Imperial Defence Services Ltd was a British based, privately owned firearms manufacturer.
Born in 1947, Mick Ranger ran Imperial Defence Services, which was based in the Essex village of Takeley.
[2] The company website stated: Apart from countless transactions involving small arms in general, we have completed transactions for Surface to Air Missiles, Anti-tank weapons and a large quantity of Missile Warhead Fuses, Rifle Grenades and Heavy Machine Guns.The website did not quote prices, although it is claimed that it previously stated the company sold grenade-launchers for £450, and a collection of rifles from £195 to a £20,000 General Electric Minigun.
[2] Mick Ranger, the owner of the company, was arrested in July 2012 to three-and-a-half years imprisonment for setting up a deal to sell missiles and handguns to Azerbaijan, a country which has had an arms export ban since 1992.
[4][5] From this point, Imperial Defence Services remained largely inactive, before officially dissolving in March 2023.