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== Atelier de Construction de Puteaux achievements == |
== Atelier de Construction de Puteaux achievements == |
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=== Arms === |
=== Arms designs === |
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* 1888 : prototype of [[Berthier rifle]]. |
* 1888 : prototype of [[Berthier rifle]]. |
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* 1905 : [[Puteaux APX Machine Gun|Puteaux modèle 1905 machine gun]]. Only a few hundred copies were made because of its many defects.<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Le carré militaire de Puteaux |trans-title=The military square of Puteaux |url=http://www.souvenir-francais-92.org/article-le-carre-militaire-de-puteaux-40841250.html |website=Souvenir Francais 92 |publisher=Souvenir Francais 92 |access-date=2 Feb 2020 |language=fr}}</ref> It was simplified and mass produced by the [[Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne]] (MAS) as the [[St. Étienne Mle 1907]] and used in the two world wars. |
* 1905 : [[Puteaux APX Machine Gun|Puteaux modèle 1905 machine gun]]. Only a few hundred copies were made because of its many defects.<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Le carré militaire de Puteaux |trans-title=The military square of Puteaux |url=http://www.souvenir-francais-92.org/article-le-carre-militaire-de-puteaux-40841250.html |website=Souvenir Francais 92 |publisher=Souvenir Francais 92 |access-date=2 Feb 2020 |language=fr}}</ref> It was simplified and mass produced by the [[Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne]] (MAS) as the [[St. Étienne Mle 1907]] and used in the two world wars. |
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The Atelier de Construction de Puteaux (APX) (English translation: "Puteaux Construction Workshops") was a state arsenal belonging to the French Army.[1] It was located at 8, quai national in Puteaux.
Atelier de Construction de Puteaux was in charge of making ammunition and carrying out tests. The factories also produced small and medium-sized equipment (firearms and knives), while the so-called “manufacturing” workshops produced larger equipment (artillery pieces).[2]
Atelier de Construction de Puteaux disappeared after the Second World War, being transferred to Satory and merged with Ateliers de construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux (AMX), which specialized in the construction of tanks and other armored vehicles.
Atelier de Construction de Puteaux had two responsibilities:
To design new weapons for the French Army. It specialized in small arms and medium caliber weapons and their accessories: such as machine guns, cannon, tank turrets, Telescopic sights for rifles, missiles etc.
And for serial production of those weapons, alone or concurrently with other factories.
