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Fort ((ウクライナ語:''КП НВО "Форт" МВС України'') (full name), ''НВО "Форт"'' (short name)) is a Ukrainian weapons manufacturer from Vinnytsia, Ukraine. ==History== In 1991 a new company was formed to design and manufacture small arms for Ukrainian Interior Ministry, Security Service and State Border Service of Ukraine.〔(Embassy of Ukraine in the United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Publications )〕 At the end of March, 1998 at the opening of Ukraine's only facility serially manufacturing small arms at "Fort" association officials announced that the plant in Vinnytsia in which over 5 million hryvnias (about $1.2 million) had been invested in two years was capable of large-scale production of small arms. The plant launched serial production of the Fort 12 pistol ordered primarily by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry. Pistol samples were also sent to Uzbekistan that placed an advance order and to Russia. At the opening "Fort" Director Viktor Pisarenko said that its design bureau had developed and prepared for production 8 models of short-barreled weapons and 4 models of long-barreled weapons. "Weapons from Vinnytsia surpass analogs, for instance the Makarov pistol, in many respects," he said.〔〔UNIAN, 24.03.1998〕 Already in May 1998 Ukrainian Interior Ministry formations started receiving the first Fort-12 pistols manufactured in Vinnytsia.〔UNIAN-VPK,#20, 1998〕 At the moment according to "Fort" Chief Engineer Evgeniy Bokovoj, all Ukraine's army and police forces are supplied with the plant's output.〔Interview to Defense Express agency, 03.10.2001〕 By now the plant has developed over a dozen pistol and gun modifications, some of which were demonstrated at IDEX-1999, IDEX-2001 and IDEF-2001 international arms exhibitions. As for foreign trade, according to media reports, an agreement was signed in October 2000 on the delivery of a batch of Fort pistols to Uzbekistan.〔This was mentioned, for instance, in the report of the expert of Small Arms Survey Maria Haug at the international conference "The strengthening role of NGOs in the non-proliferation of small arms in Central and East European countries", Bratislava, 28-29.10.2000〕 So far it is the only country to which new Ukrainian small arms have been delivered, according to official press reports. In October 2008, RPC Fort and Israel Weapon Industries have reached agreements to allow Fort to license-manufacture in Ukraine firearms such as the Tavor rifle system,〔(The Tavor assault rifle at "RPC Fort" website (Ukrainian) )〕 the Negev light machinegun〔(The Negev SAW at the "RPC Fort" website (Ukrainian) )〕 and the Galatz sniper rifle,〔(The GALATZ sniper rifle at the "RPC Fort" website (Ukrainian) )〕 all of which are displayed at Fort website as for early 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RPC Fort」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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