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GOMZ production during WWII

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Topic author: Vlad

Posted on: 20170512165642

An interesting fact - during the World War II, GOMZ factory had temporarily switched its production from making Fotokor cameras to revolvers. Later the weapons production was moved to KOMZ where they were also making rifles.

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Thanks to Tseriogo Kushpetow for the info.

Cheers,
Vlad