Röhm (RG)

Infobox Company
company_name = Röhm GmbH GmbH
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1909
location = Sontheim, Germany (headquarters) Sao Paulo, Brazil (manufacturing) [ [http://www.roehm.biz/unternehmen.html?&L=1 Röhm Spannzeuge: Company ] ]
key_people = Heinrich Röhm, founder
Heinrich Peter Röhm, CEO
Bernd Röhm
industry = Defense
products = Firearms, weapons, chucking tools
revenue =
num_employees = 1500+ [ [http://www.muzzle.de/N5/Reportagen/Rohm/rohm.html Röhm ] ]
homepage = [http://www.roehm-rg.de/?&L=1 www.roehm-rg.de]

Röhm, often referred to as simply RG, is a German manufacturer of firearms, related shooting equipment and commercial power chucking tools.

History

Röhm was founded in the town of Zella-Mehlis, Germany by Heinrich Röhm at the age of 27. The company originally focussed on making industrial cutting and drilling tools. Production was effectively shut down during World War I after which the company's operation commenced and eventually expanded. Following the company's relocation to Sontheim, Germany after World War II, Röhm began to diversify its product line and started to offer flare guns and, subsequently, handguns.

Products

Nowadays, Röhm manufacturers air guns, so-called "signal weapons" (blank guns, gas guns designed to discharge Oleoresin Capsicum for self-defense purposes and flare guns), non-lethal handguns designed to fire rubber bullets [ [http://www.roehm-rg.de/pistolen_rg1.html?&L=1 Röhm RG: Pistols ] ] and related accessories.

The company did for some time make cheap firearms, commonly referred to as Saturday night specials. One of those, a Röhm RG-14 .22 Short [cite journal|last1 = Schlager|first1 = D.|last2 = Johnson|first2 = T.|last3 = McFall|first3 = R.|title = Safety of Imaging Exploding Bullets With Ultrasound|journal = Annals of Emergency Medicine|volume = 28|issue = 2|pages = 183–187|doi = 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70060-4|year = 1996|author = Schlager, D ] revolver, was used by John Hinckley, Jr. in his unsuccessful 1981 assassination attempt of President Reagan [ [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-06-05-reagan-obit_x.htm USATODAY.com - Former President Ronald Reagan dies at 93 ] ] . Röhm has since refocussed its efforts on its core market.

References

External links

* [http://www.roehm.biz/ Röhm Spannwerkzeuge GmbH]
* [http://www.roehm-rg.de/?&L=1 Röhm RG GmbH (firearms division)]
* [http://www.rohm-products.com/sites.php?uid=&id=1 Röhm of America]