Z111 Factory

The Z111 Factory is located in Thanh Hoá, Vietnam.[1] It produces small arms for the People's Army of Vietnam. The factory is directed by the General Department of Defence Industry.[2]

The Z111 Factory is also charged with producing the Galil ACE, a modern Israeli assault rifle which is now the current standard-issue assault rifle of People's Army of Vietnam, under IWI license.[3] The factory has also produced the M18, a Vietnamese copy of the CAR-15, since 2010[4][5] and the KSVK.[6]

History

The first non-communist weapon to be made/refurbished in Z111 Factory is the M18, a Vietnamese copy of the CAR-15 since 2010.[5][4] They are known to be used by Vietnamese special forces personnel and officers from the Vietnam Coast Guard.[7]

Jane's reported on February 3, 2014 that IWI entered into an agreement with Vietnam to produce the Galil ACE under license.[3] Production was made in a joint production facility.[8]

An updated version of the K-54[lower-alpha 1] as the K14-VN is made with an increased capacity of 13 rounds, with a wider grip to incorporate a double stack magazine.[9][10] Research and development started in 2001.[11] The K14-VN began to see service with PAVN forces on May 10, 2014.[12]

In 2015, Z111 Factory announced that upgrades were made to the AKM by changing parts of used AKMs with new plastic handguards, folding buttstock, ergonomic pistol grip and updated muzzle brake resemlbling the AK-74 with an attachement lug for use with a M203 grenade launcher known as the STL-1A.[13][14] A future upgrade, known as the STL-1B, will include picatinny rails since the 1A uses a side-type attachment.[14]

In January 2018, the OSV-96 is reported to be made under license in Vietnam.[15]

Notes

  1. ↑ The K-54 is a clone of the Tokarev TT-33 made in Vietnam.

References

  1. ↑ "President Truong Tan Sang works with Factory Z111". Vietnam Breaking News. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "President Truong Tan Sang works with Factory Z111". People's Army Newspaper. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 Grevatt, Jon, Israel Weapon Industries to begin assault rifle production in Vietnam, Jane's, archived from the original on 2014-10-06
  4. 1 2 "Điều ít biết về khẩu M18 do Việt Nam sản xuất - DVO - Báo Đất Việt". Web.archive.org. 4 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04.
  5. 1 2 "Bất ngờ với dàn vũ khí tham gia diễu binh 30/4 kỳ 1". Web.archive.org. 25 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-04-25.
  6. ↑ "Vietnam Begins Manufacture of 12.7mm KSVK, Expands Capabilities". Thefirearmblog.com. 17 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Súng trường Galil ACE chính thức tham gia Lễ diễu binh ngày 30/4". Soha.vn. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "K14-VN - Modern Firearms". Guns.ru. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Sức mạnh dàn súng Việt Nam tự sản xuất". Baodatviet.vn. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Sức mạnh dàn súng Việt Nam tự sản xuất". Baodatviet.vn. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Điều chưa biết về súng ngắn K14 Việt Nam sản xuất" [About the K14 manuafactured in Vietnam], Kienthuc.net.vn (in Vietnamese), 2015-03-15
  13. ↑ "Lộ diện hai mẫu súng cực lạ do Việt Nam sản xuất". Baodatviet.vn.
  14. 1 2 "Vietnam has upgraded Kalashnikov AKM under the name STL-1A - weapons defence industry military technology UK - analysis focus army defence military industry army". Armyrecognition.com.
  15. ↑ "Vietnam unveiled new heavy sniper rifle produced under licence from Russia", Defence-blog.com, Jan 16, 2018

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