May 1928
Krcagovo, Serbia

• 1928 Jakob Posinger
  – Originally called FOMU
• 1935 moved to Uzice, Serbia
  – first privately owned factory in the Balkans
• WWII facilities were heavily damaged
  – explosion killed more than 120 people
• After the war – equipped the National Liberation Army
• produce over 400 types of small arms ammo
• unusual and rare cartridges
  –  8x56mmR
  – 7.92x33mm Kurtz
  – 7.65x53mm Argentine
  – 8mm Lebel

ППУ “PPU.” This is an abbreviation of the company’s name in Cyrillic letters

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