Państwowa Fabryka Karabinów

About

The company was founded by the entrepreneur William Gerlach, but started producing guns only after the war, when was nationalized by the then-newly independent Polish government. By the end of the 1930s the Fabryka Karabinów was one of the largest arms producers of Poland, with production capabilities far exceeding potential orders from the army, as was receiving frequent export orders from countries such as Yugoslavia and Uruguay. During WW2, all of the factory's equipment was seized by Germans and the building demolished. After the war the factory was renamed and rebuilt as Fabryka Wyrobów Precyzyjnych im. gen. Świerczewskiego (General Świerczewski Precision Machinery Factory). Renamed as VIS after 1989, the company ceased production and sold off its assets.

Information

Founded: 1897 (Gerlach i Pust) 1919 (as FK)

Country: Poland

Guns

Submachine Guns

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
wz. 39 Mors	9x19mm	32	1936-1939		Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Machine Guns

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
wz. 28 Browning	7.92x57mmm Mauser	20	1928-1939		Error creating thumbnail: File missing
wz. 37 Szczeniak	7.92x57mmm Mauser	91	1937-1939		Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Ckm wz. 30	.30-06	250	1930-1939		Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Rifles

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
wz. 35 anti-tank rifle	8x107mm DS	4	1935-1939		Error creating thumbnail: File missing
wz. 29 Polish Mauser	7.92x57mm Mauser	5	1939		Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Cannons

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
Nkm wz.38 FK	20x138 mm B	5, 10, 15, 100	1937-1939		Error creating thumbnail: File missing