Kazakhstan has launched its first small-caliber ammunition manufacturing plant, the country’s Kazakhstan Engineering (KE) state-run company announced on May 5, 2020. The company will be supposed to produce Soviet- and Russian-standard ammunition for small arms (presumably 9×18, 9×19, 5.45×39, 7.62×39, 7.62×54R, and 12.7×108 cartridges).
The company is planning to fit the KPZ with a facility to produce STANAG-compatible ammunition (however, the enterprise did not detail the types of the STANAG cartridges to be manufactured). This modernization effort will allow us to extend our geography of sales,” said Chairman of JSC Kazakhstan Engineering Kuanysh Bishimov.
Kazakhstan; KE establishes small caliber ammunition plant