Krieg

Founded in 1864 A.D., Switzerland.

Krieg Industries was initially Krieg Waggonfabrik in 1853, but upon receiving a contract to produce rifles for the Swiss government in 1864, it was renamed to Krieg Industrie Gesellschaft. In 1976, the company created a German branch, calling itself Krieg GmbH, and production was divided between the Swiss main branch and the German branch.

KriegArms was established in the USA in 1985 to import European-made guns, eventually producing them in 1990. All three branches were eventually put inside a large conglomerate called Krieg Industries, with their headquarters being in Virginia, USA. The company landed two US Army contracts with their rifles, the K329 and the KMS-Lance, named M17 and M6 respectively, but had since been discarded for other rifles.

The company’s portfolio includes pistols, assault rifles and sniper rifles.