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{{short description|Spanish arms manufacturer}}
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'''CETME''' ({{Langx|es|Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales|lit=Centre for Technical Studies of Special Materials}})<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Leroy |title=The G3 Battle Rifle |date=30 May 2019 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4728-2863-7 |page=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NW90DwAAQBAJ |access-date=21 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref> is a Spanish government design and development establishment. While being involved in many projects CETME was mostly known for its [[small arms]] [[research and development]]. The Spanish government hired former semiautomatic weapon designers from the [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haskew |first1=Michael E. |title=Rifles and Muskets: From 1450 to the present day |date=20 April 2017 |publisher=Amber Books Ltd |isbn=978-1-78274-268-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZFoqDwAAQBAJ |access-date=21 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref> for the organization.

The [[CETME Model 58]] and [[CETME Model L]] are its most notable projects. CETME also designed the [[CETME C2]] 9mm [[submachine gun]], and the [[CETME Ameli]] light machine gun in 5.56×45mm NATO.

==Products==
* [[7.62×51mm CETME|7.62×51mm CETME ammunition]]
* [[CETME Ameli]]
* [[CETME C2]]
* [[CETME Model 58]]
* [[CETME Model L]]

==Sources==
* Manual del soldado de Infantería de Marina ( 1985 ). Marine Corps soldier Manual Edited by the Spanish Ministry of Defence.
* Manual de instrucción básica de la Escuela Técnica de Seguridad y Defensa del Aire (ETESDA) (2002). Basic instruction Manual of the Technical School Safety and Air Defence (ETESDA) (2002). Edited by the Spanish Ministry of Defence.
* Centro de Documentación y Publicaciones del Ministerio de Defensa. Publications and Documentation Centre of the Ministry of Defence.
* CETME: 50 años del fusil de asalto español . (CETME: 50 years of Spanish assault rifle). José María Manrique García and Lucas Molina Franco. Edit. La Esfera de los Libros. (The Sphere of Books). {{ISBN|84-9734-398-0}}.

==See also==
* [[List of battle rifles]]

==References==
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