{{short description|Spanish arms manufacturer}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = CETME | logo = | caption = | type = Private | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = 1949 | defunct = | location_city = | location_country = [[Oviedo]], [[Asturias]], Spain | location = | locations = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = [[Ludwig Vorgrimler]], Engineer | industry = [[Firearms]] | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = | footnotes = }}
'''CETME''' ({{Langx|es|Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales|lit=Centre for Technical Studies of Special Materials}})<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Leroy |title=The G3 Battle Rifle |date=30 May 2019 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4728-2863-7 |page=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NW90DwAAQBAJ |access-date=21 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref> is a Spanish government design and development establishment. While being involved in many projects CETME was mostly known for its [[small arms]] [[research and development]]. The Spanish government hired former semiautomatic weapon designers from the [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haskew |first1=Michael E. |title=Rifles and Muskets: From 1450 to the present day |date=20 April 2017 |publisher=Amber Books Ltd |isbn=978-1-78274-268-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZFoqDwAAQBAJ |access-date=21 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref> for the organization.
The [[CETME Model 58]] and [[CETME Model L]] are its most notable projects. CETME also designed the [[CETME C2]] 9mm [[submachine gun]], and the [[CETME Ameli]] light machine gun in 5.56×45mm NATO.
==Products== * [[7.62×51mm CETME|7.62×51mm CETME ammunition]] * [[CETME Ameli]] * [[CETME C2]] * [[CETME Model 58]] * [[CETME Model L]]
==Sources== * Manual del soldado de Infantería de Marina ( 1985 ). Marine Corps soldier Manual Edited by the Spanish Ministry of Defence. * Manual de instrucción básica de la Escuela Técnica de Seguridad y Defensa del Aire (ETESDA) (2002). Basic instruction Manual of the Technical School Safety and Air Defence (ETESDA) (2002). Edited by the Spanish Ministry of Defence. * Centro de Documentación y Publicaciones del Ministerio de Defensa. Publications and Documentation Centre of the Ministry of Defence. * CETME: 50 años del fusil de asalto español . (CETME: 50 years of Spanish assault rifle). José María Manrique García and Lucas Molina Franco. Edit. La Esfera de los Libros. (The Sphere of Books). {{ISBN|84-9734-398-0}}.
==See also== * [[List of battle rifles]]
==References== {{reflist}}
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