Fire office
A Beschussamt ( Engl. Proof House ) is an agency of the fire system and in particular for the testing of small arms and their ammunition charge.
International standards
The Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives (CIP), an international organization, regulates the standards of the firing system internationally. The member states of the CIP have committed themselves by international treaties to mutually recognize their proof marks and to adopt the test regulations drawn up by the CIP. This means that every handgun tested in one Member State can be imported into and sold in all other Member States without further testing (unless this is prohibited by security police regulations). The firing offices of the CIP member states work according to the binding regulations of the CIP and therefore have largely the same tasks and standards that are used, for example, for bullet testing.
Overview of the CIP proof offices
The performance of the tasks of the firing system in the member states is ensured by national test centers. The following are the known offices:
- There are five active fire protection offices in Cologne , Mellrichstadt , Munich , Suhl and Ulm-Jungingen and several closed test centers.
- Shelling office Ferlach
- Shooting office Vienna
- Shelling office Ferlach
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Shooting Office (Kingdom of Belgium)
- Banc d'Epreuves de Liège
- Banc d'Epreuves de Liège
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Shelling Office (Chile)
- Banco de Pruebas de Chile, Santiago
- Banco de Pruebas de Chile, Santiago
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Shelling Office (Finland)
- The Proof House of Finland, Riihimäki
- The Proof House of Finland, Riihimäki
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Shelling Office (France)
- Banc Officiel d'Epreuves de SaintEtienne
- Banc Officiel d'Epreuves de SaintEtienne
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Shelling Office (Great Britain)
- The London Proof House
Operator: “THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY THE GUARDIANS OF THE GUNMAKERS OF LONDON” The Proofhouse London publishes special proof marks. -
"The Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House" also known as the "Birmingham Proof House".
Operator: "THE GUARDIANS OF THE BIRMINGHAM PROOF HOUSE" The Proofhouse Birmingham publishes special proof marks. 
(Ammunition certification mark Birmingham)
- The London Proof House
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Shelling Office (Italy)
- Banco Nazionale di Prova per le Armi da Fuoco Portatili e per le Munizioni Commerciali, Garddone Val Trompia (BS)
- Banco Nazionale di Prova per le Armi da Fuoco Portatili e per le Munizioni Commerciali, Garddone Val Trompia (BS)
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Shelling Office (Russia)
- Proof House for the proof of small arms, Klimovsk
- ProofHouse for civil and service arms, Izhevsk
- ProofHouse "Test", Krasnozavodsk
- Proof House for the proof of small arms, Klimovsk
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Shooting Office (Slovak Republic)
- Konštrukta Defense, as, Lieskovec
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Shelling Office (Spain)
- Banco Oficial de Pruebas de Armas de Fuego de Eibar
- Banco Oficial de Pruebas de Armas de Fuego de Eibar
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Shelling Office (Czech Republic)
- Banc d'Epreuves Tchèque des armes et des Munitions (Český úřad pro zkoušení zbraní a střeliva), Prague
- Banc d'Epreuves Tchèque des armes et des Munitions (Český úřad pro zkoušení zbraní a střeliva), Prague
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Shelling Office (Hungary)
- Banc d'Epreuves de Hongrie, Budapest
- Banc d'Epreuves de Hongrie, Budapest
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Shelling Office (United Arab Emirates) in Abu Dhabi
Shelling offices and comparable test centers in other countries
Individual evidence
- ↑ Addresses of international proof offices (online PDF 111kb) ( Memento from March 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b The Birmingham Proof House: RULES, REGULATIONS AND SCALES APPLICABLE TO THE PROOF OF SMALL ARMS 2006 (online PDF 1.84 MB) ( Memento from May 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House, official website ( Memento of October 27, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Bombardment Office Prague, engl. official website ( Memento of August 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ CIP official membership of the United Arab Emirates since April 9, 2008, General Assembly in Abu Dhabi on the firing of handguns ( Memento of March 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
