ROF Maltby

Coordinates: 53°25′23″N 1°12′00″W / 53.423°N 1.200°W / 53.423; -1.200 ROF Maltby was a Royal Ordnance Factory rifle manufacturing plant in Maltby, South Yorkshire which manufactured weapons such as the Lee–Enfield rifle and Sten submachine gun during World War II.

ROF Maltby and ROF Fazakerley were established before World War II to increase arms production facilities in areas less vulnerable to aerial attack. The main Royal Small Arms Factory for rifle manufacture was in Enfield, London.


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