Lyttleton Engineering Works

Lyttleton Engineering Works

Lyttleton Engineering Works (LIW from Afrikaans: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke) was a South African arms manufacturing company now amalgamated with Vektor Arms as the "Systems" division of the "Land Systems Group" of Denel.

They were responsible for the design or manufacture of systems ranging from artillery (such as G5 howitzer and G6 howitzer) and small arms such as the R4 assault rifle.

ee also

*Armscor


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