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PTW KORTH Technologies GmbH

Company type	GmbH
Industry	Firearm
Founded	1954; 72 years ago (1954)
Founder	Willi Korth
Headquarters	Lollar, Giessen, Giessen, Hesse , Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Martin Rothmann CEO)[1]
Products	Firearms
Number of employees	25
Website	kortharms.com/en/

Korth is a high-end firearms manufacturer based in Lollar, Hesse, Germany. Their high-end revolvers cost over €3,300 and their semi-automatic pistols cost over €4,500.^[2]

The company was founded in 1954 by Willi Korth, a railway engineer, who began his business in a basement workshop making gas revolvers able to fire blanks or tear gas cartridges.^[3]

Later on, production of firearms began. In 1982, Willi Korth retired from the management of the company and sold it. However, he remained loyal to the company for a short time as production manager.^[4]

In 1999, the company, which was owned by Bernstorff at the time, had to file for bankruptcy. The company, which had around 30 employees at the time, was broken up as a result of this bankruptcy. Since April 2000, Korth has been owned by Armurerie Freylinger & Cie., Luxembourg, and in 2001 expanded into the American market by establishing a branch in the United States. According to an announcement by Korth GmbH in November 2008, Korth was closing its factory. This information was announced, among other things, through an advertisement in the specialist journal DWJ. On April 22, 2009, the company moved its headquarters to Lollar near Gießen and, according to its own statements, would resume production there with Martin Rothmann as its CEO.

Each revolver is custom-made involving about 70 percent manual labor and four months time. A rare feature of .357 Magnum/.38 Special Korth revolvers is a user toolless changeable cylinder,^[5] sold as an accessory, enabling firing 9×19mm Parabellum ammunition after being correctly timed to the gun.^[6]

• Korth Combat^[7]
• Korth Ranger
• Korth Sport
• Korth Target
• Korth NXR^[5]
• Korth NXS^[5]

• Korth PRS

• Janz, a German premium revolver manufacturer
• Arminius, another German revolver manufacturer
• Röhm/RG, a defunct German revolver and handgun manufacturer

• Korth German
• http://www.korthusa.com/ Korth USA]
• KORTH - Revolver Technical data and instruction manual
• KORTH - Semi-Automatic Pistol Technical Data and Operating Instructions