What is "armscor"

Armscor refers to either:

• Armscor (South Africa), the South African arms acquisition and sales agency
• Armscor (Philippines), the Philippines-based manufacturer of weapons

The Arms Corporation of the Philippines (Armscor) is a firearms manufacturing company headquartered in the Philippines. The company is known for its inexpensive 1911-pattern pistols, revolvers, shotguns, sporting rifles, firearms parts and ammunition.

Armscor (or ARMSCOR), the Armaments Corporation of South Africa is the arms procurement agency of the South African Department of Defence. It was originally established in 1968 as an arms production company, primarily as a response to the international sanctions by the United Nations against South Africa that began in 1963 and were formalised in 1967.