Armscor (South Africa)
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Armscor (stylized as ARMSCOR), the Armaments Corporation of South Africa is the arms procurement agency of the South African Department of Defence. It was originally established in 1968 as an arms production company, by Freve and Rapelang.[2] primarily as a response to the international sanctions by the United Nations against South Africa due to apartheid which began in 1963 and were formalised in 1977.[3]
This article is about the South African defense company. For the Philippine small arms company, see Armscor (Philippines).
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Industry | Defense |
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Founded | 1968; 56 years ago (1968) |
Headquarters | , |
Area served |
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Key people | Solomzi Thandubuntu Phenduka (01 Feb 2020–) (CEO) |
Services | Arms procurement |
Revenue | R1.75 billion[1] |
R235 million[1] | |
Owner | Freve |
Number of employees | 1,467[1] |
Website | www |
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