1865
Birth of Wilhelm Brenneke in Hanover
1895
Company founded by Wilhelm Brenneke on April 1st, 1895 in Leipzig. Two patents for safety drilling.
1897
Patenting of alloy lead bullet 8 mm with copper base
1898
First Original BRENNEKE shotgun slug (with steel tip)
1905
BRENNEKE Ideal bullet with German spiked helmet
1912
High performance cartridges cal. 8 x 64 and 8 x 65 R
1917
High performance cartridges cal. 7 x 64 and 7 x 65 R
1919
Torpedo-Ideal-Bullet (TIG) 7 mm (boat-tail), 8 mm (hollow tip)
1927
Big game cartridge 9,3 x 64
1930
BRENNEKE Sharp cutting edge
1935
Torpedo-Universal-Bullet (TUG) 7 mm and 9,3 mm
1942
Shotgun slug with turbine rear
1943–1974
Leadership by daughter Elsa Brenneke
1950
Choke with twist
1951
Relocation to West Berlin and death of Wilhelm Brenneke
1971
Relocation to Langenhagen
1974–1980
Management by granddaughter Waltraud Mank 1978: Split into ownership and operating company
1976-1985
Plastic rear part for shotgun slugs
1980
Leadership by great-grandson Peter Mank
1995
Founding of Brenneke of America, L.P. and 100th company anniversary
2001
Subcalibre shotgun slugs with sabot
RubinSabot und SuperSabot
2003
Torpedo-Optimal-Bullet (TOG)
2006
Establishment of own rifle cartridge program as a manufacturer with TIG, TUG, TOG, TAG und TUG nature+, BASIC nature
2007
Torpedo-Alternativ-Bullet (TAG) -lead free-
2009
Torpedo-Ideal-Bullet (TIG) nature -lead free-
2010
Torpedo-Universal-Bullet (TUG) nature -lead free-
2012
RubinSabot nature -lead-free-
Basic (Semi-jacketed bullet)
2012
Basic (Teilmantel) and RubinSabot nature (lead-free)
2014
Torpedo-Universal-Bullet (TUG) nature+ -lead free-
2015
150. birthday of Wilhelm Brenneke
2016
Anti-Terror-Slug (ATS®)
2017
Semi-jacketed bullet 7 mm
2018
TOPAS Sabot + TOPAS Sabot nature -lead free-
2020
125th company anniversary
2022
Self Defense – FLG with KOline®
Technical development in the field of less lethal Ammunition
