Manufacture of weapons and ammunition

This group includes: - manufacture of heavy weapons (artillery, mobile guns, rocket launchers, torpedo tubes, heavy machine guns); - manufacture of small arms (revolvers, shotguns, light machine guns); - manufacture of air or gas guns and pistols; - manufacture of war ammunition; This group also includes: - manufacture of hunting, sporting or protective firearms and ammunition; - manufacture of explosive devices such as bombs, mines and torpedoes.

This group excludes: - manufacture of percussion caps, detonators or signalling flares, see 20290 (Manufacture of other chemical products not elsewhere classified); - manufacture of cutlasses, swords, bayonets, see 25930 (Manufacture of cutlery, hand tools and general hardware); - manufacture of armoured vehicles for the transport of banknotes or valuables, see 29100 (Manufacture of motor cars and motor vehicles); - manufacture of space vehicles, see 30300 (Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery); - manufacture of tanks and other fighting vehicles, see 30400 (Manufacture of military fighting vehicles).