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Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik. Gustav Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik was a pioneering German aircraft producer during the early part of the 20th century. Founded in 1910 by Gustav Otto in Bavaria, the firm was reorganized on 7 March 1916 into Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW). [1] In 1917, a Bavarian aircraft engine maker called Rapp Motorenwerke changed its ...
Franz Josef Popp (14 January 1886 in Vienna – 29 July 1954 in Stuttgart) was one of three men responsible for the founding of BMW AG and the First General Director of BMW AG from 1922 to 1942. A number of different candidates have been put forward as the “founders” of BMW AG. In the absence of Karl Rapp, Gustav Otto, Max Friz or Camillo ...
The Bavarian Army was the army of the Electorate (1682–1806) and then Kingdom (1806–1918) of Bavaria. It existed from 1682 as the standing army of Bavaria until the merger of the military sovereignty ( Wehrhoheit) of Bavaria into that of the German State in 1919. The Bavarian Army was never comparable to the armies of the Great Powers of ...
Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH was a German aircraft engine manufacturer based in Munich, Bavaria. Founded in 1913, the firm changed its name in 1917 to Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH (BMW). [1] The company later became known as Süddeutsche Bremsen-AG [ de] after its engine-production assets and the BMW name were transferred in 1922 to Bayerische ...
Karl Rapp. Karl Friedrich Rapp (24 September 1882 in Ehingen (Danube) – 26 May 1962 in Locarno) was a German founder and owner of the Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in Munich. In time this company became BMW AG. [1] [2] He is acknowledged by BMW AG as an indirect founder of the company.
Foreign Military Sales ( FMS) is a security assistance program of the United States government to facilitate the purchase of U.S. arms, defense equipment, design and construction services, and military training to foreign governments. [1] FMS is a government-to-government program where the United States Department of Defense through the Defense ...
bmwgroup.com (BMW AG corporate website) Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, commonly abbreviated to BMW ( German pronunciation: [ˌbeːʔɛmˈveː] ⓘ ), is a German multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The company was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it ...
The 1st Bavarian Landwehr Division (1.Bayerische Landwehr-Division) was a unit of the Bavarian Army, part of the Imperial German Army, in World War I.The division was formed on August 21, 1914, as the "Reinforced Bavarian Landwehr Division" (Verstärkte Bayerische Landwehr-Division) and was also known initially as the Wening Division (Division Wening), named after its commander, Otto Wening.