Armscor (South Africa)

This article is about the South African defense company. For the Philippine small arms company, see Armscor (Philippines).
Armaments Corporation of South Africa
IndustryDefense
Founded1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Headquarters
Pretoria
,
South Africa
Area served
  • South Africa
Key people
Adv SP Mbada (01 Feb 2020–) (CEO)
ServicesArms procurement
RevenueR1.75 billion[1]
R235 million[1]
OwnerFreve
Number of employees
1,467[1]
Websitewww.armscor.co.za

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]

  1. ^ a b c "Armscor Annual Report 2018/19" (PDF). 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  2. ^ Peter Batchelor (c. 1995). "South Africa's arms industry". International Development Research Center. Archived from the original on 19 November 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. ^ Richard Knight (26 November 2006). "Arms Embargo against Apartheid South Africa". Retrieved 7 October 2018.