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Mateba
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<p>Mateba, a contraction of the Italian words Macchine Termo-Balistiche (Thermo-Ballistic Machines), was an Italian machine manufacturer based in <a href="/facts/Pavia,_Italy/gVzFpug5">Pavia, Italy</a>. It is better known for its low-barrelled revolver pistols that it produced under the leadership of <a href="/facts/Emilio_Ghisoni/XEfCLgxo">Emilio Ghisoni</a>. After a change in ownership and poor sales, the Mateba company closed in 2005, but reopened in 2014 in <a href="/facts/Montebelluna/Q5Rcv5Nz">Montebelluna</a> under the ownership of Domenico Libro. In 2022 this latest incarnation of Mateba was shut down, owing to allegations of fraud and violations of Italian firearms law. </p>