunition, handloading equipment and supplies
revenue	€75.38 million (2018)
net_income	€1.71 million (2018)
aum
assets	€123.53 million (2018)
equity	€78.47 million (2018)
owner	Government of Serbia (87.5%)
Development Fund (12.4%)
num_employees	1,596 (2018)
website

Prvi partizan (Originally founded) (General director) Development Fund (12.4%)

Prvi partizan (; abbr. PPU) is a Serbian manufacturer of ammunition and handloading components.

The company produces ammunition for civilian and military consumers in a variety of calibers in various loadings. Prvi partizan is one of the few sources of certain unusual cartridges, such as the 8x56mmR used in the M95/30 variant of the Mannlicher M1895, the 7.92×33mm Kurz cartridge used in the StG 44 rifle, and the 7.65×53mm Argentine cartridge. In 2009, the company began manufacturing 8mm Lebel ammunition, becoming the first commercial manufacturer in decades to produce it.

History

The company was founded in 1928 under the name FOMU - Fabrika Oružja i Municije Užice ("Weapons and Munitions Factory in Užice).

During World War II the decentralized resistance-run ammunition works run by Tito's partisans was named Prvi Partizan fabrika ("First Partisan factory"). This name was retained after the war when it was moved back to the FOMU facility in Užice.

According to the global trade data company Panjiva, Prvi partizan was listed as the third biggest foreign ammunition supplier in the United States market for 2016. The Government of Serbia invested 4 million euros for the new hall construction in 2017.

Incidents

On 4 September 2009, seven employees died and 15 others had minor injuries after four explosions occurred in the gunpowder area.

Headstamp

Prvi partizan cartridges carry the headstamp "ППУ" ("PPU"), which stands as abbreviation of the company's name in Cyrillic letters, "Први партизан Ужице" ("Prvi partizan Užice"). Prvi Partizan has made ammunition with the headstamps PP and PPU.

References

"СТО НАЈ... привредних друштава у Републици Србији у 2018. години".
"Statistički prikaz vlasništva preduzeća - Prvi Partizan". Centralni registar depo i kliring hartija od vrednosti.
"History".
Zerebko, Amanda. (June 25, 2019). "How Prvi Partizan Became a Leader in the Global Ammo Market". Sportsman's Guide.
(13 December 2016). "Ammo imports booming to keep up with gun sales". CNN.
(24 April 2017). "Vojne fabrike u dugovima, hale i oprema zastareli". danas.rs.
(15 July 2017). "U nesrećama u namenskoj industriji za 11 godina poginulo 15 radnika". blic.rs.
(4 September 2009). "Sedmoro poginulih u eksplozijama u fabrici "Prvi partizan" u Užicu". blic.rs.
[http://cartridgecollectors.org/headstampcodes.htm International Ammunition Association Headstamp Page]

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