Manufacturer catalog

MESKO S.A.

MESKO S.A. is a Polish defense manufacturer based in Skarżysko-Kamienna, best known for ammunition, rockets, and missile production. In this catalog it anchors the MESKO builder facet for PPZR Grom and related Polish air-defense and munitions lines.

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MESKO S.A. is the current public name of the Skarżysko-Kamienna ammunition and missile company that traces its industrial origin to the State Ammunition Factory launched in 1924. The company sits inside Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa and remains one of Poland's most important ammunition and rocket producers.

For the catalog, MESKO matters because it connects the catalog's PPZR Grom record to a wider Polish defense-industrial base that also includes PIORUN, SPIKE, and FENIKS references in the company's own history and product pages.

ammunitionrocketsmissile systemsair defenseanti-tank weaponssmall- and large-caliber ammunition

Notable Systems

PPZR Grom, Man-portable air-defense system, Air Defense

PPZR Grom

Man-portable air-defense system

MESKO's official company pages and the Polish Defence Companies Portal both identify Grom as one of the company's missile products and the builder facet behind the catalog's Grom entry.

Sources: MESKO About Us, Polish Defence Companies Portal

PIORUN MANPADS

MESKO's about page names PIORUN as one of the company's strategic missile programs.

Sources: MESKO About Us

SPIKE-LR anti-tank guided missile

MESKO's history page records the company's SPIKE manufacturing milestone, and the government portal lists SPIKE-LR among its product offerings.

Sources: MESKO History 2000-2021, Polish Defence Companies Portal

FENIKS rockets

MESKO's history page says the company delivers FENIKS rockets to the Ministry of National Defence.

Sources: MESKO History 2000-2021

Manufacturer History

  1. State Ammunition Factory launches

    MESKO's history page says the official launch date of the original State Ammunition Factory was 25 August 1924.

    Sources: MESKO History 1922-1938

  2. MESKO becomes a qualified SPIKE manufacturer

    MESKO's history page records that on 3 August 2007 ZM MESKO S.A. became a qualified manufacturer of the SPIKE anti-armour missile system.

    Sources: MESKO History 2000-2021

  3. New small-caliber ammunition hall opens

    MESKO's news page reports the opening of a modern small-caliber ammunition production hall in Skarżysko-Kamienna that expanded capacity five-fold.

    Sources: MESKO small-caliber ammunition hall

Website links
Official websiteAbout usHistoryContactPolish Defence Companies Portal profile

Public sources use MESKO, MESKO S.A., ZM MESKO, and Zakłady Metalowe MESKO as overlapping naming variants; aliases consolidate those spellings under the current public name. The profile omits a headquarters map because a reliable geocoded source was not needed once the registered office address was sourced.

Manufacturer Sources

  • MESKO About UsPublisher: MESKO S.A. | Note: Supports MESKO's current role as a leading arms and ammunition producer, its PGZ affiliation, 1924 launch date, and rocket/ammunition product scope. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • MESKO ContactPublisher: MESKO S.A. | Note: Supports the registered office and public contact address at ul. Legionów 122 in Skarżysko-Kamienna. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • MESKO History 1922-1938Publisher: MESKO S.A. | Note: Supports the 25 August 1924 launch date for the original State Ammunition Factory and the early industrial history behind MESKO. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • MESKO History 2000-2021Publisher: MESKO S.A. | Note: Supports the 3 August 2007 SPIKE manufacturer milestone and MESKO's broader missile and ammunition production history. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • MESKO small-caliber ammunition hallPublisher: MESKO S.A. | Note: Supports the 13 June 2025 opening of the Skarżysko-Kamienna small-caliber ammunition hall and the company's current production-expansion context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Polish Defence Companies Portal profilePublisher: Defense Sector Entrepreneur Portal | Note: Supports MESKO's public sector description, product range, and current role in ammunition, Grom, PIORUN, SPIKE-LR, and rocket production. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • MESKO logo.svgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance page for the MESKO SVG logo; the file page states the work is self-published and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, which makes it usable as the builder logo. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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PPZR Grom, Man-portable air-defense system, Air Defense2008 Russo-Georgian War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine WarPPZR GromMan-portable air-defense systemBuilt in: PolandPPZR Grom is a Polish shoulder-fired infrared surface-to-air missile system built by MESKO for very-short-range defense against visually acquired aircraft, helicopters, UAVs, and other infrared-emitting targets. Open reporting ties the system to Georgian use in the 2008 2008 Russo-Georgian War and to a Grom launcher tube reportedly seized from pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
PPZR Piorun, Man-portable air-defense system, Air Defense2014 Russia-Ukraine WarPPZR PiorunMan-portable air-defense systemBuilt in: PolandPPZR Piorun is a Polish shoulder-fired infrared air-defense missile system produced by MESKO as the modernized Grom-family successor. Poland approved Piorun deliveries to Ukraine in February 2022, and Ukrainian National Guard units later reported using the system against Russian aircraft around Bakhmut, making it one of the catalog's directly documented short-range air-defense transfers in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.