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25.30
Class
Manufacture of weapons and ammunition
SDMX: C2530
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
0 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes

✓ Includes

This class includes: - manufacture of military weapons (e.g. artillery weapons, rocket launchers, flame-throwers, grenade launchers, torpedo tubes and similar projectors, machine guns) - manufacture of pistols, shotguns and rifles - manufacture of spring, air or gas guns and pistols, etc. - manufacture of war ammunition - manufacture of cartridges for shotguns, revolvers and pistols - manufacture of bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war

+ Also Includes

This class also includes: - manufacture of hunting, sporting or protective firearms and ammunition

✗ Excludes

This class excludes: - manufacture of percussion caps, detonators or signalling flares, see 20.59 - manufacture of cutlasses, swords, bayonets, etc., see 25.61 - manufacture of optical gun-sighting equipment, see 26.70 - manufacture of bodies for armoured vehicles, see 29.20 - building of military ships and vessels, see 30.13 - manufacture of military air and spacecraft, see 30.32, 30.33 - manufacture of tanks and other armoured and motorised fighting vehicles, see 30.40

Who is this code for?

Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIX

Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section C (Manufacture of weapons and ammunition).

Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) — UK SIC 2026
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