<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-16-032315.txt : 20161202
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-16-032315.hdr.sgml : 20161202
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20161202145414
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-16-032315
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161130
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161202
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161202

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NORTECH SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000722313
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, NEC [3679]
		IRS NUMBER:				411681094
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7550 MERIDIAN CIRCLE N
		STREET 2:		SUITE 150
		CITY:			MAPLE GROVE
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55369
		BUSINESS PHONE:		952-345-2244

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7550 MERIDIAN CIRCLE N
		STREET 2:		SUITE 150
		CITY:			MAPLE GROVE
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55369

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DSC NORTECH INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19901217

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DIGIGRAPHIC SYSTEMS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19881113

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KUNIN DAVID B
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001180990

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-13257
		FILM NUMBER:		162030871

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7201 METRO BOULEVARD
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55439
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>edgar.xml
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 -
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2016-11-30</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000722313</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NORTECH SYSTEMS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NSYS</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001180990</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>KUNIN DAVID B</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>3939 EAST 46TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MINNEAPOLIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55406</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-11-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>5000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>3.9642</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>29900</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1344066</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Curtis Squire, Inc.</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $3.919 to $3.97, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Nortech Systems Incorporated, any security holder of Nortech Systems Incorporated, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Voting and dispositive power over shares held by Curtis Squire, Inc. is shared by Curtis Squires' board of directors.  The reporting person is a member of Curtis Squires' board of directors, and as such, the reporting person is deemed to hold shared voting and dispositive power over these shares.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Power of Attorney incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 24.1 attached to the amended Form 4 filed on March 21, 2016.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Martin R. Rosenbaum as Attorney-in-Fact for David B. Kunin</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-12-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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