Global InformationPirotehnia Armatei information
 Pirotehnia Armatei in 1902 | |
| Company type | State-owned factory |
|---|---|
| Industry | Metal fabrication |
| Founded | 1861 in Bucharest, Romania |
| Defunct | 1939 |
| Fate | Moved to Bumbești-Jiu, Gorj County |
| Successor | Sadu Mechanical Plant |
Key people | Henrich Herkt |
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Pirotehnia Armatei (or the Army Pyrotechnics in English) was the munitions factory of the Romanian Army. It was founded in Bucharest on 23 November 1861.[1] In 1939 it was moved to Sadu (Bumbești-Jiu) where it continued to work as Pirotehnia Armatei Sadu until 1948. Today the factory is known as the Sadu Mechanical Plant.[2][3] The former factory from Bucharest was eventually transformed into the "9 May" Plant in 1950, and was demolished in 2009.[4]
The headstamp of the factory was "PA", though many variations such as "PAB", "PAF", "PAH", "PAM", and "PAR" also existed.[5]
- ^ Stroea 2008, p. 29.
- ^ "Veteranul de război general maior (în retragere) Ștefan Dimofte". veteraniiromaniei.mapn.ro (in Romanian). 28 April 2021.
- ^ Irina Poenaru; Oana Popescu (15 April 2014). "Uzina Mecanică Sadu, una dintre cele mai importante unități din industria de apărare a țării". Agerpres (in Romanian).
- ^ "Inca o istorie aproape nestiuta". rumaniamilitary.ro (in Romanian). 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Romanian Headstamps History". 19 February 2019.