01 / Overview
Birmingham Small Arms Company
Headquarters
Founded
1861 (112 years)
Dissolved
1973
Structure
Private Company
Portfolio
02 / Company Profile
COMPANY IDENTITY Private Company
1861 Founded · 112 years
Birmingham, United Kingdom · ⚠ Closed (1973) PRODUCTION POWER archive data
Weapons & Equipment Produced
Systems Supplied
Operator Countries
Conflict Service
PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN 2 categories
11 Produced
0 Supplied
Firearms %82 9
Armoured Vehicles %18 2
CLASS LEADER?performance position within category
62This company's product average
(11 products)
(11 products)
▲
53Archive-wide average
(13517 products)
(13517 products)
BUSIEST PRODUCTION AREABolt-Action Rifles
This company's products perform above the archive average.
03 / Products & Production · 11 platforms
FLAGSHIP PRODUCTthe highest-scoring system in the portfolio
Bolt-Action RiflesLee-Enfield
81
PRODUCT CATALOG 11 platforms
BOLT-ACTION RIFLES
LIGHT MACHINE GUNS (LMG/SAW)
BATTLE RIFLES
GENERAL PURPOSE MACHINE GUNS (GPMG)
ASSAULT RIFLES
RECON VEHICLES
MACHINE PISTOLS
COLLABORATING COMPANIES6 joint producers
JOINT PRODUCERSfirms it co-produces with
04 / Global Reach · 89 countries · 21 conflicts
GLOBAL FOOTPRINT — COUNTRIES USING ITS PRODUCTS 89 country
United Kingdom 
Ireland 
Israel 
United States 
Algeria 
Australia 
Belgium 
Canada 
Fiji 
Finland 
France 
Germany 
India 
Indonesia 
Iraq 
Italy 
Japan 
Jordan 
Latvia 
New Zealand 
Nigeria 
Norway 
Portugal 
Sri Lanka 
Taiwan 
Vietnam 
Afghanistan 
Austria 
Bangladesh 
Barbados 
Belize 
Bolivia 
Botswana 
Brunei 
Cambodia 
Central African Republic 
Chad 
Cyprus 
Czech Republic 
Denmark 
Dominican Republic 
Egypt 
Estonia 
Ethiopia 
Ghana 
Greece 
Guyana 
Hungary 
Iceland 
Jamaica 
Kenya 
Lesotho 
Libya 
Lithuania 
Luxembourg 
Malawi 
Malaysia 
Malta 
Mauritius 
Mexico 
Myanmar 
Namibia 
Nepal 
Nicaragua 
Oman 
Pakistan 
Papua New Guinea 
Philippines 
Poland 
Romania 
Russia 
Rwanda 
Sierra Leone 
Singapore 
Solomon Islands 
Somalia 
South Africa 
South Sudan 
Sudan 
Tanzania 
Thailand 
Tonga 
Turkey 
Uganda 
United Arab Emirates 
Vanuatu 
Yemen 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe CONFLICTS ITS PRODUCTS SERVED IN 21 conflict
2003–2011 Iraq War 2001–2021 War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) 1979–1989 Soviet-Afghan War 1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War 1965–1983 communist insurgency in Thailand 1964 Zanzibar Revolution 1963–1976 Dhofar Rebellion 1962 Sino-Indian War 1961 Annexation of Goa 1958 1958 Lebanon crisis 1956 Suez Crisis 1955–1975 Vietnam War 1954–1962 Algerian War 1950–1953 Korean War 1948–1960 Malayan Emergency 1948–1949 1948 Arab–Israeli War 1946–1954 First Indochina War 1946–1949 Greek Civil War 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution 1916 Easter Rising
05 / Competition
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