Main laboratory (Ingolstadt)
The Royal Main Laboratory in Ingolstadt was responsible for the production of ammunition for handguns and small artillery for the Royal Bavarian Army . It was directly subordinate to the Royal Bavarian War Ministry.
history
After moving from Munich in 1883, ammunition production began in Ingolstadt in 1885. In the same year, the Royal Gun Foundry started production.
Sleeve bottoms from Ingolstadt production show a Gothic "J" (I for Ingolstadt)
In 1920 the main laboratory and the gun foundry were dissolved and integrated into Deutsche Werke AG . In addition to spinning machines, cast and stack fittings were also manufactured. The Schubert & Salzer AG from Chemnitz acquired in 1938 shares of Deutsche Werke AG and settled after the Second World War and expropriation by the GDR completely to Ingolstadt to.
Today Laboratoriumsstrasse is a reminder of the former military facility.
production
Among other things, ammunition was manufactured for the Gewehr 88 , Gewehr / Karabiner 98 , Reichsrevolver 79 + 83 and the Pistol 08 .
Web links
- Schubert & Salzer AG Control Systems History
- Fa. TSI GmbH + Co.KG About us . (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on November 10, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- Martina Pohl: The "KB gun foundry and projectile factory" in Ingolstadt (1885-1919). (PDF) Bayerische Beamtenfachhochschule * Department of Archives and Libraries * Department of Archives, April 2003, accessed on November 10, 2017 .
literature
- Joachim Görtz: The pistol 08 . Stocker-Schmid AG, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-7276-7065-7