Brenneke

Wilhelm Brenneke GmbH & Co. KG.
Company typeGmbH & Co. KG (Companies register: Hannover local court, no.: HRB 9000)
Founded1895
FounderWilhelm Brenneke
Headquarters,
Key people
Dr. Peter Mank, Managing Director and owner; Agnes Mank († 25 october 2010), managing director[1]
ProductsAmmunition for hunting, marksmanship and law enforcement; Bullets for Handloading
SubsidiariesBrenneke of America, L.P. in Clinton, Iowa, United States[2]
Websitebrenneke.com (International)
brennekeusa.com (Brenneke of America)

Brenneke GmbH is a German manufacturer of ammunition and bullets, based in Langenhagen, Lower Saxony.

The company was founded by Wilhelm Brenneke in 1895 and is currently owned and run by his great-grandson,[3] Dr. Peter Mank.

Brenneke makes shotgun shells for target shooting and hunting, special slugs for law enforcement,[4] and hunting rounds as well as projectiles for handloading. Its best-known products are the Brenneke slug for shotguns and a line of rifle bullets.

  1. ^ http://www.brenneke-munition.de/cms/frauagnesmanknachruf.html Archived 2010-12-23 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  2. ^ "Contact". Archived from the original on 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  3. ^ http://www.brenneke-munition.de/cms/fileadmin/user_upload/Dokumente/07_01_Jaegernachrichten.pdf Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  4. ^ "Products". Archived from the original on 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-12-20.