Birmingham Small Arms Company

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firearms manufacturer manufacturing company motorcycle manufacturer

The Birmingham Small Arms Company was a major British industrial firm best known for producing firearms, military weapons, and later motorcycles and other vehicles.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Birmingham Small Arms Company canonical	4
BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	firearms manufacturer ⓘ manufacturing company ⓘ motorcycle manufacturer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	BSA NERFINISHED ⓘ BSA Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
brand	BSA NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	British arms manufacturers ⓘ British motorcycle manufacturers ⓘ
contributedTo	industrial development of Birmingham ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
declinePeriod	post-Second World War era ⓘ
dissolved	1970s ⓘ
employed	thousands of workers at its peak ⓘ
exportedTo	global markets ⓘ
foundedAs	Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	a group of Birmingham gunsmiths ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Small Heath, Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1861 ⓘ
industry	bicycles ⓘ firearms ⓘ military equipment ⓘ motorcycles ⓘ vehicles ⓘ
legacy	BSA brand of motorcycles ⓘ historic British arms production ⓘ
locatedIn	Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ England ⓘ West Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	production of bicycles ⓘ production of machine tools ⓘ production of military weapons ⓘ production of motorcycles ⓘ production of small arms ⓘ
participatedIn	First World War armaments production ⓘ Second World War armaments production ⓘ
peakActivityPeriod	early to mid 20th century ⓘ
product	BSA Lee–Enfield rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ BSA air rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ BSA bicycles NERFINISHED ⓘ BSA machine guns NERFINISHED ⓘ BSA military vehicles ⓘ BSA motorcycles NERFINISHED ⓘ BSA service rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ BSA sporting rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to manufacture firearms ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
supplied	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Commonwealth armed forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lewis machine guns → manufacturedBy → Birmingham Small Arms Company ⓘ

subject surface form: Lewis machine gun

Birmingham gun trade → associatedWith → Birmingham Small Arms Company ⓘ

Sten submachine gun → manufacturer → Birmingham Small Arms Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company)

Martini–Henry rifle → manufacturer → Birmingham Small Arms Company ⓘ

Lewis gun → manufacturer → Birmingham Small Arms Company ⓘ