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:

• For the manufacture of percussion caps, detonators, or signaling flares, refer to 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