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Native name | ОАО «Завод им. В. А. Дегтярёва» |
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Romanized name | ZiD |
| Company type | Open joint-stock company |
| Industry | Mechanical engineering |
| Founded | 27 August 1916 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Firearms, Anti-tank rifles, Anti-tank guns, Aircraft cannons, Anti-aircraft cannons, Rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), ATGMs, MANPADS missiles, Grenade launchers, Motorcycles, Mopeds, Tractors, Batteries |
| Brands | Voskhod |
| Owners | GlobalVoenTreuing Ltd (49.88%) Research Institute "Signal" (24.9%)[1] |
| Parent | High Precision Systems[2] (Rostec) |
| Website | zid |
Degtyaryov Plant (Russian: ОАО Завод имени В. А. Дегтярёва, romanized: ОАО Zavod imeni V. А. Dеgtyaryovа, English: Open Joint Stock Company "V. A. Degtyaryov Plant") or ZiD (Zavod imeni Dеgtyaryovа) is one of the most important weapon and vehicle producing enterprises of Russia.
Degtyaryov Plant is a subsidiary of High Precision Systems (Rostec).
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History
Founded in Kovrov in 1916, the firearms plant has been supplying Russian and Soviet armed forces with weapons ever since. Weapons such as the Degtyaryov anti-tank rifle (PTRD-41), the Degtyaryov machine gun, the Shpagin submachine gun (PPSh-41) and the Goryunov heavy machine gun (SG-43 Goryunov) were created at the plant.
In 1989 it was the fourth largest motorcycle producer in the Soviet Union.[3]
Production
Presently the Degtyaryov Plant is producing revolvers, machine guns, aircraft guns, anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank guns and rocket systems.
Products
- KSVK 12.7 sniper rifle
- PTRD-41
- KPV heavy machine gun
- Kord machine gun
- RPD
- PKM
- PPSh-41
- PKP Pecheneg machine gun
- AEK rifle series
- AGS-30
- DP-64
- AEK-919K "Kashtan"
- RPG-7V2
- SP81 flare gun
- RGS-50M grenade launcher[4]
The plant also makes a range of civilian products: motorcycles (i.e. Voskhod), mopeds, micro-tractors, sewing machines and accumulator batteries.
References
- ^ "Список аффилированных лиц". ОАО «ЗиД». Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "ОАО "Завод им. Дегтярева"" (in Russian). High Precision Systems (Vysokotochnye Kompleksy). Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Russian Defense Business Directory". Federation of American Scientists. US Department of Commerce Bureau of Export Administration. May 1995. Retrieved 21 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Modern Firearms - RGS-50M". modernfirearms.net.
External links
- The official site
- The motorcycle division (in Russian)
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This page was last edited on 19 June 2024, at 14:37