早在1919年前,阎锡山即在太原的山西铜元局里面附设有修械所。后来由外国购进机器,遂又在那里设立了军人工艺实习所,开始制造手掷弹、臼炮、迫击炮及炮弹等简单武器。到1921年前后,已经能造步枪子弹。此时,有人用800元银洋从天津租界地外国人(据说是法国人)手中买了一支自动冲? As early as 1919, Yen Xishan attached a repair shop to Shanxi Copper Bureau in Taiyuan. Later, machinery was purchased by foreign countries, and a military craft training camp was set up there again to begin the manufacture of simple weapons such as hand-throw bullets, mortars, mortars and artillery shells. By 1921, it was possible to build rifle bullets. At this moment, someone bought an automatic red card at 800 yuan from foreign settlers in Tianjin Concession (allegedly French)