Fabryka Broni Łucznik president, Seweryn Figurski, sat down with Polish news outlet WNP to talk about current weapons production. The company is part of the Polish Armaments Group, a state-run umbrella group of state-run defense contractors.
“The company with almost a hundred years of tradition,” Figurski told the paper, adding, ”we are famous for supplying the armed forces with small-caliber firearms, pistols, carbines and sniper rifles. But this is not the only thing the plant can be proud of.”
At last year’s International Defense Industry Exhibition (MSPO), introduced its semi-automatic, hammerless MPS pistol, “a 9 mm personal weapon designed for shooting at short distances. The pistol was created mainly for the uniformed services of our country, primarily the police, which most often needs this weapon the most,” Figurski said, adding that it will also be sold to civilians soon.
Since 2011, the company has been supplying the police with Walther P-99 pistols, manufactured in cooperation with a German manufacturer.
“We decided that it was time to offer our customers a pistol that is our design idea and manufactured by us, especially since the shooting world is currently focusing on hammerless solutions and polymer production,” said the company president.
At the MSPO, Fabryka Broni also presented its full range of MPS pistols, as well as the A3 version of the MSBS Grot rifle, which features new facilities and combat capabilities. It is also a lighter, very intuitive and ergonomic design, ideal for soldiers.
“The change in weight has become fundamental from the user’s point of view, and it is obviously due to new solutions,” Figurski said. He explained that “the weapon offers a greater option of adapting to the shooter’s anatomical structure, the gas regulator has been enriched with an additional safety feature, and the entire gas system can be disassembled without having to remove the barrel.”
In 2023, the plant signed a new contract with the Armament Agency to supply the military with an additional 88,000 MSBS Grot rifles, valued at some PLN 1 billion or more than €200 million. It also has contracts for 28,000 VIS 100 pistols and 250 Grot 762N sniper rifles.
Figurski said the Armaments Agency is its “priority customer,” adding that “when there is a war going on behind our eastern border, we must definitely take care of fast and timely production for the defense of our country.”
“We have already delivered 150,000 Grots to the armed forces. The contract will end in 2026 with the delivery of 240,000 Grot rifles (…) we are constantly increasing production capacity to meet the needs of the army,” he further elaborated.
Fabryka Broni serves as the main Polish domestic supplier of pistols. Aside from the VIS 100 for the military, it also produces the VIS 100 M1 for the civilian market, although there is much interest in the new MPS pistol, Figurski notes.
Other noteworthy products include a semi-automatic sniper rifle caliber 7.62×51 mm and a 40×46 mm under-barrel grenade launcher.
The factory still repairs Beryls used by the Polish armed forces; however, the Grot has replaced the Beryl when it comes to the production of rifles for the army and those responsible for the country’s defense. “We do still sell Beryls abroad, and they are very popular on the civilian market in the U.S.,” he added.
The enthusiasm from American gun owners is well shown by this video posted by a YouTube channel with 1.5 million subscribers (starts at 4:25):
Grots for civilian use are not currently sold abroad, but they are available to civilians in Poland. But this may soon change.
“We have already obtained approval to sell the Grot rifle on the German market. As for the U.S., we are also in the process of certification, which once obtained, will open the way to supplying this weapon to the U.S. civilian market,” Figurski told the portal.
The company will be expanding production and hopes to start construction on a new factory this October/November. Fabryka Broni, which first started producing weapons in 1927, currently employs over 600 with the new hall to employ some 350.
