Manufacturer catalog

Dunarit

Dunarit is a Bulgarian ammunition and explosives manufacturer based in Ruse. The company traces its origin to a 1903 gunpowder factory, was nationalized after the Second World War as State Factory Dunarit, and has operated since 2005 as a private joint-stock company. Its public product material covers aviation bombs and rockets, artillery and mortar ammunition, engineer munitions, industrial explosives, and rail-maintenance machinery.

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Dunarit's official history describes more than 120 years of production at Ruse, beginning with Factory Prince Boris for stone and hunting powder. The company says it exports to more than 60 countries and holds Bulgarian permissions for defense production, arms and explosives trade, import-export of defense-related products, brokerage, and transfer of defense-related products.

The manufacturer is most visible in this catalog through air-delivered munitions. Dunarit lists 50 kg to 500 kg unguided aviation bombs, including fragmentation-high-explosive, high-explosive, concrete-piercing, practice, and thermobaric types, plus an S-8 unguided aviation rocket. Its published product families also include 122 mm and 125 mm artillery ammunition, smoke and high-explosive mortar rounds, antitank and antipersonnel mines, composite and shaped charges, detonation cords, extended charges, and hand grenades.

SeeNews describes Dunarit's headquarters and production facilities as located in Ruse, northeastern Bulgaria, with filling equipment, analytical laboratory capacity, and thermal-disposal facilities for selected primers, detonators, fuzes, cartridges, and small-caliber artillery munitions.

aviation bombs and rocketsartillery and mortar ammunitionengineer munitions and minesindustrial explosivesammunition demilitarization and utilizationrail-maintenance machinery

Notable Systems

P-50-75 practice bomb, Practice bomb, Munitions

P-50-75 practice bomb

Practice bomb

Dunarit's P-50-75 datasheet identifies a 50 kg practice aviation bomb with one-point suspension, AMV-AE2 fuze, light output, and smoke-light block data; the catalog record covers the P-50-75 family and related training role.

Sources: P-50-75 practice aviation bomb datasheet, Dunarit aviation ammunition
S-8 rocket family, 80 mm unguided air-to-surface rocket family, Munitions

S-8 rocket family

80 mm unguided air-to-surface rocket family

Dunarit's aviation-ammunition page lists an S-8 unguided aviation rocket among its air-delivered munitions. The linked catalog record covers the wider Soviet-origin S-8 rocket family rather than a Dunarit-only subtype.

Sources: Dunarit aviation ammunition

Manufacturer History

  1. Gunpowder factory founded at Ruse

    Dunarit's official history and SeeNews both trace the company to a 1903 private powder factory, identified in the official timeline as Factory Prince Boris.

    Sources: Dunarit company history, SeeNews Dunarit AD profile

  2. Nationalized as State Factory Dunarit

    Dunarit says the plant was nationalized in 1947 and renamed State Factory Dunarit, marking its postwar state-enterprise phase.

    Sources: Dunarit company history, SeeNews Dunarit AD profile

  3. Aviation ammunition production develops

    The official company timeline says Dunarit was organized as a combine with six component plants and a development-and-implementation base during this period, while also developing aviation-ammunition and mechanical-production work.

    Sources: Dunarit company history

  4. Privatized as a private shareholding company

    Dunarit and SeeNews both identify 2005 as the year the enterprise became a private joint-stock company under the Dunarit AD name.

    Sources: Dunarit company history, SeeNews Dunarit AD profile

  5. 115th anniversary marked

    Dunarit's public timeline notes the company's 115th anniversary in 2018, framing the plant's present activity against its long Ruse industrial history.

    Sources: Dunarit company history

Website links
Official websiteOfficial company historyOfficial aviation ammunition pageSeeNews company profile

Most official Dunarit material is published in Bulgarian. English-language third-party business profiles help cross-check legal form, ownership, address, employees, and current product-family descriptions.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Dunarit official websitePublisher: Dunarit | Note: Supports official website, Ruse correspondence and production-base address, product-family overview, 1903 founding summary, and current company description. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Dunarit company historyPublisher: Dunarit | Note: Supports the 1903 origin, 1947 nationalization, 2005 private joint-stock status, export-to-more-than-60-countries statement, licenses and permissions, certification context, and timeline milestones. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Dunarit aviation ammunitionPublisher: Dunarit | Note: Supports Dunarit's aviation-munition scope, including 50 kg to 500 kg unguided aviation bombs, listed bomb categories, P-50-75 variants, and the S-8 unguided aviation rocket. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • P-50-75 practice aviation bomb datasheetPublisher: Dunarit | Note: Supports Dunarit's P-50-75 practice aviation bomb data, including 50 kg caliber, suspension, fuze, light output, smoke-light block, and packaging details. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • SeeNews Dunarit AD profilePublisher: SeeNews | Note: Supports country, aerospace/defense industry classification, active joint-stock legal form, 1903 incorporation date, Dunarit JSC alternative name, Ruse address, ownership, employee count, product families, facilities, licenses, strategic-object status, and headquarters-production location. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Bulgarian Authorities Deny Export Authorization for Ammunition Identified in SudanPublisher: Bulgarian News Agency | Note: Supports independent public identification of Dunarit as a Ruse-based Bulgarian ammunition producer in 2025 government export-control reporting; no conflict-use claim is made in this manufacturer profile. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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