1880
Tula & Ulyanovsk, Russia

• 1880 Tula factory established
  – 100 miles South of Moscow
• 1916 Ulyanovsk factory added
  – 550 miles South-East of Moscow
• 1920s switched from brass to steel cases
• WWI = 25% of Russia’s ammunition production
• WWII = 400 Million rounds per year
• 1999 Alexei Solovov  began working at Tula
• Today
  – 40 types of small arms ammunition
  – commercial and Russian military
• 2005 TulAmmo took over Ulyanovsk Cartridge Works
• 2009 500 Million rounds imported into the United States