Gestamen Kutatás Fejlesztés Zrt.
Csongrád, Hungary
About
Founded in 2019, Gestamen Kutatás Fejlesztés Zrt. is a defense prime contractor based in Csongrád, Hungary working in weapons, ammunition & energetics.
Gestamen Kutatás Fejlesztés Zrt. is a Hungarian research and development firm based in Csongrád, established in 2019 to develop a fully Hungarian family of small arms for the Hungarian Defence Forces. Its portfolio includes a striker/hammer-fire pistol (G9HSP), submachine gun (G9SMG), assault rifle (G224AR), light machine gun (G224LMG), grenade launcher (G40GL) and automatic rifle (G308BR). The company has undertaken prototype production with NCT machine tools, and pistol prototypes passed durability and mud/sand testing at MH Modernizációs Intézet in Táborfalva, with 50 pistols ordered by the Hungarian Armed Forces for troop trials. It is affiliated with the Diana Fegyvertechnikai Technikum és Kollégium in Csongrád, which provides training and gunsmithing education. The company exhibited at Enforce Tac 2025 in Nuremberg and the Kecskemét air show.
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G9HSP
Handgun
Pistol with interchangeable striker and hammer firing systems, developed for the Hungarian Defence Forces; patent-protected design.
G9SMG
Submachine gun
9x19 mm submachine gun using Glock-compatible magazines, in development.
G224AR
Assault rifle
Gas-operated 5.56 mm assault rifle (.224 calibre) in development for the Hungarian Armed Forces.
G224LMG
Light machine gun
5.56 mm light machine gun with box and belt feed, in prototype and testing stages.
G40GL
Grenade launcher
40 mm grenade launcher that can be used standalone or mounted on a rifle.
G308BR
Automatic rifle
Automatic rifle in the new Hungarian weapon family, shown at exhibitions.
