TİSAŞ
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TİSAŞ is a Turkish
firearm
manufacturing company, mainly focused on manufacturing pistols. Its firearms are used worldwide by civilians, police and armies.
in 1993. TİSAŞ is a KOSGEB (Small and Medium Industry Development Organization) and M.K.E (Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation) coordinated company. TİSAŞ foundation is settled on an open area of 11,000m² in Asrin Trabzon
Organized Industry Zone and total covered area of the facilities is 5,500m². TİSAŞ founded its Ankara
District Office in 1998 to meet increasing demand and to execute foreign trade operations.
TİSAŞ began to produce its first pistol, the 7.65mm. Fatih 13, in 1994. In 1998, TİSAŞ decided to manufacture 9x19mm. pistols as well, with a view to meet market demand. Joint studies were carried out within the scope of the Eastern Black Sea Weapon Project by the R & D Department at TİSAŞ and the Black Sea Technical University KOSGEB Technology Development Department. As a result, TİSAŞ began to produce 9x19mm KANUNİ 16 pistols with a capacity of 15 as of 1999. In 2000, TİSAŞ began to manufacture the KANUNİ S and ZİGANA M16 series of Turkish-patented pistols. In 2003, ZİGANA K and ZİGANA T models have been added to the TİSAŞ pistol models. In 2004, USA Firearms Technology Branch examined the models ZİGANA M16, ZİGANA K, ZİGANA T and found each one to have the characteristics in conformity with the ATF Form 4590, “Factoring Criteria for Weapons”. At the end of the year 2005, a new model ZİGANA SPORT was offered for sale. In 2006, TİSAŞ has completed the R&D and the tests for the first 45 caliber gun of Turkey
, ZİGANA C45 and introduce to the market at the beginning of 2007. Within the same year, 9x19mm ZİGANA F and new version FATİH 13 .380 ACP models were offered to sale.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
firearm
Firearm
A firearm is a weapon that launches one, or many, projectile at high velocity through confined burning of a propellant. This subsonic burning process is technically known as deflagration, as opposed to supersonic combustion known as a detonation. In older firearms, the propellant was typically...
manufacturing company, mainly focused on manufacturing pistols. Its firearms are used worldwide by civilians, police and armies.
History
TISAS was established in TrabzonTrabzon
Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Iran in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast...
in 1993. TİSAŞ is a KOSGEB (Small and Medium Industry Development Organization) and M.K.E (Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation) coordinated company. TİSAŞ foundation is settled on an open area of 11,000m² in Asrin Trabzon
Trabzon
Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Iran in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast...
Organized Industry Zone and total covered area of the facilities is 5,500m². TİSAŞ founded its Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
District Office in 1998 to meet increasing demand and to execute foreign trade operations.
TİSAŞ began to produce its first pistol, the 7.65mm. Fatih 13, in 1994. In 1998, TİSAŞ decided to manufacture 9x19mm. pistols as well, with a view to meet market demand. Joint studies were carried out within the scope of the Eastern Black Sea Weapon Project by the R & D Department at TİSAŞ and the Black Sea Technical University KOSGEB Technology Development Department. As a result, TİSAŞ began to produce 9x19mm KANUNİ 16 pistols with a capacity of 15 as of 1999. In 2000, TİSAŞ began to manufacture the KANUNİ S and ZİGANA M16 series of Turkish-patented pistols. In 2003, ZİGANA K and ZİGANA T models have been added to the TİSAŞ pistol models. In 2004, USA Firearms Technology Branch examined the models ZİGANA M16, ZİGANA K, ZİGANA T and found each one to have the characteristics in conformity with the ATF Form 4590, “Factoring Criteria for Weapons”. At the end of the year 2005, a new model ZİGANA SPORT was offered for sale. In 2006, TİSAŞ has completed the R&D and the tests for the first 45 caliber gun of Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, ZİGANA C45 and introduce to the market at the beginning of 2007. Within the same year, 9x19mm ZİGANA F and new version FATİH 13 .380 ACP models were offered to sale.
Pistols
- ZİG M 1911
- ZİGANA F
- ZİGANA C45
- ZİGANA SPORT
- ZİGANA T
- ZİGANA K
- ZİGANA M16
- KANUNİ S
- KANUNİ 16
- FATİH 13
- FATİH 13 .380 ACP