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After the war, Unterlüß was occupied by the
British, who confiscated the partly damaged factories. The village housed c. 4,000 forced labourers and prisoners of war in around 20 barracks. Rheinmetall became a private company again in 1951, and another company, Artos, moved to Unterlüß, making
401:(then Rheinische Metallwaren- und Maschinenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft) first installed a shooting range and then began manufacturing weapons. The settlement became a municipality in 1910. After World War I, Rheinmetall had to turn to civil production. They managed a
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Rheinmetall in Unterlüß in protest against the export of weapons to Turkey.
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machines for textile industry. In 1955, the
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on 1 January 2015. It is about 30 km north-east of
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