Products

• Storm rifles
• Pistols
• Gun

History

Establishment

The enterprise was created in the year 1847 of Samuel Colt as Colt's Manufacturing company as a successor its bankruptcy gone patent of arm Manufactoring company. Samuel Colt was the inventor drum guns on which he of the 1836 a patent had already requested. The principal client of the products was from the outset US Army.

The Hauptprodukt of Colt was to 1891 the gun, only by co-operation with John Moses Browning became also a development and a production of machine guns (Mod. 1895) and pistols begun. From this among other things the Colt M1911 developed from its commencement of production the 1911 to 1985 the standard pistol of US Army was.

1900 - 1955

Until the Korea war concentrated Colt on the core business with guns and licensed products like the BAR. By the extensive orders in the two world wars Colt to 1955 factories with more than 15000 coworkers could build.

After the Korea war Colt knew new investors by the decrease of the orders and did not become outdated to means of production any longer to keep up and had to look for each other. Starting from 1955 Colt part of Penn Texas corporation of Leopold D was. silver stone. 1959 were united the enterprise with Pratt & Whitney to fair bank the Whitney.

1955 - 2000

1960 could be established Colt with the buying up of the rights for the M16 von Eugen Stoners ArmaLite also on the market for military rifles. The M16 put, not least by the Viet Nam war, the basis for Colts today extensive storm rifle program.

1964 was again separated Colt and Pratt & Whitney and the Colt's Inc. based.

1988 lost Colt the advertisement of US Army around the further production of the M16 at FN, which led together with the decrease of sale of hand-held weapons on the American market almost to the bankruptcy. Therefore the company became 1990 to differently private investors, who sell United car Workers and the State of Connecticut.

Afterwards Colt could be opened new markets by the development of the M4 (storm rifle) and new pistols.

Colt today

In the year 2002 Colt was divided into the segments "“Military"”, "“Law enforcement"”, "“private ones security/defence"”.

The segment "“Law enforcement"” offers weapons particularly for police and civilian security forceses. "“Military"” offers weapon systems for military units like for example the storm rifle often used by the American military like the carbine to M4. The last segment "“private one security/defence"” places a weapon program for civilian application, speaks sport hand weapons ago like the famous Colt M 1911 a1/2 or the Colt Python.

Related links

• Official web page (English)
• West POINT schietsport centrum in Amsterdam is specialized in all weapons

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