Home           In the vanguard of innovative, cutting edge, ammunition ............. About  American Ballistics Since 1978,  American Ballistics has developed a reputation  as an applications-based munitions designer/developer with its own ballistics test facility, and case/bullet manufacturing line. American Ballistics specializes in the manufacture of 7.62MM ammunition for governmental agencies. The primary emphasis and objective  over the years has been on producing mission-designated applications ammunition for Military and Law Enforcement elite special ops groups both in the United States and abroad. American Ballistics ( ABT ) is a defense contractor for the United States Department of Defense,  as well as  a supplier of munitions for embassy diplomatic security groups and Foreign Military Sales.  American Ballistics founder and president,  K.J. ( Jim ) Maltenieks, was responsible for designing and developing many types of special ammunition to be used with  silenced submachineguns and sniper rifle systems. In addition, American Ballistics promotes the utilization of special ops weapons systems for covert activities and counter-insurgency response, and further supports the efforts of covert geo-political objectives by developing special ammunition for mission-oriented operational field teams involved with state-of-the-art  "black operations"  weaponry. For the 21st century, American Ballistics' philosophy and mission  continues to be the creation and delivery of innovative, cutting edge, specialized small arms ammunition to its end users, and to accommodate the unique requirements of advanced weapon systems to combat current and future subversive global terrorism.