CAEN Code 2540: Manufacture of weapons and ammunition
This class includes:
- manufacture of heavy weapons (artillery, mobile guns, rocket launchers, torpedo tubes, heavy machine guns)
- manufacture of small arms (revolvers, shotguns, light machine guns)
- manufacture of air or gas guns and pistols
- manufacture of war ammunition
This class also includes:
- manufacture of hunting, sporting or protective firearms and ammunition
- manufacture of explosive devices such as bombs, mines and torpedoes
This class excludes:
- manufacture of percussion caps, detonators or signalling flares, see CAEN 2051
- manufacture of cutlasses, swords, bayonets etc, see CAEN 2571
- manufacture of armoured vehicles for the transport of banknotes or valuables, see CAEN 2910
- manufacture of space vehicles, see CAEN 3030
- manufacture of tanks and other fighting vehicles, see CAEN 3040