Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken Aktien-Gesellschaft (German Weapons and Munitions
public limited company), known as
DWM, was an arms company in
Imperial Germany created in 1896 when
Ludwig Loewe & Company united its weapons and ammunition production facilities within one company. In 1896 Loewe founded Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken with a munitions plant in
Karlsruhe (
Baden), formerly Deutsche Metallpatronenfabrik Lorenz, and the weapons plant in
Berlin. Shares that Loewe had in other gun- and ammunition plants were transferred to DWM. This included
Waffenfabrik Mauser,
Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (FN) in Belgium and Waffen- und Munitionsfabrik A.G. in Budapest. The DWM was orchestrated by Isidor Loewe (1848–1910), as his brother Ludwig had died in 1886. Karl Maybach (who was part of the
Maybach company) was employed by the Loewe company in 1901.